GOP base is beyond Trump's control
by Jonah Goldberg, Tribune Content Agency
Oct 04, 2017
3 minutes
The conservative movement is caught in a Catch-22 of its own making. In the war against "the establishment" we have made being an outsider the most important qualification for a politician. The problem? Once elected, outsiders by definition become insiders. This isn't just a semantic point. The Constitution requires politicians to work through the system if they're going to get anything done.
Look at all the senators who rode the tea party wave into power: Ted
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