{"id":2493,"date":"2019-11-07T07:33:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T12:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/?p=2493"},"modified":"2019-11-07T07:33:36","modified_gmt":"2019-11-07T12:33:36","slug":"the-disciples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dahlman.online\/index.php\/2019\/11\/07\/the-disciples\/","title":{"rendered":"The Disciples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It\u2019s tough to look at the current political situation in America dispassionately, and I\u2019m probably not the guy to do it.&nbsp;&nbsp;But I do think there are verifiable \u201cfacts\u201d that can be agreed on, even across the divide of Republican to Democrat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">With an Iron Fist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Donald Trump has captured the Republican Party.&nbsp;&nbsp;We see it in every poll, no matter what the President does, probably including \u201cshooting someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue;\u201d there is a hard core of Republicans that will follow him.&nbsp;&nbsp;How strong is that core?&nbsp;&nbsp;Well in the polling of all voters, it ranges around 36% of the total.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in the Republican Party, that\u2019s somewhere over 80%.&nbsp;&nbsp;The days of the 1960\u2019s and my father\u2019s \u201cRockefeller Republicans\u201d or even the 2008 \u201cMcCain Republicans\u201d are over; this is the era of Trump.&nbsp;&nbsp;(Yep, Utah is the exception that proves the point, the only Republican state that Trump can\u2019t control, thus Mitt Romney.&nbsp;&nbsp;He couldn\u2019t win anywhere else.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We see those \u201cold school\u201d Republicans standing sadly on the sidelines.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Party they grew up and loved is gone; they either must swallow Trumpism or step out of the political life.&nbsp;&nbsp;We know them:&nbsp;&nbsp;David Jolly the former Congressman from Florida, now an independent, John Kasich the former Governor of Ohio, Nicolle Wallace, a Bush advisor now on MSNBC, or George Conway, the conservative lawyer who happens to be married to White House advisor Kelly-Ann.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for Republicans who want to stay in politics, there is little choice.&nbsp;&nbsp;Democrats (like me) naively wait for the \u201cProfiles and Courage\u201d moment when they will stand for country over Party, but it\u2019s not going to happen.&nbsp;&nbsp;80% or more of Republicans support Trump.&nbsp;&nbsp;And the President has made it clear that he will brook neither interference nor rebellion.&nbsp;&nbsp;He will stomp the fire out with a tweet, calling on \u201chis\u201d voters to turn on the violator.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ask Mark Sanford of South Carolina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mike Pence<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>So for those Republican leaders who remain, what course can they find in this new era?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some have Presidential ambitions after the Trump Presidency is over.&nbsp;&nbsp;Vice President Pence finds himself dragged into controversy, perhaps even being the messenger of \u201cquid pro quo\u201d to the Ukrainian Government.&nbsp;&nbsp;But for Pence the course is clear; 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he has flown too close to the Trumpian sun.&nbsp;&nbsp;Like Anthony Scaramucci (now an anti-Trumper) he melted down when the pressure was greatest.&nbsp;&nbsp;Trump hates the weak, and the losers.&nbsp;&nbsp;Now Mick will need to go be President of the University of South Carolina, soon to be thrust out of the Presidential orbit.&nbsp;&nbsp;He\u2019ll need to get over it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lindsey Graham<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Lindsey Graham wants to be President too.&nbsp;&nbsp;And he, of all of the other Presidents-in-waiting, has felt the lash of Trump\u2019s attacks.&nbsp;&nbsp;Trump called him a loser, an idiot, and a lightweight.&nbsp;&nbsp;And Trump publicly released Graham\u2019s cellphone number.&nbsp;&nbsp;The best Graham could do; destroy his phone in a campaign ad (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RXSFRMJhlgY\">YouTube<\/a>.)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;He looked weak and bullied, and it was another step in his failed 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So instead of standing against Trump, as his best friend John McCain did, Lindsey told us exactly what he was going to do.&nbsp;&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m no John McCain\u201d was part of his final words about his friend.&nbsp;&nbsp;And Graham then pivoted to become the President\u2019s \u201cbest friend\u201d and defender in the Senate.&nbsp;&nbsp;He made his \u201cbones\u201d with Trump at the Kavanaugh hearing, when he fired the \u201cprosecutor\u201d and ranted and raved against the Democrats.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Graham has not turned back since.&nbsp;&nbsp;This week he\u2019s stated that he won\u2019t read or listen to the \u201cillegitimate\u201d evidence in the House impeachment investigation.&nbsp;&nbsp;He\u2019s already made up his mind: the President is innocent.&nbsp;&nbsp;Lindsey is hoping that in the internal Party battle to follow Trump, the 80% will remember who was the loudest defender of the President when things were at the worst.&nbsp;&nbsp;His strategy may well work, regardless of whether Trump survives his term in office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mike Pompeo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, The Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, is the most ambitious man in Republican politics.&nbsp;&nbsp;He doesn\u2019t want to become the President; 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