G.O.P. Establishment Declares

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G.O.P. Establishment Declares Open Season on a Weakened Bannon

By Jeremy W. Peters @ NYTimes.com, Dec. 15

[....] Mr. Moore’s loss — which will send the first Democrat from Alabama to the Senate in 25 years and cut the Republicans’ already thin majority to a single seat — has only stoked Mr. Bannon’s discontent and stirred up fresh worry that the party is again descending into Tea Party-type spasms of self-defeating rage.

To avoid that, many Washington Republicans have no intention of patting Mr. Bannon on the head. They intend to kneecap him before he has the chance to recover.

“First is to dry up his money,” said Scott W. Reed, the chief political strategist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a pillar of the Republican establishment, explaining how top Republicans in Washington were making a new round of calls to donors across the country to press them not to donate to Mr. Bannon or the candidates he supports.

“Two is to try and drive a wedge between him and Trump to the point where Trump is questioning him and his judgment,” Mr. Reed added. “You win, you win. You lose, you’re a loser. And that’s what Bannon has to wear around his neck now. A big L.” [....]

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G.O.P. Establishment Declares