The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has led his supporters and some, though not all, of his opponents to acquire a greater perspective on the most important things in life. It has also led his supporters to a broader recognition what is not necessarily important in the present campaign. This is a healthy development for the Republican Party and the Make America Great Again movement. Mr. Trump continues to lead and is, again, its presidential standard bearer. Yet, if not properly channeled, the ensuing enthusiasm can engender overconfidence among the campaign and its supporters.
The temptation to feel overconfident is all too human. For quite some time, Mr. Trump had been being persecuted as someone beneath the law by the left’s noxious lawfare cabal and was deemed a threat to democracy to be eliminated by Democrats and their mockingbird media. Following the assassination attempt on Mr. Trump’s life, his supporters and all decent people offered an outpouring of gratitude that his life had been spared. Having witnessed the twist of fate that allowed a turn of Mr. Trump’s head to save him and allow his life and candidacy to continue, two potentially contentious GOP political events possessed far less potential to ignite divisive intraparty arguments.
First, the Republican Party platform’s criticism became far more muted. Given the bitterness that lingered between supporters of the sundry primary challengers to Mr. Trump, devising a unifying policy document would be a challenge, and this challenge would necessarily be in addition to the traditionally divisive issues the platform has historically addressed, such as its pro-life plank. Yet, in the event, there came the realization that a party platform is not binding promise but an outline of potentialities. Further, a certain event in Butler, Pennsylvania, patently demonstrated how events can and do often overtake and render moot much of the platforms planks. Thus, one potential crisis was averted. […]
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