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Can the GOP Win if the Economy Improves?

RyanM Wrote: Apr 11, 2012 1:38 AM
"Rather than trying to talk down the business climate and challenging the instinctive optimism of Americans, the GOP should focus on one aspect of the Obama record that even the administration's most ardent apologists can't dispute: the relentless growth of government since the president took command of the Oval Office." The hell he says. It hasn't stopped growing my entire life and faux conservatives like Medved are partially responsible for this. The times I've heard him during the Bush years he never got overly excised by the growth that occurred then. If anything, he down played it if not ignoring it entirely. If the GOP wants to remain relevant a good place to start is to quit listening to neocon idiots like Medved.

 

A version of this column originally appeared in USA TODAY.

If, after the stumbles of the last week, the recovery resumed and the economy looked notably healthier in November, would Barack Obama deserve re-election?

Most Republicans would respond with a resounding "no", but they need to prepare to explain their answer if they want to maintain any hope of victory. Abundant signs of a slowly improving economy should force the president's opponents to make stronger arguments for his replacement than the tired, simplistic "he made a mess" mantra that has already begun to sound dubious in...

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