[Rockingham]

After Reagan, George H. W. Bush marked a turn back toward country club Republicanism, with the "kinder, gentler" line as the rhetorical cover. Notably, Bush-style Republicanism combined courtship of the elite and moderates with disrespect and a back of the hand toward unhappy conservatives. In the end, GHW Bush was a loser, with sons GW Bush and Jeb both ending their political careers as failures.

We are still in media res with Trump. On the side of optimism is that the GOP rank and file is strongly with him, with country club Republicans and the GOP bedwetter caucus now out of favor. There is a chance that Republicans will in time follow success and adopt Trump-style populism and combativeness as its new style.

[Starboard]

the GOP bedwetter caucus

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LOL! That’s a good one.

Once again your comments are spot one. I like the way you think. :)