Our parties need to learn the opposite lessons
WASHINGTON — It would save pixels, ink and talking time if we all agreed on the obvious:
First, the facts:
And the Democrats’ diversity is increasing because of the flood of new supporters fleeing Donald Trump’s
As for the
The
These data points explain a very large share of the standard political commentary.
The question raised again and again about Republican politicians is: Why oh why don’t they have the courage to speak up against a president who, many times a day, violates the most basic norms of decency, values many of these same politicians lauded before
The question regularly asked about
The Republican question is easier to dispose of. The
There’s a better chance of a
Those differences won’t be wished away. As Gallup reported in January, 51% of
Oh, yes, and if the House Democratic caucus is contentious, consider that 31 of its 235 members represent districts that Trump carried, and an overlapping group of 41 hold seats that went Republican in 2016.
There’s no way this crowd can prevail unless it studies one of the most boring words in politics, forbearance — patient self-control, restraint, and tolerance.
Some forbearance mantras and exercises: Goals are the litmus tests, not the means; the left is right to be frustrated over the excessive caution of earlier Democratic administrations, but moderates aren’t sell-outs for asking what the traffic of public opinion will bear; and keep looking across the aisle and think about what those guys — they are mostly guys — will do if they hang on to power.
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