In a recent column, Commentary’s Noah Rothman laid out what he believed the GOP’s “glaringly obvious” issue set should be, going up against the Democrats in the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential election: “It’s the persistence of school closures, remote learning protocols, half-days, and ‘zoom in a room’ proctoring in defiance of everything we know to be reasonable protocols. It’s the unjustifiably massive spending programs and giveaways to Democratic constituent groups under the guise of COVID relief. It’s the rising cost of consumer goods, the threat of inflation, and the administration’s own admission that borrowing costs will go up as a result. And, most important, it’s a forward-looking optimism about this country, which is not racist, not economically moribund, and is emerging from, not languishing in, the depths of a pandemic.”
Is Just Staying Afloat the GOP's Endgame?
Is Just Staying Afloat the GOP's Endgame?
Is Just Staying Afloat the GOP's Endgame?
In a recent column, Commentary’s Noah Rothman laid out what he believed the GOP’s “glaringly obvious” issue set should be, going up against the Democrats in the 2022 midterms and the 2024 presidential election: “It’s the persistence of school closures, remote learning protocols, half-days, and ‘zoom in a room’ proctoring in defiance of everything we know to be reasonable protocols. It’s the unjustifiably massive spending programs and giveaways to Democratic constituent groups under the guise of COVID relief. It’s the rising cost of consumer goods, the threat of inflation, and the administration’s own admission that borrowing costs will go up as a result. And, most important, it’s a forward-looking optimism about this country, which is not racist, not economically moribund, and is emerging from, not languishing in, the depths of a pandemic.”