My point is that Republicans are not driven by ideology as much as pragmatism. They are rather open about this too.
Compromise, lack of compromise. That doesn’t matter. The focus of the Republican party is party unity right now, no joke. They know that they’re in a tough spot politically and only sticking together is the only way they can possibly move forward.
You have to understand the mindset of Republicans. And honestly, its not a bad thing in all cases, its just overly strong right now in today’s Republican party.
Democrats need to learn from Republicans and become more pragmatic. Republicans need to learn from Democrats and take a few more Losses in the name of ideology (ie: Republicans should actually form a cohesive ideology and agree upon it, no matter how hard it is to do so).
Note that Republicans can’t even pass ideological “What the Party Believes in” like statements inside of the Republican National Committee right now. In part because they recognize its not important (which is… true… this current batch of Republicans is not about ideology). Meanwhile the Democrats get all tangled up in ideological arguments that the Republicans aren’t even playing with. So whatever, its seen as a win for the current batch of Republicans, but its not good for them in the long term IMO.