09-11-2017, 07:09 AM
Hard to judge where to put this…
The Republicans have for a while been more an alliance than a single thrusting idea. In Bush 43’s time there was an alliance between neo cons, Big Oil and televangelists. More recently, the split is better understood as between establishment Republican and Trump’s more rural Tea Party association. I think he is quite flawed, but there is no question he knew how to mobilize votes. Meanwhile, there is a tug of war between those who want him to learn and use the established strings of power and those who want the rebellion to complete.
Breitbart and company seems looking to complete that split. If they are right, getting rid of the old money and corruption biases will clear the way for a populist effort. If they are wrong, they threaten to split the right and thus hand everything to the left. Meanwhile, the left seems to be leaning more to the left, with their establishment wing discredited, while Trump himself was long a Democrat at heart.
Too soon to guess how things will settle.
The Republicans have for a while been more an alliance than a single thrusting idea. In Bush 43’s time there was an alliance between neo cons, Big Oil and televangelists. More recently, the split is better understood as between establishment Republican and Trump’s more rural Tea Party association. I think he is quite flawed, but there is no question he knew how to mobilize votes. Meanwhile, there is a tug of war between those who want him to learn and use the established strings of power and those who want the rebellion to complete.
Breitbart and company seems looking to complete that split. If they are right, getting rid of the old money and corruption biases will clear the way for a populist effort. If they are wrong, they threaten to split the right and thus hand everything to the left. Meanwhile, the left seems to be leaning more to the left, with their establishment wing discredited, while Trump himself was long a Democrat at heart.
Too soon to guess how things will settle.