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So you're saying that the principled opposition by the small government wing will wilt in the face of populism, wind at his back and whatnot. You're right about this, except for the principled part.

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Close. I wasn't claiming that it was principled. I was claiming that it's what they stumped on in course to their leadership positions. Reversing themselves on those positions violates the narrative that they've been crafting, which probably has negative political consequences.

It wasn't principled and so the pivot to infrastructure spending will come without any political consequences because the Republican opposition was strictly partisan. It wasn't against the idea of improving infrastructure. It was against who was improving infrastructure.

If Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice do something, that's OK. If Hillary does the same thing, it's treasonous. Got it?

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