When it comes to politics these days only a bare majority of Americans are interested in anything other than a government handout.
Republicans can forget about landslides. Their best hope is to line up nearly all of the non-taker voters to win by a slim majority.
Republicans will actually be watching two states on Tuesday: New Jersey, where Christie will win in a landslide, and Virginia, where Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli will lose badly.
Cuccinelli is a favorite of conservatives who love ideological purity and hate compromise. You could hardly come up with a better test case for Christie's compromise-or-die message.
But despair is one of the few things that unites today's fractured GOP. Republicans much more conservative than Romney share his basic diagnosis from the 47% speech. It's an open question whether the juxtaposition of Christie's landslide and Cuccinelli's burial will be enough to convince Republicans that broad popularity is possible and worth compromising for.
Republicans can forget about landslides. Their best hope is to line up nearly all of the non-taker voters to win by a slim majority.
Republicans will actually be watching two states on Tuesday: New Jersey, where Christie will win in a landslide, and Virginia, where Republican nominee Ken Cuccinelli will lose badly.
Cuccinelli is a favorite of conservatives who love ideological purity and hate compromise. You could hardly come up with a better test case for Christie's compromise-or-die message.
But despair is one of the few things that unites today's fractured GOP. Republicans much more conservative than Romney share his basic diagnosis from the 47% speech. It's an open question whether the juxtaposition of Christie's landslide and Cuccinelli's burial will be enough to convince Republicans that broad popularity is possible and worth compromising for.
WHEN IT COME TO ANYTHING IMPORTANT, LIKE VALUES, AND THE BEST ANSWER IS COMPROMISE, THEN THE BATTLE AND THE WAR ARE ALREADY LOST!
No comments:
Post a Comment