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Are Republicans "Due"?: Part IV

Brian H Wrote: Jan 24, 2010 10:15 AM

The vote-getting value of saying what you mean and meaning what you say is grossly underestimated, or perhaps just incomprehensible and invisible, to most politicians, and especially to the professional political strategists who occupy power-posts in the party hierarchies.

By definition, it can't be gamed, and it doesn't adjust to the latest polls, so it leaves them with nothing to do except hope the candidate "gets through". But voters flock to such rare choices like desert travellers to an oasis.

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Are Republicans "Due"?: Part IV

During this election year, and in the presidential election year of 2012, Republicans will not only do battle with the Democrats but with each other. How they handle both battles may have more to do with the outcomes on election days than do the polls showing public disenchantment with the Democrats.

A long-standing battle within the Republican Party, going back at least as far as the 1940s, is between those who want the party to clearly differentiate itself from the Democrats and those who seek a broader appeal by catering to a wider spectrum of social and ideological groups.

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