The Bulwark: What About Joe?

There is a realignment happening along education and blue/white collar lines. It spans race & gender categories.

Most challenging: it’s not clear that left populist economics fixes it. These aren’t Bernie-curious Trumpers. These are culture war engaged anti-left non-whites. https://t.co/1ZwAACIlEN

— David Atkins (@DavidOAtkins) February 22, 2021

Bill Kristol agrees with my idea that the neocons and neoliberal voters who used to be Republicans before Trump should all become Democrats and poison the party from within.

The Bulwark:

“There’s an interesting piece in Politico today which raises interesting questions. Its headline: “Anti-Trumpers are done with the GOP. Where do they go now?” The subhed: “Scores of Republicans are bolting the party in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. But they’re discovering there’s really no place to go.” The piece tracks with a bunch of private and not-so-private conversations I’ve been involved in, and reveals a real set of questions and conundrums facing anti-Trumpers.

But the piece is also revealing in another way: Joe Biden is barely mentioned—his name appears twice, in passing. Similarly, Biden’s name is absent from lots of the “Whither Never Trump” conversations I’ve been privy to. …

So why not Biden? Why not Bidenism? That may not turn out to be the end solution. But surely it’s too real a possibility to be ignored. Why shouldn’t anti-Trump Republicans at least consider becoming a kind-of-Old-Republican wing of Joe Biden’s Democratic party? …

Maybe it’s time they get attention and respect. Perhaps anti-Trump can morph into work-with-Biden.

Or perhaps not. But it’s worth a look, and even a try.”

Why not Joe?

Joe voted for the Iraq War. He considers it a mistake though. He wants to get back into the Iran Deal and get out of the Middle East. Trump was the most Zionist president in history, but he didn’t start a war with Iran. Both parties are restrained by public opinion on that issue.