David Brooks's sad elite

(3) When it comes to immigration, of course, the elite GOP position has less to do with responsible policy than with cheesy politics–attempting to get a bigger share of the growing Latino vote. Isn’t the role of an elite, in Brooks words, to “establish boundaries” against demagogic appeals–not to say “hey, here’s a demagogic appeal our side can make’?

(4) Is this the inverted country club Republican version of the Dems Fight-Back Fallacy? ‘If only those RINOs had some spine and fighting spirit they’d beat those irresponsible wingers.’ No they wouldn’t.

(5) Brooks thinks he’s a “mainstream conservative”? If so, he is an “insular information loop” of one.