Posted on 10/28/2013 8:37:22 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A year after losing a presidential race many Republicans thought was winnable, the party arguably is in worse shape than before. The GOP is struggling to control tensions between its tea party and establishment wings and watching approval ratings sink to record lows.
Its almost quaint to recall that soon after Mitt Romney lost to President Barack Obama, the Republican National Committee recommended only one policy change: endorsing an immigration overhaul, in hopes of attracting Hispanic voters.
That immigration bill is now struggling for life and attention in the Republican-run House. The bigger worry for many party leaders is the growing rift between business-oriented Republicans and the GOPs more ideological wing. Each accuses the other of bungling the debt ceiling and government shutdown dramas, widely seen as a major Republican embarrassment.
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I think mandatory rainbow ribbons are next.
< / Seattle Steve >
Seems lost on a lot of people that part of FDR’s New Deal was increasing government employment, even though he was nominally against public sector unionization.
The similarity is this. Both RomneyCare and ObamaCare toss out individual responsibility and impose a top down government directed solution. No government program stays limited. Once you start, you end up with 100% socialism or collapse.
This is like arguing that the Massachusetts decision to impose gay marriage on the state had nothing to do with the surge to legalize gay marriage across the country and its general acceptance by the Republican Establishment. Romneycare legitimized—in the minds of the RINOs—the concept of government control of the medical industry.
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