Basileus777
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Hanging Trump on the conservative party will not kill the conservative party. A conservative party will always exist because a good portion of our population holds conservatives values. Thinking otherwise is just a fantasy.
If Hilary wants to get something done during her presidency she will need Republicans to be less obstructionist than they have been under Obama. Trump has revealed fractures within the Republican party and its base that actually make this more likely - specifically that a good portion of the Republican base actually favors populist economic policies instead of free-market capitalism.
To co-opt or hold off future nativist populists, the Republican party is going to have to make some changes. This is where throwing Republicans a lifeline makes a lot of sense. People are more likely to work with you if you give them a way out of shitty situation instead of shit on their indentity and dignity.
And, in the end, that is what is important. Getting things done is more important than making yourself feel good by really laying into someone. Will it work? Who knows, but the benefits outweigh the alternative.
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/clinton-paul-ryan-poverty-plan-227207
That article is a good indication of what a first step might look like in a Clinton presidency. Paul Ryan - basically an economic libertarian - is receptive towards a bill that fights poverty with money. He and the Republican party are receptive because they now realize that their base doesnt give two shits about economic libertarianism. They voted Republican because of conservative social values and white identity politics. That has them scared. Why make it harder to get things done by shitting on them?
Moreover, you are also shitting on people who identify themselves as Republican. Give them an out so they can tell themselves that the Republican party abandoned them. They didn't abandon the Republican party. If you say the Republican party was always shit, then that has a lot less of a chance of happening.
Also, Republicans didn't tank the economy.
This feels like bright eyed optimism to me. The Republicans aren't going to work with a President Hillary because any seats they lose in the House will strengthen the power of the freedom caucus and they will be salivating at the idea of obstructing Hillary so they can pull together another Republican wave in 2018 and take the Presidency from an unpopular incompetent in 2020. These are the same people still refusing to even give Garland hearings, expecting them to become interested in governing after these past 8 years because of some vague comments by Ryan is a bit much.
Though I think the idea that Hillary is throwing Republicans a life raft with this speech is a pretty strange interpretation. She's trying to appeal to Republican voters, not defend Republican politicians.