The Neo-Whigs
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Fellow Dispatcher Declan Garvey joins Jonah on today’s program, wherein they discuss the parallels between the GOP’s current identity crisis and the last time that Americans witnessed a similar party realignment (the Whigs vs. Jacksonian Democrats). The guys discuss the prospects for a theoretically ascendant third party - “The people I spoke to said, ‘Yeah, I’d be happy to belong to a party that addressed my concerns even if I knew it might lose in the short term,’” says Declan - as well as early 2024 contenders and the validity of the “Red Dog Democrat” theory.
Show Notes:
-Declan’s page at The Dispatch
-“Hey, egghead, sing ‘Fair Harvard!’”
-Declan: “Is it Time for the Republican Party to Split Apart?”
-Steve Scalise won’t say the election wasn’t stolen
-Trump’s attack on Mitch McConnell
-Mitt Romney says Trump is already a 2024 frontrunner
-Maine and Alaska should watch out for unintended consequences
-Bill Kristol: “What About Joe?”
-Tim Miller: “The Trade: Meet the New Red Dog Democrats”
-Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton propose a minimum wage hike
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