Fundamental flaw in political analysis from the hardcore anti-Trumpites: They don't seem to recognize that Trump agenda has basically been co-opted by the establishment. Best way to view GOP in Trump era as "coalition government" of establishment/populists...
I wrote a whole book warning Republicans to avoid Trumpian politics—partially based on what you’re saying. There’s no doubt there will be a cost. My point is simply that the gop won’t be permanently locked into a Trumpian brand if they abandon him.
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But what is likelihood of GOP abandoning him? In a political world where the political vector is increasingly isolationism vs. inclusion, at some point the GOP has no luxury of choosing. Its own voters, & an inclusion-oriented Democratic party, wont allow them other alternatives
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However, the Democratic party won't be able to be "inclusion-oriented" if it continues to adopt a hard-leftist line in the culture war. Indeed, a lack of cultural inclusiveness helped pull down HRC.
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A pro-choice Democrat just won Alabama! The cultural war is over-stated. Also, you mistake inclusion only as "cultural" inclusion. What about economic inclusion? Perfect example:
#Farmers4NAFTA. Our farmers are the biggest globalists of all -- Dems r moving towards pro-free trade -
It's doubtful that most D's will be running against candidates w/as much baggage as Roy Moore. And there's an argument that Democratic support for immigration maximalism undermines economic inclusion by lowering wages for working class and recent immigrants.
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Or how about possibility that a Southern Democrat can now win on backs of suburban/minority voters? The cultural war is not a war; it's a rout. If it's an argument btw perils of immigration maximalism & access to export markets, the farmers will choose export markets full stop.
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