A couple of RW talking heads talk sense. It's a marriage of temporary convenience, not of love. [View all]

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I'm referring specifically to Jennifer Rubin and David Brooks.

Both are still hard core Republicans. Don't look for either of them to have a change of heart. But don't think either of them have become completely hypocritical either. Their recent columns with criticisms of Trump are not insincere, contrived tripe designed to keep either of them in a job.

The difference bewteen them and us is that they see Trump and his cult as a danger to THEIR party now as well as to ours. They are NOT like Ross Douthat, who seeks to "reasonably" defend Trump while mildly chiding him, and still trash us at the same time. Rubin and Brooks have really figured out that Trump and Trumpism are genuine grade-A bad news for the nation as well as for the Democratic Party, and some of the stuff they are running in their op-ed pieces is downright coherent.

This doesn't mean it will last. If Joe Biden is not only elected (looks probable at this point), but is allowed to take office (less likely, given events of the last 20 years), I'm confident both Rubin and Brooks will revert to form. Once again, they will devise ways to explain why everything a Democratic President is doing is wrong. If he requests coffee at breakfast, they'll say it's a gaffe because he meant tea. But remember: they will say so in coherent English, meaning that half the Republicans will still have no idea what they are saying.

I'm sure that during this brief period where both they and we are of one mind concerning the Oaf in the Oval, they actually enjoyed hearing from respected pundits that they were spot on. It's not something that happens often to Republicans who can write English coherently. Maybe they've enjoyed their brief spell of verbal pats on the back from people they actually respect. Maybe, like the wavering vegan who liked the turkey he tasted on Thanksgiving, they will return for more on occasion.