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Beau says:
Republican debates shift focus from culture war to foreign policy, possibly positioning for a Trump nomination.
Political analysts, voters
Details on specific Republican candidates' stances and performances during the debate.
Well, howdy there internet people, it's Bo again.
So today we are going to talk about the Republican debates
and what we can tell from it.
Going over the play-by-play really isn't that interesting.
There wasn't much there.
Lots of just normal Republican antics,
but there were a couple of interesting developments
that I think are worth noting because it highlights a shift that has occurred.
Most of the debate was focused on foreign policy, what Republicans consider foreign
policy, dividing the world up into good countries and bad countries and saying bad countries
are bad and good countries are good.
And that was what they focused on.
They didn't even talk about, you know, the giant elephant in the room being reproductive
rights until like an hour and a half into it.
So what you're seeing is the Republican Party start to realize that the culture war nonsense
is not really benefiting them.
So they're trying to switch gears and talk about foreign policy.
The problem with this is that their base is conditioned to really crave the culture war
stuff.
The base is going to want it and none of these candidates are really giving it to them.
So either it's an acknowledgment of how poorly Republican domestic policy resonates with
the majority of Americans as demonstrated by, well, you know, the whole Virginia, Ohio,
you know, all of that stuff.
Or something else has happened, which may be even more likely and even more unnerving.
They may no longer be debating to be president.
They may be trying to audition for the role of a vice president who engages in foreign
policy, who gets sent places to go handle things.
would mean that large camps within the Republican Party do not see a way to stop Trump.
And now they are trying to position themselves to be able to benefit from his potential nomination
or maybe even election.
stark shift in what they were talking about it it signals one of the two
either everybody on that stage has already given up and they're just going
through the motions and they're hoping that Trump will pick them or the
Republican Party is in total disarray and they don't want to talk about their
domestic policy because well I mean frankly most Americans think it's
horrible. It's one of those two, or maybe a combination of both, but I would kind of
expect to see less and less energy coming out of the potential candidates for president
from the Republican side, unless something happens with one of Trump's many legal entanglements.
That may re-energize them, but based on that debate, they're at a loss and they're trying
to find a place.
None of that is good for the U.S.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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