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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP in fairness your line is fairly common on the left these days, so it’s not just you who’s delusional.

Quick flashback to the bad old days: remember when Steve Bannon said his goal was to “the deconstruction of the administrative state”?

I’m a little rusty on my history… but isn’t authoritarianism the opposite of this?[/quote]

OP here and I have been a moderate for decades. Only in the 6 years have I consistently voted Democrat because of everything the Republicans have been throwing at us. There’s a difference between going overboard trying to make sure everyone’s rights are equal, versus going overboard trying to take away the rights of a vast number of American citizens.  I don’t trust them anymore, and the Republicans would do well to realize that a lot of swing voters feel the same.[/quote]

Another thing the Republicans should take a note of. I as a swing voter have voted not FOR the Democrat in the last three elections, but AGAINST the Republican ridiculousness that was the candidate.  And I know a lot of swing voters out there are doing the same. If they put the right candidate up that isn’t screeching election denial and taking rights away, Republicans will start winning for a change.[/quote]

the problem the Republicans have is that they have no platform "for" anything. They want to promote tax cuts that undermine our budget and social policies that 65-70% of Americans disagree with. their foreign policy is isolationist, which goes against things like safe travel to other countries and balanced foreign trade. They are no longer a "conservative" party. The deal to bring actual conservatives together with Evangelicals and MAGAs is a frakenstien that requires all three, plus most independents to support in order to win.

In other words, if the GOP runs a DiSantis, the traditional conservtives will stay home. If they run a Hogan, the MAGAs stay home. You see the point, they don't have a winning platform and the lightning they captures in 2016 is likely not replicable in 2024.

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