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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Fri Sep 21, 2018, 07:50 AM Sep 2018

The GOP's growing identity crisis

Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen1 hour ago

The Republican Party is suffering an identity crisis that poses acute short- and long-term risks: President Trump, with 38% approval in Gallup, is giving the party a constricted appeal, with the danger of continuing high-profile defections.

Why it matters: In a 50-50 nation, marginal defections can incapacitate a party.

The GOP, long synonymous with conservatism, is now effectively the Trump Party — in policy, branding and support.

That leaves some swaths of traditional conservatives without a major-party home, and endangers Republican electoral fortunes.

And two of the party's mega-donors renounced the GOP last week: hedge fund manager Seth Klarman, once Republicans' biggest donor in New England, and Les Wexner — the wealthiest GOP donor in Ohio, and founder, chairman and CEO of L Brands, which includes Victoria's Secret.

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https://www.axios.com/republicans-growing-identity-crisis-2018-midterms-37485bd4-eeec-46de-8154-0a205eea505d.html

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The GOP's growing identity crisis (Original Post) DonViejo Sep 2018 OP

The GOP is shrinking their tent. They are more fanatic, but their overall numbers are shrinking. DetlefK Sep 2018 #1

There's no identity crisis -- there's a popularity crisis. Girard442 Sep 2018 #2

There is no daylight between Trump and the GOP. Hang him around their necks - every damn one of them dalton99a Sep 2018 #3

White Supremacy and sexism Johnny2X2X Sep 2018 #4

So, it turns out there aren't as many entitled white frat boys as they thought. Hugin Sep 2018 #5

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

1. The GOP is shrinking their tent. They are more fanatic, but their overall numbers are shrinking.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2018, 08:08 AM

Sep 2018

Girard442

(6,086 posts)

2. There's no identity crisis -- there's a popularity crisis.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Fri Sep 21, 2018, 08:08 AM

Sep 2018

The current crop of R's wouldn't turn a hair if Trump's approval rating was in the 60's, even if the highlight of his rallies was him personally executing undocumented immigrants on stage.