re: #365 HappyWarrior

Ditto. I understand why she mistrusts Rubin but I think Rubin IMO has earned it. A lot of us here went along with the McCain’s campaign fears about Obama’s presidency. We don’t need Rubin to be our friend or have her shape our ideology but if she’s going to use her influence to write against Trump and the right, let’s welcome and appreciate that. She definitely IMO is far more sincere than most of the conservatives who don’t like Trump but routinely make excuses for the right/GOP’s actions and Jen to her credit doesn’t do that.

My main question about GOP reform is whether it is even possible.

The GOP exists to funnel money to the billionaires. But that hasn’t been a vote getter for a long time, which is why the GOP gets its votes from a big tent of resentful deplorables that can be reliably activated on various single issue grudges using simplistic propaganda.

The GOP is likely nothing without its hate. E.g., Schultz’s clinically interesting favorability (i.e., flatline, DOA) suggests that an agenda of being civilized on social issues and nice to the billionaires is a total non-starter for both left and right.

So how does the GOP move away from a formula of providing hate to get votes?