Now is a good time to wonder: do neoconservatives have any support in the broad voting population? Or has the whole 'neocon" thing of the last 60 years or so been an elaborate game within the elites, intellectual policy-wonkish, and politically connected? This is a big question. After all, the Cheney family is regularly classified as neocon. Dick and Lynne and Liz. Other prominent example of Trump-resisting Republicans fit the label pretty nicely: Bolton, Haley, the latest Podhoretz to be running COMMENTARY.... If we are headed for a rematch one would expect neocon sentiment to side with Biden over Trump after all the water under the bridge. After Trump has made so clear his utter contempt for them. But ... does it matter? Do the neocons have the numbers to make themselves matter? Here is a potentially relevant factoid. COMMENTARY says it has 1.2 million monthly page views on average. So there are at least that number of people willing to take neocon ideas ...
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Last week, in a decision of great sacrifice, I decided to watch the final debate of the remaining two non-Trump Republican presidential candidates before the Iowa caucus ... so you, dear reader, didn't have to. Only a couple of points are worth mention. Ambassador Haley seemed to think it an important point about DeSantis that under him insurance rates for homeowners have gone up in Florida. He never really responded on point, though she came back to this several times. Neither of them really said anything about WHY property insurance rates have risen. Haley could have made it seem an important point if she had said, "property insurance rates are up because insurers are factoring in the increase in extreme home-destroying weather events in Florida. THAT is happening due to climate change. Here is my plan for what to do about THAT." But she didn't make that connection -- EVEN when she was specifically asked about climate ch...
No, Ambassador Haley, let us not pretend that "communication style" is the problem with your boss. The Hill quotes Nikki Haley saying " First of all, he has his communication style," Haley told CBS’s “Sunday Morning.” "But you're not hearing me defend that." Um, not the problem. Unless "communication style" is a seven syllable euphemism for "lying." In which case it is a part of the problem, but a small part. Madam Ambassador, if you have a conscience, resign.