'If it wasn’t clear before, it should be now: Whatever paradigm-shattering insight Trump may have had in 2016 worked only for that time and against that opponent,' KyleSammin writes. 'The same battle plans won’t work on a new field.'
Generals, it is said, are always fighting the last war. Political strategists are no different, and in our personality-focused modern politics, the effect can also be disastrous. Nowhere is that clearer than in the Republican midterm performance here in Pennsylvania.
There’s an irony to that. Since Trump’s surprising and realigning 2016 victory, many in the Republican Party have continued the cult of personality, simply swapping idols. After Trump won, his refusal to genuflect to past Republican leaders could be seen as brilliant political insight. But before long, it became clear that he was just too arrogant to praise anyone but himself.
Moreover, they don’t work when they have been boiled down to their worst elements. Reagan Republicanism held sway for so long because it was based on ideas: smaller government, lower taxes, a strong national defense, and so on. Voters liked the man, but they also thought his ideas were what the nation needed at the time.
for nearly two years. The wars are over. The judges are seated. So what did Trump look for in a candidate when he made his endorsements? Nothing more than how much the person in question sucked up to him.Kyle Sammin, a faltering economy, inflation like we haven’t seen in 40 years, continuing frustration with the declining quality of public education, and a Congress and president who did not seem willing or able to fix any of it. People were suffering and said they wanted change.
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