The Partisan Divide on Issues

[Bob Butler 54]

I predicted a struggle to control what is left of the Republican Party. There seem to be three factions: Trumpism, the establishment and the true conservatives such as the Lincoln Project. Originally, Trump had the Republican base voters and was using it to blackmail the rest of the party into line. Shortly after the Capitol Insurrection I thought less of Trump’s faction. A bunch of people were mad at them.

Now, the Trump faction seems resurgent. The establishment is taking Trump’s ability to primary out elected officials seriously. They seem ready to latch on to extremism to avoid this fate.

This seems a bad choice for the Republicans. They might hold on to primary victories this way, but they still have to win the general election. I don’t see the general population thrilled by extremism. If the Democrats manage to attack to crisis problems decently and the Republicans become ever so extreme, the current extremely narrow political balance should head more the Democrat’s way.