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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21

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      Sean is satisfied with the legislative record of the past four years & the outcomes of the 2018 & 2020 elections. I am not. So much more could have been done. So much was wasted by Trump, his failures of character & leadership, & his totally unnecessary personal obsessions. https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1352266262626390018 …

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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21

      As for the ad hominem, Sean has known me well enough for long enough to be quite aware that he is mischaracterizing me. I, however, have remained consistent over the past five years & not mass-purged things I previously wrote in an effort to conceal inconvenient prior takes.

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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21

      Yes, much was accomplished in 4 years, & Rs did better than many of the doomsday scenarios envisioned, in 2016, 2018 & 2020. None of that, however, changes the sheer volume of unforced errors by Trump & how those accumulated to little passed in Congress & unified D control.

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    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21

      The lesson going forward should be that Rs choose a leader dedicated to unifying the Right & isolating the Left, focused on advancing the cause & the party rather than his own ego & interests, & prepared to advance on many fronts from Day One.

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    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21

      Also, the fundamental divide on the Right is over whether we advocates need to do anything besides tell the converted what they want to hear & already believe. Do we already have a governing majority? Do persuadable people exist? Does objective truth exist? Does policy take work?

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21

      I believe - and I realize this is controversial on the Right - that the world consists of something besides Right & Left, and that people who enthusiastically prefer Donald Trump are not such a decisive national majority that we need never appeal to anyone else.

      9:32 AM - 21 Jan 2021
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        2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Jay

          Which is not at all my view, and has never been my view. No party can or should ever try to purge large segments of its rank & file.https://twitter.com/OneFineJay/status/1352308528711675918 …

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          Jay @OneFineJay
          Replying to @baseballcrank
          I think the controversy is the idea that the people who enthusiastically preferRED Trump (since he's no longer in any arena for anyone to prefer) deserve to be ignored and cast out. Those people vote. Many voted for Democrats prior.
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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Isaac Schorr

          My readers know that I stand by the sincerity of my opinions, which is why I never have to delete things of this nature.https://twitter.com/isaac_schorr/status/1352308030851985416 …

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          Throwback. pic.twitter.com/M5nuTasTDN
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        2. Jay‏ @OneFineJay Jan 21
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          I think the controversy is the idea that the people who enthusiastically preferRED Trump (since he's no longer in any arena for anyone to prefer) deserve to be ignored and cast out. Those people vote. Many voted for Democrats prior.

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        1. sotruth reply guy‏ @Michaelstm23 Jan 21
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Trump supporters are not a majority, they are a big minority but some people in the middle voted for Trump simply on policy. Have to redirect those to another GOP candidate.

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        1. Zach Burkes‏ @ZachBurkes Jan 21
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Didn’t we learn that Trump and something far right doesn’t work? Lost the House, Senate and Presidency. And for all the clamoring about Biden and socialism, he’s more moderate than the others he ran against in primary — I don’t think that’s a coincidence.

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        1. The Captain's Blog‏ @williamnyy23 Jan 21
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          By the same token, the GOP can't go back to the party of lip service to cultural conservatives and the working class. Rather, those two constituents need to be first and foremost. Free traders and neocons need to realize they are no longer the party majority.

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        1. J. Robin Casey‏ @JRCasey222 Jan 21
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          If it takes you 6 tweets to respond to one, you lost the argument.

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        2. (((Jason Epstein)))‏ @Southfive Jan 21
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          This sentence in your piece was unclear: "Most of us did not give up on the pre-Trump ideals of conservatism, which we had defended from the Left for many years before 2015." Are you suggesting, for example, we revert to 41/43's China trade policy? Because that ain't happening.

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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Jan 21
          Replying to @Southfive

          I'm talking more there about systemic principles & norms of behavior than specific policy stances. On policy, I'd prefer we be more free trade than Trump was. I don't argue that this should mean a complete return on China. But even W was not exactly pure on trade.

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