1. As per @SteveKornacki's comments on prez honeymoons. Yes, Trump's was unusually low BUT he also alone made NO OVERTURES to anyone other than base Republicans, something no other incoming prez has EVER done coming in. So even w polarization, you are seeing that effect in his %. 
2. It's an unusual strategy, one he used in both campaigns & throughout his presidency. He lost reelection- its a DUMB approach but I also think its imp to point out that at least within the Rep coalition, including Indies that lean R, it worked too well. He had to do almost
3. nothing "centrist" to hold onto the "centrist" support of the R coalition & that part of the GOP remains loyal to him to this day even after he led an insurrection against the Capitol & tried to seize permanent power- with considerable help from other elected Rs. This is the
4. subject of a report I am working on for my @SubstackInc @The__Cycle so if you have not subscribed, I urge you to do so. This is NOT what should happen in a healthy democracy & is what drove the anxiety in the eyes of our 3 former presidents in @BidenInaugural's video last
5. night. Looking at @BillClinton, @TheBushCenter & @BarackObama I could see clearly they recognize the extent of the threat our democracy is under- something I never would have thought possible until these last few years. Much will depend on how @LeaderMcConnell responds to the
6. impeachment articles & to the problem of extremist members of Congress.
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