Mitt Romney is the model for a new Republican party
If there is a future for US conservatism beyond hot-tempered quackery, Romney points the way. What marks him out as an agent for change is that he does not stop at a moral stand against Trump.
If nothing else, the trial of Donald Trump in the US Senate will afford teachers of game theory a case study for the age. It is in the collective interest of sensible Republicans in that chamber to convict the former president over last month’s Capitol siege. It is in no individual senator’s interest to taste the ensuing wrath of his fans.
Republicans must either co-ordinate to pool their risk – they can’t all be hounded – or let Trump off. He can book his acquittal party now.
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Financial Times
Janan Ganesh is the principal political columnist for the Financial Times.
