Can't tell if Ryan is battling Trump on principles, or just creating appearance that he's doing so. Theater of absolution/purification
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If Ryan is sincere, I don't see way to reconcile principled conservatism with bs conservatism, so dialog oughta fail. Success => insincerity
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If Paul Ryan ends up supporting Trump, conservatives should demand to see details of deal-making/proof-of-credible-commitment to principles
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otoh, that will cost some points for Trump, since he will want to signal to base that he 'won' the deal with the establishment
Very disappointing. Arationality as MO. We’ve seen this movie before. Or anyone who’s read a book has
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Again I’m sad that the time is apparently ripe for that, at least for a non-trivial number of my fellow citizens.
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totally right? Esp with the "joint" statement. I used to give pol benefit of doubt with strategy questions, but they all doubted trump
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