An opposition in search of an alternate vision

An opposition in search of an alternate vision: Distinctly Catholic: If the political opposition is smart, which is a big if, they will emulate FDR in drawing on Catholic social doctrine's moral and intellectual framework.

MGB: Republican lawmakers will not be seen defending migrants. They fear the alt-right Trump voter the same way they feared the Tea Party when they refused to cooperate with President Obama. It is the potential primary challenger they fear more than the voter (and the libertarian donors that back them).

The Democrats are a different animal. The last time they brought in a Churchman to do Catholic Social Doctrine, FDR was President. I don't expect them to do so when out of power. The Democrats are no longer the Catholic party - especially given the Bishops' focus on doing the impossible on abortion - overturning Roe and sending it back to the states (that is more a jurisdictional position than a pro-life one). The Democrats get out the vote on this issue, so don't expect them to tell the kind of truth that makes it go away.

I would dearly love it if the Church came out with a more cooperative socialist vision reflecting doctrine, but I don't expect the Democrats to. I am trying to get Democratic Socialists to embrace it as an early step, but change is not easy. I don't do it out of doctrinal loyalty but because it will work, by the way. Practicality is the goal of economic teaching or it is useless.