Politics is like baseball. Players play for a team. Fans root for a team. Fans stay loyal to 'their team' for long periods of time. Sometimes that period of loyalty is a lifetime. Players sign to play for the team that pays them the most. They want to play baseball. They are attracted to the team most likely to win. And if they are not good enough to chose, as a free agent they will play for any team that will have them.
It is the same in polics. Did I mention Pat Buchanan?
Policical players only play for one team an election. If another political team offers them more they will sign with the new team for the next election. They want to play on a winning team. The actual team is secondary.
Thus Dick Morris worked for Jesse Helms and Bill Clinton. He did his very best to elect both. Just as a pitcher pitching for the Yankees this year will do his best to help the Yankees win this year. If he is playing for Cleveland next year he will do all he can next year to defeat the Yankees.
Polictics has players and fans ... just like baseball.
Hmmm. So call me naive.
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