Bill Kristol

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Bill Kristol @BillKristol

8. ...succeeding where McCarthy failed. But of course Trump succeeded. And this is Jonathan's key point: Trumpism is so much stronger than McCarthyism was that his heir will be Kari Lake, not DeSantis. Or does the GOP revert to a more "normal" (but still bad) Nixonian DeSantis? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 19, 2022

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7. Richard Nixon. Who of Trump's possible successors is most like Nixon--calculating, disciplined, willing to be demagogic but also able to reassure the establishment? Ron DeSantis. That's the argument for DeSantis as the successor to Trump--it's (mutatis mutandis!) like Nixon... — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 19, 2022

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9. Who knows? And these are just historically analogies, and shouldn't be taken too literally or seriously. But I thought they might stimulate debate and thought. Meanwhile, setting aside the speculation, and re-focusing on our urgent task: Never Trump! Never Trumpism! END — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 19, 2022