I don’t care how the people rise as long as they rise. I think it would be more assured without a new party but JMHO
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There is a tremendous lot of dead wood and of malignant actors in the GOP but the forest can be cleared of debris and we can go on with the war chest, favorable districting and many other advantages of being a long standing party.
I appreciate your point of view, and its a widely held one. I’ve had countless discussions on FR about it.
My view is influenced/biased by my knowledge of the GOP. People close to me have worked inside several GOP organizations. Suffice to say, the party isn’t what it claims to be. Nowhere near it in fact. The party has no real interest in what its voters want. It only wants our votes and our money, not our principles and values.
The party machinery is actually very adept at what it does. I think a lot of voters don’t see the reality underlying the party’s manipulation of them. Despite its apparent bumbling and weakness, the party is very good at controlling its the people who come to DC. The party apparatus is a finely oiled machine when it comes to managing them to support what the elites want.
Its going to be nearly impossible to dislodge the deeply entrenched core of the permanent GOP machinery. JMHO