General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: David Frum: Biden Laid the Trap. Trump Walked Into It. [View all]Hortensis
(58,785 posts)with ruthless sociopaths and conscienceless psychopaths, social dominators and double highs. Seriously. The Republican Party's become so corrupt and accessible (as decent leaders backed away/were purged) that it draws them like flies to carrion.
Political operatives can't function without understanding their opponents. Anyway, I'm sure they all obtain the same studies looking for insights, except for those they routinely commission for themselves only.
It'd be really fun to read reports on...McConnell for one. I've read a couple of biographies and feel sure he's diagnosable. He's famous among his own colleagues for knowing so little about issues that come before the senate that he can't hold up his end of a conversation. (!!!) Not that he wastes his time that way anyway. Power, growing and applying it, are what interest him.
You couldn't make this stuff up if you couldn't have imagined it was possible.