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David Brooks No Likey the Mittster

by BooMan
Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 09:30:43 AM EST

In taking down Mitt Romney this morning, David Brooks had a good line that I hope is true.

As Walter Mondale was the last gasp of the fading New Deal coalition, Romney has turned himself into the last gasp of the Reagan coalition.

Actually, I don't care if Romney is the last gasp, or Huckabee, or McCain, or Thompson...just so long as it is the last gasp of the Reagan coalition.

Brooks' overall point was that the Mittster is totally, irredeemably unelectable in November and so GOP caucus goers should look elsewhere (wink...wink...McCain...nudge...nudge). It's actually pretty good advice.

David Brooks No Likey the Mittster | 4 comments (4 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: David Brooks No Likey the Mittster (4.00 / 2)

If the Republicans in Iowa are going to base their votes on electability, then they should caucus for a Democrat.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington- Obama
Philly for Obama

by Luam (LuamDK at gmail.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 10:02:30 AM EST

Re: David Brooks No Likey the Mittster (4.00 / 2)

In a group of candidates composed of the delusional and the lying, McCain becomes attractive by default.

Oh, there you are, Perry. -Phineas -SLB-

by boran2 (blogistan@yahoo.com) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 10:04:26 AM EST

Re: David Brooks No Likey the Mittster (none / 0)

I think McCain is their best chance to win the general election, and that's why we're seeing voters nudged in that direction. The others are either completely nuts, criminals, morons, or some combination of all three.

I'd rather own books that I don't read than clothes I don't wear." -- Jonathan Safran Foer

by mlr701 (mlr701atgmaildotcom) on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 12:28:25 PM EST

Re: David Brooks No Likey the Mittster (none / 1)

An interesting column by Brooks. He does write them occasionally--I wonder if we will see a single interesting column by Kristol. I doubt it.

One of the paragraphs I found most illuminating, even though it is somewhat off the main point, was this one:

"And yet as any true conservative can tell you, the sort of rational planning Mitt Romney embodies never works. The world is too complicated and human reason too limited. The PowerPoint mentality always fails to anticipate something. It always yields unintended consequences."

This helps one to understand how an otherwise smart-seeming person like Brooks can worship a clearly un-smart man like Bush. If intelligence "never works", then one is left with gut feeling, and the thing to admire in a politician is not rationality, but irrationality, which Bush has in spades. Furthermore, if reason never works, then we can solve the world's problems, so why try?

by rae on Tue Jan 1st, 2008 at 12:31:24 PM EST

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