I read the article and Michael Gerson doesn’t really know what the majority of Americans think and feel.
They’re moving towards electing Trump, a total repudiation of the GOP establishment position the party has to compromise with the Left to remain politically relevant.
Trump has held fast to his views and come out on top. According to Gerson, its too much for most Americans. Apparently, they disagree with him.
Beltway pundits live in a groupthink bubble in which their visceral hatred of Trump and conservatives from their viewpoint, is shared by the rest of the country.
And if they’re wrong, they’ll never admit it.
I agree with your assessment of groupthink - I think that is part of the pollution cycle of Washington D.C.;
also, I think that same groupthink impacts on the new, incoming freshman representatives, and stays with them throughout their term.
Thank you for reading the entire original article- too many times we take shortcuts, and only get half the information; this article infuriated me because of the arrogance.
In the UniParty, there is no recognition that the rise of Trump is from a dissatisfied electorate.
Both parties promise so much, and then fail to produce.
I think this attitude is prevalent , and the politicos within the beltway have no understanding of what people outside the beltway think.
The only time they consider the people who elected them there is when they look for re-election; they consider the most important function of their job is to get re-elected