Corporate kleptocrats and religious kooks are fighting for control of the GOP. The trouble is that each is becoming unelectable.
No, the country is not going to ban abortion across the board. No, the country does not believe that billionaires are panting to create jobs, except overseas.
For the GOP to survive and prosper again, both factions have to make their agenda realistic. To save face, call it clarifying their agenda:
1. Social conservatives should stop trying to impose their religious views via the federal government. They should work to devolve social issues to the states: abortion, drugs, gay marriage, assisted suicide, etc.
2. Economic conservatives should stress that they favor free markets over big businesses; if they don't, they should damn well start. Questioning the too-big-to-fail status quo is one place to start. Adopting Derek Khanna's agenda is another. A market economy with a safety net is salable to the electorate, and big business might prefer it to what the Democrats want to do to them.
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