# Stupid Republican idea of the day

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**Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\
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> [@Mr.Greenjeans](#):
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> When we look back someday at who broke the country, I wonder who we’ll blame more: Newt in the 90s or Mitch in the 10s.

There needs to be space for Karl Rove in there. It was he who developed the idea of a[permanent Republican majority](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/what-karl-rove-really-had_b_60947). Its his playbook that Mitch is following so successfully.

ETA: I mostly included the link as an introduction to Rove’s tactics, but reading it fully its amazing how prescient it given it was written 9 years before Trump’s election.

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