Andrew McCarthy On Trump's Iowa Win
The National Review continues to be solidly NeverTrump, and it's brought out an old NeverTrump stalwart , Andrew McCarthy, to, prognosticate on the Iowa outcome: . . . I took in a wide array of television and web coverage of former president Trump’s 30-point win in the Iowa caucuses last night. What I found most curious was the Trump crowd’s crowing that Democrats woke up this morning to the news that their plan has failed — because, the irrational exuberance goes, Trump looks strong while Biden is floundering. This misapprehends the Democrats’ plan, which, in fact, continues to be working to perfection. The plan was built on the four indictments and sundry civil suits, all brought by Democratic partisans (led by the Biden Justice Department). The point of the lawfare siege, which is the target of Trump’s constant ire and is thus scoffed at by his fans as ineffective partisanship, was to get Trump nominated. In that sense, the siege has been effective beyond the Democrats’ ...