{"id":16507,"date":"2015-09-10T02:34:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-10T06:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buchanan.org\/blog\/?p=16507"},"modified":"2019-02-10T11:07:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-10T16:07:40","slug":"those-renegade-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buchanan.org\/blog\/those-renegade-republicans-16507","title":{"rendered":"Those Renegade Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Charlie Cook – National Journal<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

An anger persists: Party rebel Pat Buchanan upset a sitting president in the 1992 New Hampshire GOP primary.<\/em><\/p>\n

PHOTO: February 1992: Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan holds up a newspaper with the headline, ‘Read Our Lips’ at press conference following the New Hampshire Primary. (Photo by Ron Sachs\/Consolidated News Pictures\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n

Almost half of the GOP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s voters are saying: Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s start from scratch.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is the Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adan Party go\u00c2\u00ading rogue? It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hard to look at the opin\u00c2\u00adion polling in the GOP pres\u00c2\u00adid\u00c2\u00aden\u00c2\u00adtial nom\u00c2\u00adin\u00c2\u00ada\u00c2\u00adtion con\u00c2\u00adtest and con\u00c2\u00adclude any\u00c2\u00adthing else. As un\u00c2\u00adex\u00c2\u00adpec\u00c2\u00adted as many of the de\u00c2\u00advel\u00c2\u00adop\u00c2\u00adments on the Demo\u00c2\u00adcrat\u00c2\u00adic side have been, it doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hold a candle to what is un\u00c2\u00adfold\u00c2\u00ading among the Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adans.<\/p>\n

Clearly, something pro\u00c2\u00adfound is hap\u00c2\u00adpen\u00c2\u00ading in the usu\u00c2\u00adally staid and or\u00c2\u00adderly party. Don\u00c2\u00adald Trump is in first place not only in Iowa and New Hamp\u00c2\u00adshire, but in na\u00c2\u00adtion\u00c2\u00adal polling as well, av\u00c2\u00ader\u00c2\u00adaging more than a quarter of the vote. Ben Car\u00c2\u00adson, the re\u00c2\u00adtired neur\u00c2\u00ado\u00c2\u00adlo\u00c2\u00adgist, is now in second place in Iowa and na\u00c2\u00adtion\u00c2\u00adwide, and in a stat\u00c2\u00adist\u00c2\u00adic\u00c2\u00adal tie in New Hamp\u00c2\u00adshire with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a more tra\u00c2\u00addi\u00c2\u00adtion\u00c2\u00adal can\u00c2\u00addid\u00c2\u00adate. That Jeb Bush is av\u00c2\u00ader\u00c2\u00adaging single-di\u00c2\u00adgit per\u00c2\u00adform\u00c2\u00adances in both cru\u00c2\u00adcial states and na\u00c2\u00adtion\u00c2\u00adally is just as per\u00c2\u00adplex\u00c2\u00ading.<\/p>\n

Should we see this as a re\u00c2\u00adbel\u00c2\u00adlion against ca\u00c2\u00adreer politi\u00c2\u00adcians and the GOP es\u00c2\u00adtab\u00c2\u00adlish\u00c2\u00adment? Or, is roughly 40 per\u00c2\u00adcent of the GOP elect\u00c2\u00ador\u00c2\u00adate throw\u00c2\u00ading a tem\u00c2\u00adper tan\u00c2\u00adtrum? The an\u00c2\u00adswer is: both.<\/p>\n

Not quite half of the Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adan Party is made up of so\u00c2\u00adcial, cul\u00c2\u00adtur\u00c2\u00adal, and evan\u00c2\u00adgel\u00c2\u00adic\u00c2\u00adal con\u00c2\u00adser\u00c2\u00advat\u00c2\u00adives, tea-party ad\u00c2\u00adher\u00c2\u00adents, and pop\u00c2\u00adu\u00c2\u00adlists. None of them ever cared much for the party es\u00c2\u00adtab\u00c2\u00adlish\u00c2\u00adment in the first place. This 40-something per\u00c2\u00adcent of the GOP isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t only more vis\u00c2\u00adible and vo\u00c2\u00adcal than the slight ma\u00c2\u00adjor\u00c2\u00adity of con\u00c2\u00adven\u00c2\u00adtion\u00c2\u00adal Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adans, they are also like\u00c2\u00adli\u00c2\u00ader to vote in caucuses and primar\u00c2\u00adies. That mag\u00c2\u00adni\u00c2\u00adfies their im\u00c2\u00adport\u00c2\u00adance.<\/p>\n

But more than that is go\u00c2\u00ading on in the Grand Old Party. This is my the\u00c2\u00adory: Dur\u00c2\u00ading the past 35 years, since Ron\u00c2\u00adald Re\u00c2\u00adagan entered the White House, Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adan voters have watched in quiet dis\u00c2\u00admay as the fed\u00c2\u00ader\u00c2\u00adal debt and the size of gov\u00c2\u00adern\u00c2\u00adment kept grow\u00c2\u00ading, not only un\u00c2\u00adder Demo\u00c2\u00adcrat\u00c2\u00adic pres\u00c2\u00adid\u00c2\u00adents but also un\u00c2\u00adder Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adans\u00e2\u20ac\u201dRe\u00c2\u00adagan and both Bushes. Much of that happened while Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adans held ma\u00c2\u00adjor\u00c2\u00adit\u00c2\u00adies in one or both houses of Con\u00c2\u00adgress.<\/p>\n

The ca\u00c2\u00adreer politi\u00c2\u00adcians who con\u00c2\u00adsti\u00c2\u00adtute the party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s es\u00c2\u00adtab\u00c2\u00adlish\u00c2\u00adment have dis\u00c2\u00adap\u00c2\u00adpoin\u00c2\u00adted many Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adans. Con\u00c2\u00adser\u00c2\u00advat\u00c2\u00adives (and nu\u00c2\u00admer\u00c2\u00adous non\u00c2\u00adcon\u00c2\u00adser\u00c2\u00advat\u00c2\u00adives) hated the Troubled As\u00c2\u00adset Re\u00c2\u00adlief Pro\u00c2\u00adgram, which Pres\u00c2\u00adid\u00c2\u00adent George W. Bush pushed through in re\u00c2\u00adsponse to the 2008 fin\u00c2\u00adan\u00c2\u00adcial crisis. The so-called bail\u00c2\u00adout of banks stoked their pop\u00c2\u00adu\u00c2\u00adlist ire; few of them seemed to ap\u00c2\u00adpre\u00c2\u00adci\u00c2\u00adate that the emer\u00c2\u00adgency ac\u00c2\u00adtion might well have pre\u00c2\u00adven\u00c2\u00adted the U.S. and world eco\u00c2\u00adnom\u00c2\u00adies from slid\u00c2\u00ading in\u00c2\u00adto a second Great De\u00c2\u00adpres\u00c2\u00adsion. Most con\u00c2\u00adser\u00c2\u00advat\u00c2\u00adives and Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adans des\u00c2\u00adpised the Af\u00c2\u00adford\u00c2\u00adable Care Act and, un\u00c2\u00adaware of the in\u00c2\u00adner work\u00c2\u00adings of Con\u00c2\u00adgress, couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t un\u00c2\u00adder\u00c2\u00adstand why Re\u00c2\u00adpub\u00c2\u00adlic\u00c2\u00adan ma\u00c2\u00adjor\u00c2\u00adit\u00c2\u00adies haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t rolled it back.<\/p>\n

In\u00c2\u00adcreas\u00c2\u00adingly, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen their own lead\u00c2\u00aders as in\u00c2\u00adex\u00c2\u00adtric\u00c2\u00adably bound up with everything they hate about Wash\u00c2\u00ading\u00c2\u00adton. Thus, the tea party was born. As a con\u00c2\u00adsequence, something else died\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe de\u00c2\u00adfer\u00c2\u00adence tra\u00c2\u00addi\u00c2\u00adtion\u00c2\u00adally af\u00c2\u00adforded to the party\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s es\u00c2\u00adtab\u00c2\u00adlish\u00c2\u00adment, in nom\u00c2\u00adin\u00c2\u00adat\u00c2\u00ading as its stand\u00c2\u00adard-bear\u00c2\u00ader who\u00c2\u00adever was next in line.<\/p>\n

This isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the first time the anti\u00c2\u00ades\u00c2\u00adtab\u00c2\u00adlish\u00c2\u00adment pieces of the party have shown a will\u00c2\u00ading\u00c2\u00adness to look out\u00c2\u00adside the box. Re\u00c2\u00adcall 1992, when con\u00c2\u00adser\u00c2\u00advat\u00c2\u00adive com\u00c2\u00adment\u00c2\u00adat\u00c2\u00ador Pat Buchanan up\u00c2\u00adset Pres\u00c2\u00adid\u00c2\u00adent George H.W. Bush in the New Hamp\u00c2\u00adshire primary. Read more at the National Journal…<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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