Posted on 09/22/2007 12:23:06 PM PDT by Brices Crossroads
I have no idea, since I have no idea if he will be the nominee, since no one has seen him up against the other guys yet.
It’s early.
No more so than you posted on the wrong thread.
Indeed, it isn’t over. But the fact remains that you don’t throw out solid constituencies to favor people who sway whatever way the wind blows. It’s just plain dumb politics.
Sorry, I have no idea what you are talking about, please explain.
Thanks!
Here is a rather recent overview of American politics that would make a great starting point for many discussions along with the current dearth of serious behind-the-scenes players’ reliance on polls and personalities.
http://www.sonoma.edu/users/w/wallsd/conservative-movement.shtml
“How did the conservative movement, routed in Barry Goldwater’s catastrophic defeat to Lyndon Johnson in the 1964 presidential campaign, return to elect its champion Ronald Reagan just 16 years later? What at first looks like the political comeback of the century becomes, on closer examination, the product of a particular political moment that united an unstable coalition.” [EXCERPT]
David Walls seems to have a ax for everyone’s head, an ox in every gory pot... and a caution that the stage may prove to be but the product of the characters in the wings
Exactly!!! That's why it is so mind-boggling that the Rudy-Apologists are so willing to 'ditch the conservative' base--by their assertion that there will be more than enough liberals and independents to take our place. Maybe, maybe not.
As you said, not only is it DUMB POLITICS,,,,it also fails to take into consideration this,,,,
liberal Republicans like Giuliani are much more dangerous than liberal democrats,,,,
because liberal Republicans like Rudy BLUR THE DISTINCTION between conservatism and liberalism,,,
making LIBERALISM MUCH MORE ACCEPTABLE!!
Pre-election polls have a poor record of predicting winners.
Actual elections have a poor record of selecting winners.
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