Have you found any historians who’ve tracked the “Progressives” hidden in the GOP since the progressive movement began?
If it’s not been done before, I’d be surprised. The case made would be that the GOP progs have long been the central force who’ve guided the incremental compromises with the demands of the radical Left. The undermining of the constitution by infiltrating every American institution is what they’ve been seeding incrementally over more than a century.
Because it is coming into full bloom now they are much less incremental in achieving their gains. No more two steps forward, one step back if they can get away with 3 and 4 steps they go for it.
They are still somewhat shy of bragging about their achievement openly. Some brag privately I have no doubt.(Pelosi’s “you can’t be serious” was a peek at their wish to be open. But she’s a Dem, and radical at that, so it was part of the game. When a pubbie starts saying things like that, it will be a sign that they believe that the constitutional republic is dead).
Anyway, I know you’ve been working hard at awakening people to the political reality. I figured that if anyone had read a theory at how it is the so-called moderate GOP who pose the greatest threat to conservative unity, you would have.
I can’t think of any such analysis off the top of my head. Sorry. I’ll look around, though.
But frankly, I think it’s self-professed conservatives who keep compromising principle who constitution the biggest obstacle to the restoration of our republic. Starting with most of the so-called “leaders.”
That compromise makes true “unity” impossible, by the way, because the only true unity is around principle, not parties, and not personalities.
If there is an appearance of unity, but it is not around principle, it is inevitably short-lived, and only leads to more destruction and division in the end.