This is why Republicans lose to Democrats. They have people like Hillary, while the GOP has Dana Perino. They are street fighters, and Republicans are pacifists.
She’s nothing but a stealth liberal. Closet RINO with a capital R. On the surface she agrees with conservative viewpoints but there ALWAYS is a followup starting with “But”. She then goes on to show herself to be the true concern troll she really is. Watch her closely for this, you’ll see it lots of times.
I wouldn’t say Republicans are pacifists so much as compromisers. The Democrats ALWAYS push the country further left. Example: Democrats want to nationalize all health care. Republicans, not wanting to seem uncaring, meet Democrats half way. Result: we move ever closer to nationalized health care.
Now, if Republicans actually pushed for smaller government like they claim, they would propose dismantling the Department of Education. That’s something conservatives could compromise on. Maybe we could keep some of the department in an advisory role, sort of like a facilitator of interstate discussions on education. Regardless, compromise on moving the goalposts to the right is enough, so long as we are, indeed, moving right.
Most Republicans (IMO) do not look forward to the upcoming civil war, while most Democrats (again IMO) are anxious to provoke it (in the event the Republicans don’t surrender).
I think the Republican establishment is quite right that, if they press the agenda of the “base”, that there will be a bloody war which will consume or destroy most of that which makes their pleasant lives pleasant. Most of the GOP middle and upper-middle class live in unsecure areas the existence of which would be seriously jeopardized by civil war.
I don’t know if the “base” believes this. I think the fraction of the “base” that subscribes to “bring it on” is small. The fraction of the RAT base that’s anxious to “bring it on” is pretty substantial.
We’re living in a powder keg and giving off sparks. If you think electing the right Republican will prevent what’s coming, I think you’re dreaming.