As I discussed in my last TPMCafe column, a powerful meme is developing in Washington that interprets the recent behavior of congressional Republicans as evidencing a “civil war” against conservative radicalism, pointing to the revival of a “pragmatic” GOP that will be ready to govern come 2016. Such prophecies typically foresee the presidential nomination of a Chris Christie or a Jeb Bush to lead the triumphal Return to the Center of the pachyderms. After all, even in their period of wild reaction to Barack Obama, didn’t GOPers nominate “moderates” John McCain and Mitt Romney?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=208723