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"While Bo French-ism did not cause Republicans’ historic loss, it threatens to cement it, by abandoning the nascent Trump coalition in favor of the pleasures of pessimism."
@CharlesFLehman on the delusion of "demographics is destiny":
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www.compactmag.com Against Bo French-ism Bo French was just one among the many losers in last Tuesday’s statewide Democratic sweep in Texas.

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Do Tuesday's results reveal the emergence of a durable Democratic majority? Or only an ephemeral backlash against Trumpism?
@JohnBJudis reads the tea leaves:
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www.compactmag.com Is the Democratic Majority Finally Emerging? In our 2002 book The Emerging Democratic Majority, Ruy Teixeira and I argued that if Democrats continued to gain middle-class professionals and the growing minority vote, while maintaining sufficient...

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Trump had a successful formula in 2024. Why did he change it? @ToryAnarchist argues that the answer has to do with the influence of the late Lindsey Graham:
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www.compactmag.com How Lindsey Graham Lost the Midterms The biggest political loser of the 2026 midterms wasn’t even on the ballot—because he’d died nearly four months earlier.

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"As much as Kennedy rails against that establishment, he shares a number of its assumptions."
@ComradeDoom1 on RFK and MAHA's identity crisis:
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www.compactmag.com MAHA’s Identity Crisis In late October, Calley Means resigned from his position as senior advisor to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

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"Ramaswamy’s predicament is that he has pledged loyalty to MAGA without renouncing the meritocratic worldview, which much of the movement now views as a toxic residuum."
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www.compactmag.com Vivek and the End of Meritocracy For decades, the achievements of South Asian immigrants were celebrated across the political spectrum as proof that the combination of liberalized immigration policies and meritocracy could bolster...