Steve Schmidt has been a Democrat for only a day and already....

[Miguelito Loveless]

291. I get the purity argument a lot

So, at what point in defending our principles do I become a "purist"? Which principles are negotable if the price is right, or if it is momentarily convenient?

Schmidt helped put Alito and Roberts on the court, does he still support their view of the the Constitution? If he does, am I being a "purist" for objecting? Am I being a "purist" just for asking?

At what point do we move from "Big Tent" ideological disagreements to positions which are antithetical to the Party platform? Are all planks in the platform ideologically "negotiable"? I thought the point of having a party platform was to define what we stand for. Schmidt hates Trump and is now willing to use his talent, talents he previously used to oppose us and advance the GOP cause, to attack Trump and the GOP who embrace him. Is that all that is required? Is he accepted into the party without question on that basis? Does he now get to sit down with the party leadership and push "traditional" GOP ideology as espoused by Reagan and the Bushes?

Does sticking a "D" at the end of his name, then spending hundreds of million of dollars that he raised from us (and with which he pays himself a salary) render him impervious to questions from insignificant people such as myself?