Given the fact that this crisis has lasted much longer than people would have presupposed, given that there is a higher cost to people in Puerto Rico in bringing aid and armament--if you want to think about it in defense terms--then why wouldn't it be a good idea to extend, in essence, that moratorium or repeal, whatever you want to call it?
Sanford questions the need to extend the Jones Act for Puerto Rico's aid.
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That which has traditionally worked in GOP politics isn't so much working these days. I've seen this erosion, you have too.
The conservative movement, in your view, you write, 'represented by the Republican Party had devolved into a lukewarm mess.'
This is going to be a thankless job, for whoever gets it. I mean, you do not have a governing majority.
It shows the danger of Donald Trump in my mind, because what it says is somebody as highly elected as Kevin McCarthy will twist himself in knots to stay relevant with the Trump base.
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