{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Honestly I think that was a huge success for Republican realignment:\nThe Nixon-Gingrich realignment is complete, white workers...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/633911907162767360/", "html": "<p>Honestly I think that was a huge success for Republican realignment:</p><ol><li>The Nixon-Gingrich realignment is complete, white workers are a Republican constituency now and the party realizes it needs to serve them as such</li><li>This is <i>completely</i> compatible with the Dubya dream of drawing minorities into the party, maintaining competitiveness by cutting into Dem margins</li><li>Donald J Trump, Republican standardbearer, no longer has to execute the duties of President, for whom his party bore the taint of his halfassedness </li><li>Donald J Trump, guy who pump-primed the realignment, no longer has to serve as Republican standardbearer, with the party having to accommodate whatever he&rsquo;s currently doing</li><li>They retain a strong Senate position under a senatorial President who signals a Clinton-post-94 interest in meeting the legislature where it is</li><li><i>None</i> of the competing Dem factions were validated, <i>all</i> were frustrated, in a way that makes the party&rsquo;s path forward unclear, with multiple power centers capable of undermining but not establishing unity</li></ol>"}