Except for the occasional outsider (Trump, DeSantis) two sides of the same coin. It’s how power and influence is offered.
The core of this is understanding conservatism.
It is build the wall
It is Drain the Swamp
It is America First In All Things
It is Pro 2nd Amendment
It is Pro Life
It is most decidedly not
Cut Taxes
Reduce Spending
Support Global Military Adventures with no direct US interest
There is no point in a taxes or spending focus because that is measured in a substance, money, created by the Fed from nothingness. How can whimsy define ideology.
No, the key is Drain The Swamp. This means reject essentially all incumbents. It takes only a year or two in Washington to become a Swamp monster, so all incumbents have to go.
Odds of this . . . poor.
That's how the DC lawyers play the game.. And, for them, it is a game. They don't give a rat's rear end about the nation..
Oh, and the money.! don't forget the money.. As of December 2022, Barack Obama's net worth is estimated to be $70 Million dollars. Not too bad for a guy that couldn't pay for his own education when he went into politics..
Where did he get all that money?? Oh yeah, he wrote a book... (snort)