So What Do We Make of This?
Topic: So What Do We Make of This?
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Post #1
Jesse wroteon November 11, 2008 at 1:39pm
These comments are taken from a story in the New York Times covering the meeting of Republican leaders, as they take their first steps towards redefining the party.
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"These struggles come as the party prepares for a broad ideological battle, in particular over how much to emphasize social issues like opposition to abortion rights and gay rights. Party leaders said the focus on those issues had constricted the party’s appeal to moderate and independent voters more interested in jobs, health care, education and other issues that touch their lives in more concrete ways.
“We can’t be obsessed with issues that are not the issues that are important to American voters,” said Jim Greer, the Florida Republican chairman and a likely candidate for national party leader.""
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How important is this issue to Republican voters? Can the Party survive at all if it disenfranchises their Evangelical Christian Right base and most of the South?
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"These struggles come as the party prepares for a broad ideological battle, in particular over how much to emphasize social issues like opposition to abortion rights and gay rights. Party leaders said the focus on those issues had constricted the party’s appeal to moderate and independent voters more interested in jobs, health care, education and other issues that touch their lives in more concrete ways.
“We can’t be obsessed with issues that are not the issues that are important to American voters,” said Jim Greer, the Florida Republican chairman and a likely candidate for national party leader.""
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How important is this issue to Republican voters? Can the Party survive at all if it disenfranchises their Evangelical Christian Right base and most of the South?
Post #2
Jesse wroteon November 11, 2008 at 1:40pm
Sorry, here's the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/200
http://www.nytimes.com/200