Comments by "MarcosElMalo2" (@MarcosElMalo2) on "FULL EPISODE: The GOP Is a Failed State (with Will Saletan) | The Bulwark Podcast" video.

  1. It’s funny to call them moderates when they’re still conservatives. They only seem to be moderates because the GOP has shifted so far into crazy right wing extremism. They haven’t moved towards the center, it just seems like it by comparison.
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  2. I’ll give me a better metaphor. The GOP has become the Donner Party. When Charlie was talking about Liz Cheney, he mentioned that she was “too far off in the wilderness” or words to that effect. But Liz hasn’t changed her positions or principals. She’s stands where she’s always been. It’s the GOP that has gone off to settle down in a new political territory. And they’re now stuck in the mountains in the middle of winter, engaging in cannibalism. The “moderates” are congratulating themselves that they didn’t elect Jack the Ripper as Speaker after voting three times. Meanwhile they are preparing to nominate Hannibal Lecter to be their presidential candidate. I don’t see why Cheney would want to join this orgy of self-slaughter. Who would really want to take charge of (or try to) a ravenous mob and somehow persuade them to stop murdering and eating each other? Here is the thing: without Democratic votes, no Republican speaker will be able to enforce discipline on the GOP caucus. He or she will be just as weak and ineffective as McCarthy, at the mercy of the MAGAs. Without Dem support, Speaker of the House is merely an honorific. Without Dem support, the Speaker of the House is essentially powerless. So why wouldn’t the “moderate” Republican representatives just make a deal with the congressional Democrats? Because it would be career suicide. Even openly talking about compromise would put them on a death list (possibly a literal death list). Very few (probably none) care about governing more than they do about their careers and staying in office. The first ones that Hannibal eats after he’s officially nominated will be anyone who attempted to make a deal with the Dems.
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