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Sunday, August 7, 2016

"Reassembling the GOP is the Humpty Dumpty problem. That is, it can’t be done." Nor should we even try.

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The two wings of conservatism have combined to finally destroy the Republican Party
By Tom Toles, August 5, 2016

They had a good run, from Morning in America until the Dark Night of Donald Trump, but the internal contradiction in the GOP coalition has finally hit the inevitable fail moment.

Social conservatives had hoped to forestall and/or roll back social change that includes women’s rights, minority rights and LGBT rights. So they allied themselves with a form of unregulated economics that was nearly certain to trample all of their agenda. There is nothing about laissez-faire economics that is concerned with preserving existing social norms other than the prerogatives of the wealthy.

On the other side, the economic conservatives built their political base on the backs of people they fundamentally didn’t really like or respect, and had no real intention of delivering anything to. How long did they think that would work? Pretty long, as it turned out, but all good scams must come to an end.

So the great and very successful GOP coalition is now collapsing. That is the real story of this election, not Donald Trump. That’s what the GOP will be staring at, as will the rest of us, after Trump’s nearly inevitable November defeat.

Reassembling the GOP is the Humpty Dumpty problem. That is, it can’t be done. We are entering an era where there may be only one party that is a viable presidential-level party. This state of affairs won’t last forever either, but it is a great mystery now trying to think of a coalition that could successfully replace the previous one. I’m stumped. If you have an answer, please share it.
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