Forgot about this
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This is an underlying theme of
@TimAlberta's work (and ensuing promo tour), but it's hard to overstate how many people inadvertently boxed themselves in. And accidental victory made it that much harder to walk away, given that they knew exactly what/who he was.Show this thread -
If you backed him when he was a loser (however nominally), why would you desert him after he won? Especially when there will be hell to pay from within your tribe... Which is why the only people to challenge him either have an ax to grind (Mooch, eg), or have nothing to lose.
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Though in his case wasn’t he also all in during the primary?
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Don't think so? Figured he was Cruz crew but I could be wrong
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Yep: he thought his move would catapult him to GOP leadership. His switch to anti Trump was based on a calculation that Trump would implode.
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One thing I notice about nevertrump at large is they have this belief Trump is gonna end like Nixon did, and they will be there to collect the pieces. Instead at worst Trump will end like Bush did.
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Losing with dignity has been a hallmark of the GOP since at least Bob Michel’s days. Reagan hated that instinct and fought it. It came back with Bush I Has been a part of GOP again since then. Where that instinct comes from is a mystery, but it is a part of the Trump story.
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The entire administration is this, writ large; even the Trump campaign never thought he'd win, and when he did they were like the dog that caught the car. These last few years have been one long crisis in victory.
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I agree. And I think you saw much the same on the left. Progressives assumed Clinton would win, so felt comfortable denigrating her on the assumption they would be pulling her leftward from within power. Having taken a self-serving approach they’ve felt obliged to defend it. 1/2
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Comey’s actions can be viewed similarly. Assuming a Clinton victory, the FBI’s politically safe course was to err on the side of over-disclosure. To do otherwise would risk making them look as if they had hid things to protect her. But Trump? He *couldn’t* win and was ignored 2/2
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