I actually agree with all of that - but that doesn’t change the fact that little Ricky screaming about the back of the bus is something I don’t need and is something that is tone deaf with regards to the crises facing our country today and the mood of today’s electorate.
But you are totally right about social conservatives and running people’s lives as far as how liberals argue against them.
Well, I agree too that Santorum’s pretty much been tone deaf throughout this whole primary cycle (as has Bachmann, for that matter).
My view is this: nominate a candidate who talks the talk and walks the walk on economic issues, but who you know is good on the social issues. Let them run on the economy, and then implement social conservative policies whenever opportunity arises after they’re in office.