Seems to me that behind the scenes the GOP has become very effective at long term strategies that are not apparent until fully executed. For example following the Bush #1 defeat the Roger Ailes era GOP realized their path to electoral victory was to skew the odds at the state level by winning all the conservative rural districts and gett…
Seems to me that behind the scenes the GOP has become very effective at long term strategies that are not apparent until fully executed. For example following the Bush #1 defeat the Roger Ailes era GOP realized their path to electoral victory was to skew the odds at the state level by winning all the conservative rural districts and getting majorities in state legislatures. This allowed them to gerrymander electoral maps and minimize Urban population centers so they could win elections even with a minority of popular votes. Roll that up to the electoral college and you end up with Trump 1.0 etc. Poster child examples of this are Florida and North Carolina.
In my view this is what DOGE is really all about currently where the long game is not so much about eliminating government departments and agencies (though they are on their way) but more about changing those agencies from within. By firing (or encouraging voluntary resignation) of as many staff as possible before the courts can intervene (a slow process) the MAGA / DOGE nexus then has control of any re-hiring process. Then with every cabinet level department controlled by Trump sycophants you can be absolutely sure that re-hired management will be mostly MAGA true believers completely changing the entire Washington civil service culture to be political. To be fair it may have been somewhat leftish before DOGE but nowhere near the extent that a Trump loyalty test as job qualification #1 will entail.
Seems to me that behind the scenes the GOP has become very effective at long term strategies that are not apparent until fully executed. For example following the Bush #1 defeat the Roger Ailes era GOP realized their path to electoral victory was to skew the odds at the state level by winning all the conservative rural districts and getting majorities in state legislatures. This allowed them to gerrymander electoral maps and minimize Urban population centers so they could win elections even with a minority of popular votes. Roll that up to the electoral college and you end up with Trump 1.0 etc. Poster child examples of this are Florida and North Carolina.
In my view this is what DOGE is really all about currently where the long game is not so much about eliminating government departments and agencies (though they are on their way) but more about changing those agencies from within. By firing (or encouraging voluntary resignation) of as many staff as possible before the courts can intervene (a slow process) the MAGA / DOGE nexus then has control of any re-hiring process. Then with every cabinet level department controlled by Trump sycophants you can be absolutely sure that re-hired management will be mostly MAGA true believers completely changing the entire Washington civil service culture to be political. To be fair it may have been somewhat leftish before DOGE but nowhere near the extent that a Trump loyalty test as job qualification #1 will entail.
Yes. that is literally what the Project 2025 plan spells out.