"This is telling because it gets at the cynicism that has so frequently characterized the attitude of Republican pols toward their own 'base': They are supposed to get sufficiently lathered up by right-wing media and conspiracy theorists that they will snake-dance to the polls every two years to smite the secular-socialist foe—but then get back in line and loyally support a Beltway D.C. agenda that's more focused on the GOP's donor base than its electoral base."
Ed Kilgore at New York discusses President Obama's diagnosis of the rise of Donald Trump.
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