Andrew Sullivan writes:
The trouble is: the instant transformation might make things work. Voters could look at this and say "This is just another sales technique. He'll try anything." The ideological shape-shifter becomes a human shape-shifter. He actually underlines the difference between his snide, callow remarks about half of Americans at a big fundraiser ... and this new Mr Rogers version. Roger Ailes would have planned this media image from January on. But the GOP base had their chance, and Jon Huntsman got nowhere. The whole thing reinforces my conviction that this is a party in a near death spiral.
They cling to bromides from 1979, trying to repeat the unrepeatable in utterly different circumstances. Both Romney and Ryan live in bubbles - among mega-money-men and life-long Rand-groupies - utterly alien to most Americans. This is a riveting moment: a party nearing the edge of what could be a psychic break.
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