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Good Fellows: No Forward Passes with guest Peter Robinson
As the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump begins, what’s the path forward for the Republican Party—distance itself from Trump and risk losing his fan base, or embrace Trump and further alienate suburbanites and college-educated voters? Peter Robinson, the Hoover Institution’s Murdoch Distinguished Policy Fellow and host of Uncommon Knowledge (and a former Reagan White House speechwriter), joins Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster and John Cochrane to discuss the GOP’s brand, their shared memories of the late George Shultz, and one fellow’s disdain for the Super Bowl and the American version of “football.”
Recorded on February 9th, 2020
Published in General
I really have to question Gen. McMaster’s assertion of a “politics of subraction”. DJT attracted mre voters than he had before, including gains in several minority demographics. His main losses seem to be suburban women and longtime denizens of the Washington circles.
Mr Ferguson makes a lot of sense (about 55:00) regarding pursuing DJT’s policies. There’s a saying going around “go woke, go broke” while not always proving true, it does seem to true often enough that there’s a lot to it.