It’s not just a contrary opinion. The idiot voted to impeach Trump.
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Exactly. You’d think his analysis might take this minor detail into account.
Tolerating disagreement within the party is not an unlimited principle. It doesn’t mean you can do outrageous stuff with impunity, especially as a leader. When you brazenly antagonize your own base, it’s reasonable that you might face a consequence such as being removed from your plush leadership spot. And when that happens, it doesn’t mean our “democracy is imperiled” or whatever.
Yours is the best take I have read so far. I would add that you can’t brazenly antagonize your own base, using the opposing party’s talking points and nastiest, most unfair caricatures of your side, and expect no consequences.
And I say that as a Craig Shirley fan - he has written some of the best books on Reagan. That talent clearly gives him no wisdom on the current situation, though.