MAGA is in the driver’s seat of the '24 nomination and Rich Lowry and Peggy Noonan know it. They foresee the fracturing of a potential ’24 field and how Trump could win it. Thus they have dueling editorials out making the argument for someone other than Trump.
Noonan went for the jugular: Trump's completely apathetic response to the plight of the 1/6rs. For all Trump’s famed erraticisms, he is pretty predictable when it comes to putting himself first. With Trump you’re buying balls, not compassion.
Her take is let’s elect competence, not balls. The question I would ask Noonan: “GWB had a ‘dream team’ cabinet in terms of competence. How did that work? Decades of wars, weaponization of airlines via TSA/no fly lists, and surveillance of American citizens?”
I’ll take Trump’s incompetence for $100 Alex.
Lowry went for the hoary ol’ tried and true: “but...but...but the Democrats will hammer us for 1/6!....why would Republicans want to risk it or even deal with the complication?”
Answer: Because MAGA couldn't care less about party labels. Electability only matters when the parties are different, and only Trump and DeSantis are different. Nothing quite says “uniparty” like shipping off $40b to Ukraine for a proxy war with Russia. Or ignoring the incarceration of folks involved in misdemeanor activities on 1/6.
Lowry also missed the memo that the days of GOP voters huddled in a defensive crouch trembling at how the Dems/media will frame them are long gone. It's especially annoying to be held at gunpoint by an event (1/6) sponsored by our own FBI. Electability is overrated if the choices are two wings of same party.
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