AlterNet: The Devil and Rick Santorum: Dilemmas of A Holy Owned Subsidiary
So the Republican leaders have a problem. A huge percentage – in Iowa it was three quarters – of the electorate that it presides over doesn’t want to follow its lead.
Saturday, January 07, 2012
Dissecting The GOP - Wedge Issues, 1%, Voter Suppression
Good summation article on the present state of the GOP. Essentially the party is about securing the economic resources of the 1%. In order to thrive in a political environment that requires voting, the GOP has relied on voter suppression of the poor and wedge issues to bring the social conservatives on board. Unfortunately the wedge issue social conservatives are no longer playing ball with the insider establishment GOPers with outright rejection of establishment GOP candidate Romney. One possibility is that this could end up being the year of the third party candidate that draws votes from an otherwise patchwork and frayed GOP.
AlterNet: The Devil and Rick Santorum: Dilemmas of A Holy Owned Subsidiary
AlterNet: The Devil and Rick Santorum: Dilemmas of A Holy Owned Subsidiary
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This could be the year of the third party social conservative presidential candidate. The social conservatives don't like Romney, and its hard to believe they fall in line to back him, but my track record on predictions is really bad! I say Romney picks a "moderate" social conservative from a mid west state as VP running mate to draw in that vote. Its possible I might abstain from voting this year.
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