A Like for the effort you put into this, but I have to say, I really don't agree with the idea that the GOP hasn't been marching in lockstep the past 15 years. Sure, they bicker, they waste time on nonsense like recalling their own Speaker, but when the chips are down on an actual vote, or the latest viral moment, you've always been able to count the dissenting Republican voices on one hand.
“Maybe it’s because they have a natural affinity for hierarchy and following leaders and so are happy to fall in line, or maybe it’s because they had a better appreciation of the utility of message discipline.”
I think part of it is also that at least some of them know, on some level, that their agenda is wildly unpopular, so they need to trust the messaging professionals. The liberals who derail things in service of their own particular agenda are at least fighting for something real, something good (if in a vacuum), and something they actually believe in.
Backing a common thug for president is not going to age well and could easily end the Republican Party as a viable political entity.
A Like for the effort you put into this, but I have to say, I really don't agree with the idea that the GOP hasn't been marching in lockstep the past 15 years. Sure, they bicker, they waste time on nonsense like recalling their own Speaker, but when the chips are down on an actual vote, or the latest viral moment, you've always been able to count the dissenting Republican voices on one hand.
“Maybe it’s because they have a natural affinity for hierarchy and following leaders and so are happy to fall in line, or maybe it’s because they had a better appreciation of the utility of message discipline.”
I think part of it is also that at least some of them know, on some level, that their agenda is wildly unpopular, so they need to trust the messaging professionals. The liberals who derail things in service of their own particular agenda are at least fighting for something real, something good (if in a vacuum), and something they actually believe in.