This is about fundamental beliefs and values and ideas … what the role of government should be in our society, and our commitment to the Constitution and constitutional principles.Begs the question, since when did Cheney start caring about what's in the Constitution?
Good news for the Dems and bad for the idea of a legitimate 2-party system is that Cheney's not alone in trying to push the GOP even further to the right.
Social conservatives are blasting the National Council for a New America, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor’s (R-Va.) nascent effort to rebrand the Republican Party, as a misguided and weak-kneed initiative that is out of touch with the GOP rank and file.So while fewer folks are self-identifying as republican, and more folks are starting to come 'round on the social issues of the left, both the former vice president and the money-laden base want to run hard to the right.
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But social conservatives couldn’t help but notice that the policy areas the group will focus on included no mention of same-sex marriage, immigration or abortion. And the roster of GOP luminaries who signed on to the effort was missing a few of the pols who are most popular with values voters.
We might see a 70 seat Dem senate and 260 seat house if this keeps up. Great news for the Dems, yes, but probably bad news for the country.
Will the Rockefeller Republican please stand up?
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They just don't get it. Obama's election was all about the public preferring "pragmatism" to purity, if I can reduce complex electoral results to simple catchphrases.
They fundamentally misread the demographic realities of this country.
To be fair, they're kind of stuck in a no-win situation. They need the money of the base to run a competitive campaign, but they also need to have appeal beyond that base if they have any hope of winning. If they do that, though, the base gets pissed and stops giving them money.
The solution? Limits to campaign contributions. But as long as Obama remains a fundraising juggernaut and the Dems control everything in Washington, that'll happen next never.
Funny how things come full circle, eh?
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