RE: Giuliani tests presidency waters
It will be interesting to watch what the GOP rank-and-file do with this.
The current front-runners for the nomination are Giuliani, Romney, and McCain. Giuliani and Romney are dyed-in-the-wool leftists and McCain is a certifiable monomaniac. I wonder if the pubbies will have learned anything from last week's rout. I doubt it, they are a hard-headed bunch.
Voters rejected their "compassionate conservatism," which is nothing more than cover for a "do anything, say anything, tolerate anything" strategy to stay in power. However, history tells us that they will not heed the message and instead will think they need to look even more like the Democrats to win. They will have learned nothing from 1994 either. In every case of the 1994 elections, the Democrats who pretended to be Republicans lost. When faced with the choice between the real thing and a pretender, voters seem to be able to reject the faux versions. Last week, bona-fide Republicans like Coburn, Pence, and Paul all stayed put, while pretenders and party hacks like Santorum and Chafee were sent packing.
Some people think that a couple of election cycles out of power will teach the GOP to mend its ways. I disagree. I think they're headed for the dust pile of history where they can commiserate with the Whigs. In recent polling, more people agreed than disagreed that a viable third party was needed in American Politics. That's the first time ever that such a result was obtained from asking the question. The Libertarians had a relatively great year. I wouldn't be surprised to see them on the ascendancy. A migration of libertarian-minded Republicans to the LP would probably tend to pull them back from the brink of anarchy and turn them into a viable third party.
It will be interesting to watch.
The current front-runners for the nomination are Giuliani, Romney, and McCain. Giuliani and Romney are dyed-in-the-wool leftists and McCain is a certifiable monomaniac. I wonder if the pubbies will have learned anything from last week's rout. I doubt it, they are a hard-headed bunch.
Voters rejected their "compassionate conservatism," which is nothing more than cover for a "do anything, say anything, tolerate anything" strategy to stay in power. However, history tells us that they will not heed the message and instead will think they need to look even more like the Democrats to win. They will have learned nothing from 1994 either. In every case of the 1994 elections, the Democrats who pretended to be Republicans lost. When faced with the choice between the real thing and a pretender, voters seem to be able to reject the faux versions. Last week, bona-fide Republicans like Coburn, Pence, and Paul all stayed put, while pretenders and party hacks like Santorum and Chafee were sent packing.
Some people think that a couple of election cycles out of power will teach the GOP to mend its ways. I disagree. I think they're headed for the dust pile of history where they can commiserate with the Whigs. In recent polling, more people agreed than disagreed that a viable third party was needed in American Politics. That's the first time ever that such a result was obtained from asking the question. The Libertarians had a relatively great year. I wouldn't be surprised to see them on the ascendancy. A migration of libertarian-minded Republicans to the LP would probably tend to pull them back from the brink of anarchy and turn them into a viable third party.
It will be interesting to watch.
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