Maybe moderate Republicans realize that they might have stumbled into something that could go really well for them.
That’s what I believe.
He could have been saying the things his liberal to moderate constituents want to hear. Nobody knows what GOP pols in blue states really think until they're out of office. Ditto with Democratic pols in red states. You could say they're living a lie. But think about this - how many employees tell their employers what they really think about them? And how many act openly against what their employers have said they want? That's the dilemma of GOP and Democratic pols in blue and red states, respectively.