"The Bulwark is home to a fairly broad spectrum of political views."

Which are, unfortunately, embraced by a small minority of voters. On one hand, the claim that one is either a full-blown MAGA or "radical leftist" (of which "RINOs" are apparently the worst kind) is an absurd caricature. But sadly the great majority of voters do favor one of those stereotypes. In part that is forced by the 2-party system - this "RINO" will be voting straight blue as long as MAGAs have any significant power. But it's also because the great majority of voters vote more on emotion than reason, and thus refuse to see that sometimes (nearly always in my 52 years of voting) one must make hard, uncomfortable choices, and not succumb to the feel-good "sales pitches" of politicians who care only about their own instant gratification, not the long-term health of our country.