Who Will the Right Wing Media Attack Now?

They won’t have Hillary Clinton to kick around anymore.  Oh sure, Representative Jason Chaffetz can haul Clinton before his committee, or Attorney General Rudolf Giuliani can appoint a special prosecutor.  The mainstream American voter loves to see winners kick losers while they are down—NOT!

An important reminder for liberals, especially those with an elite and / or a graduate education:  never fall into the trap of thinking that people you hate and fear are also stupid. Clinton will slowly recede from sight. It’s more politically astute for Republicans to ignore her.

With Clinton gone, who will Fox, Rush, and the rest go after next? Or will they convert from an outrage machine to a booster club, rah rah rah for Trump, everything is terrific, all positive all the time?

Nahhh. What kind of ratings would that get?

The answer is obvious: Republican squishes must now be the target.  RINOs must be hunted to extinction.

Could the attack dogs go after Trump instead?  No—he scares even them.

So it will be the reasonable Republicans, the senators with qualms about ending the filibuster, the representatives who quail at the prospect of throwing millions off their health insurance, who will become the new target of right wing media rage.

The task of Democrats is to sharpen the contradictions—to help the Republican beast chew off its tail, and then shove toes toward its mouth. Eat!

If Democrats play their cards right, all the reasonable Republicans will be beaten into submission.  Crazies and ideologues will rule. Democrats can subtly boost these wingnuts, if they choose. Get behind their amendments, and then vote against the bill.

And believe me, the crazy element in the Republican caucus is truly insane.  They can be Democrats’ ticket back from the wilderness.

When faced with superior size and force—Republicans control all branches of the Federal government—a jiu jitsu strategy is required.  Victory only comes when your opponent over-reaches, and you apply force with his momentum, not against it.

That’s when he tumbles to the floor.

Translated into political terms: when everything that comes out of the House is extreme & crazy, the odds that the Senate will balk increase.  The more insane the House output, the more likely that a politically astute President—and you have to give Frump that—will dig in his heels: “Are you crazy? I’m not signing that turkey.”

And down that path, nothing happens—no meaningful legislation, because Republicans fall to squabbling among themselves.  Which is as good as it gets, until 2018.