A Cure for Trumpism...By ROSS DOUTHAT

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/17/opinion/sunday/a-cure-for-trumpism.html?ref=opinion


A Cure for
Trumpism

The case for a conservative politics that stresses the
national interest abroad and national solidarity at home.

By ROSS DOUTHAT and REIHAN SALAMJULY 15, 2016


WHEN Donald Trump accepts the Republican nomination on Thursday in Cleveland, it will represent a stunning moment in American politics — the triumph of a raw populism, embodied by a shameless demagogue, over both the official establishment and the official ideology of a major political party.

We didn’t see Trump’s apotheosis coming. But in our 2008 book, “Grand New Party,” we pointed out that despite its “party of the rich” reputation, the Republican Party increasingly depended on mostly white working-class support, even as its policy agenda was increasingly unresponsive to working-class voters’ problems and concerns.

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That's pretty convoluted.  There are a few decent points in a sea of nonsense.

I disagree.  The Republican Party has to take a hard look at its policies and focus on the middle class and their anxieties. 

But first, Trumpism has to be killed in its crib.  #NeverTrump in November.