3 reasons why a 'center right' party will never work

[brooklynite]

CNN

1. The Republican Party already fought this fight in 2016. The anti-Trump crowd, which ultimately became every candidate in the GOP primary field other than Trump, lost. And lost badly. Just ask Marco Rubio. And Jeb Bush. And Lindsey Graham. And Rand Paul. And Ted Cruz. And Chris Christie. And Ben Carson.

2. There's no leader for this movement. Voters rally around candidates, not political parties. Barack Obama appealed to people, first and foremost, because he was Barack Obama. Not because he was a Democrat. Same for Trump, who, prior to running in 2016, was at best loosely affiliated with the Republican Party. Who is the face of this proposed new party or new faction? Ben Sasse? John Kasich? Liz Cheney? Larry Hogan? Adam Kinzinger? Mitt Romney? Lisa Murkowski? You get the idea. Way too many cooks.

3. GOP elected officials have zero interest in it: For people who like to argue that Trump's actions during and after the January 6 riot have fundamentally changed how he stands in the party, I like to remind them that, in the immediate aftermath of that riot, 138 Republicans voted to object to the Electoral College results in Pennsylvania. That's a clear majority of House Republicans on the record in support of an objection based on zero facts and 100% loyalty to Trump. So where again is this clamor to get beyond Trump?

[sfstaxprep]

1. A Pundit Was Saying This Earlier Today

It's doomed to spectacular failure.

[mucifer]

5. yeah but it's good for us

[moonscape]

2. About #2, they need some

infrastructure before worrying about a leader. Once they have made progress with that they might attract a leader, certainly one competitive with a repub and at least split the vote. Building takes time, but I don’t see it insurmountable. Would take several election cycles at least, but if I was a center-right person I’d be all in for the fight.

[servermsh]

3. It doesn't have to "work". It just has to divide.

It just has to be a viable third party to take votes away from Republican candidates.

[Progressive Jones]

4. It will work to help Dems. I love the idea! nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

6. I'm old enough to remember when we moved progressive legislation

with a coalition of Democrats and Republicans against the Conservative forces in both Parties. I wish we still had that kind of government.