LP is made up of people who until very recently were getting Nixon/Reagan/Bushes elected (and Newt and and and). They don't oppose the policies, merely Trump's delivery. Sure, Trump is a cancer on the party and country but just removing him will not bring things back to normal. The republican congressional response to Obama was not normal. I side-eye the Lincoln Project a lot, but it is fascinating to see a group using Republican tactics to go after Republicans. Sorta like when the two biggest bullies at your school get into a fight and you're like, oh, no please. someone stop them. eventually. and again...I am honestly riveted by what happens to LP and all the republicans who voted for Biden after the election. I have no idea. But you are right, they were mightily ineffective in all the senate races in 2018 and 2020.
Maybe I'm naïve, but I feel Nicole Wallace actually has shifted her political views (beyond just not Trump) based on watching her — i.e., that the consistent exposure to people like Joy Reid has had had a positive influence on her thinking.
Mitt Romney and his ilk were a thin smear of respectability over the exact same republican base. The power of the propagandists in RWNW can't be understated, recent republican speakers didn't run shit.
It's amazing how many never Trumpers found their conscious right after they lost their consulting contracts.
Your recitation of the past is correct and I haven’t adopted the views or perspectives of the never Ts EXCEPT with respect to trump. The elections were close every where and the results were a mixed bag. But McCain voters kept Kari Lajr from winning and may have also provided Kelly’s margins too. Liz Chaney was an able member of the Jan 6 Committee and actually back some successful Democratic candidates. So, let’s leave the purity tests to the Bernie faction, which once again failed to elect candidates in close elections (Fetterman ran an open tent inspired campaign and disregarded Bernie nostrums) and claims that Jeffries needs to provide “healing” for them.
LP is made up of people who until very recently were getting Nixon/Reagan/Bushes elected (and Newt and and and). They don't oppose the policies, merely Trump's delivery. Sure, Trump is a cancer on the party and country but just removing him will not bring things back to normal. The republican congressional response to Obama was not normal. I side-eye the Lincoln Project a lot, but it is fascinating to see a group using Republican tactics to go after Republicans. Sorta like when the two biggest bullies at your school get into a fight and you're like, oh, no please. someone stop them. eventually. and again...I am honestly riveted by what happens to LP and all the republicans who voted for Biden after the election. I have no idea. But you are right, they were mightily ineffective in all the senate races in 2018 and 2020.
Maybe I'm naïve, but I feel Nicole Wallace actually has shifted her political views (beyond just not Trump) based on watching her — i.e., that the consistent exposure to people like Joy Reid has had had a positive influence on her thinking.
Mitt Romney and his ilk were a thin smear of respectability over the exact same republican base. The power of the propagandists in RWNW can't be understated, recent republican speakers didn't run shit.
It's amazing how many never Trumpers found their conscious right after they lost their consulting contracts.
Oliver
Your recitation of the past is correct and I haven’t adopted the views or perspectives of the never Ts EXCEPT with respect to trump. The elections were close every where and the results were a mixed bag. But McCain voters kept Kari Lajr from winning and may have also provided Kelly’s margins too. Liz Chaney was an able member of the Jan 6 Committee and actually back some successful Democratic candidates. So, let’s leave the purity tests to the Bernie faction, which once again failed to elect candidates in close elections (Fetterman ran an open tent inspired campaign and disregarded Bernie nostrums) and claims that Jeffries needs to provide “healing” for them.