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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 Feb 14

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Robert Tracinski

      I'd still gladly take any of those four people over our current president or our last president, or as our next.https://twitter.com/Tracinski/status/1361187515781296133 …

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      Robert TracinskiVerified account @Tracinski
      Remember that Rubio campaign "United Colors of Benetton" moment? There aren't many photos that contain as profound a depth of disappointment, in retrospect, as this one. pic.twitter.com/5TS9yZKo48
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    2. Robert Tracinski‏Verified account @Tracinski Feb 14
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      I honestly can't think of a reason why I'd be motivated to get out of bed for any of them, since they have turned out to be such human chameleons. If I want a weathervane in office, why them? Anyone will do.

      3 replies 0 retweets 26 likes
    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Feb 14
      Replying to @Tracinski

      We have had many presidents who stood their ground in office, who had at one point or another in their careers kept their heads down. The alternative is always somebody who is implacably hostile.

      5 replies 0 retweets 13 likes
    4. Robert Tracinski‏Verified account @Tracinski Feb 14
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      Sasse hasn't been quite the profile in courage I would like. The American Adult vanished for a while there when it came time for his primary. But he has shown more backbone than any of these people.

      3 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Feb 14
      Replying to @Tracinski

      Reagan was basically a timid Nixon backer during Watergate, didn't support Ashbrook's primary challenge. Lincoln backed Zachary Taylor when the abolitionist "conscience" Whigs didn't. Politicians are politicians.

      4 replies 0 retweets 10 likes
    6. Sean Hackbarth‏ @seanhackbarth Feb 14
      Replying to @baseballcrank @Tracinski

      So the lesson is when big issues are on the line to not expect leaders to do the right thing? That’s more cynical than my despair.

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Feb 14
      Replying to @seanhackbarth @Tracinski

      The lesson, sadly, is that leaders do not lead when they are not in positions of leadership; if they try, they don't get to be leaders.

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        2. Sean Hackbarth‏ @seanhackbarth Feb 14
          Replying to @baseballcrank @Tracinski

          I want leaders who are in the position to do something to do something right. What’s the point of amassing political capital? How many judges do we need?

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Feb 14
          Replying to @seanhackbarth @Tracinski

          My point is a relatively modest one: the people who will be good #1s are not always the same people who will be the boldest rebels when they are not #1. I suspect we'll cut the knot by nominating someone who stayed far from DC the past 4 years.

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        2. Robert Tracinski‏Verified account @Tracinski Feb 14
          Replying to @baseballcrank @seanhackbarth

          So we should vote for people who might be leaders, based on their record of never having shown any leadership in any way. You realize this doesn't make any sense.

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