> A libertarian-style republican who wants to legalize weed, get the troops home, and roll back mass surveillance could clean up in 2020, but I doubt that's who

> A libertarian-style republican who wants to legalize weed, get the troops home, and roll back mass surveillance could clean up in 2020, but I doubt that's who the Rs will run. I don't think so. If it were, the Libertarian party would do much better than it does. I don't think conservative/libertarian economics is a big winner, and only has done as well as it has because it's been hitched to social conservatism. Drop the latter, and a big chunk of the Republican base will be pushed into the Democratic camp, and the Democrats will win. I think a genuine populist who can deliver liberal economic policies while respecting conservative social values would clean up in 2020. Trump pretended to be one, which I think was crucial to his success, but he's been too weak and too dishonest to really deliver.