Comprehensive look at how the proliferation of right-wing media has shifted Republican candidates decisively to the right--with potentially ill effects for the Republican party's effectiveness.
Seems like a paradoxical conclusion. If the party got pushed right because it HAD to to keep political power, that makes sense, but this push right comes "at the expense of its ability to govern and pick presidential nominees." I haven't got time to listen to the discussion so maybe I'm missing some nuance, but it seems like a peculiar thing to happen to the party.
- Conservative media pushes candidates to the right through, essentially, energizing and radicalizing the base. - Far-right, ideological purist candidates are elected to the Senate, House, or governorships in majority-conservative areas. - Far-right, ideological purist candidates fail to govern due to their unwillingness to compromise and rabid anti-establishment politics. - Conservative media pushes candidates for the Republican presidential nomination to the right. - The party nominates a fairly far-right candidate. - The candidate fails to win the general election due to their radical (far-right) positions.
Also interesting to note that conservative constituents demands for "purity" echo the kinds of ideologically stringent shit that metalheads fling at each other on the Internet.
The only pure, true, real metal is Babymetal. ...Wait, what are we talking about again?