Their ideology stopped making sense decades ago, so by now the supporters who are left can’t be rational.
If they were, they wouldn’t be “moderates”. And their identity is wrapped up in that, so they can’t. No matter what a Republican or a progressive says should be done, the modern moderate will declare both are bad and the obvious choice is halfway between them.
You’ll never explain that to a moderate…
Their ideology stopped making sense decades ago, so by now the supporters who are left can’t be rational.
If they were, they wouldn’t be “moderates”. And their identity is wrapped up in that, so they can’t. No matter what a Republican or a progressive says should be done, the modern moderate will declare both are bad and the obvious choice is halfway between them.