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“If Republicans can reunite behind basic conservative principles and stand up to the liberal overreach of the Biden administration, things will change a lot quicker than people think," Holmes offered.
Several things struck me about the framing. The notion of today's Republican Party uniting behind "conservative principles" is just farcical on its face, particularly after McConnell and other party leaders stood by for four years as Trump morphed the party into a vapid zombie cult. Whatever the GOP is today, it isn't tethered to anything resembling ideology or a set of guiding principles, conservative of otherwise. Claiming differently is evidence that McConnell and his brain trust have lost track of the nature of the entity they're trying to steer back into power.
In total, the picture that emerges is one of an ailing Senate leader charging toward the midterms with a decade-old battle plan, but seemingly oblivious to the fact that neither his caucus nor the voters it supposedly represents are even remotely the same army that went to war with the Obama administration. McConnell will undoubtedly make a play to reunite the caucus and the party behind that plan, but nothing about his plan is grounded in the realities of the battlefield that presently stands before us.
He also seems to be oblivious to the fact that Trump is control of the caucus, and will make McConnell the enemy of that caucus, who will promptly throw Mitch under the bus to save their own asses. The whole party are cowards from top to bottom.
Several things struck me about the framing. The notion of today's Republican Party uniting behind "conservative principles" is just farcical on its face, particularly after McConnell and other party leaders stood by for four years as Trump morphed the party into a vapid zombie cult. Whatever the GOP is today, it isn't tethered to anything resembling ideology or a set of guiding principles, conservative of otherwise. Claiming differently is evidence that McConnell and his brain trust have lost track of the nature of the entity they're trying to steer back into power.
In total, the picture that emerges is one of an ailing Senate leader charging toward the midterms with a decade-old battle plan, but seemingly oblivious to the fact that neither his caucus nor the voters it supposedly represents are even remotely the same army that went to war with the Obama administration. McConnell will undoubtedly make a play to reunite the caucus and the party behind that plan, but nothing about his plan is grounded in the realities of the battlefield that presently stands before us.
Mitch McConnell doesn't realize the Republican Party as he knew it is dead
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is a man of few words, and his delivery of those few words is often "dour, sullen, and unsmiling," as Donald Trump colorfully observed in his declaration of war this week against the McConnell wing...
www.dailykos.com
He also seems to be oblivious to the fact that Trump is control of the caucus, and will make McConnell the enemy of that caucus, who will promptly throw Mitch under the bus to save their own asses. The whole party are cowards from top to bottom.
