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| 2008-11-06 |
| So far, the RNC hasn't asked for our assessment of yesterday's electoral defeat. Not that we expect it; from what we hear, the jockeying and back-biting has already begun; more urgent tasks--including a critical analysis of what went wrong and what should be done to re-build the party--will have to wait. Toward that latter goal, we humbly offer our take on John McCain's defeat, and where the party should go from here. The good news is that conservatism is far from finished; in fact, where it actually appeared on the ballot, it flourished. Voters in California, Arizona and Florida approved referendums that banned gay marriage. That's right, a majority in California, arguably the most liberal state in the nation, rebuked liberal judges who had flaunted state law, and allowed gay couples to tie the knot. Did we mention that the leaders of Proposition 8 were mostly church pastors and other grass roots organizers? Or that supporters of gay marriage (including Hollywood) spent millions against the initiative? In the bluest of states, conservatives took on the liberal establishment and won. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #1 "Never Nominate Another Inarticulate Candidate. ... Why does it matter? Because in an age of soundbites and an ill-educated electorate, coherence on the campaign trail is equated with competence as a leader." I don't care how unfair you think this is. I don't care how tawdry, unseemly, or grotesque, or any other word you choose to insert, you think this is. Nothing - nothing! - is more important to the return to positions of power for conservatives than this concept. Bush had the opportunity in his eight years to use the bully pulpit of the presidency to redefine politics for the next generation but couldn't talk his way out of a paper bag. In an age of mass media, GOOD IDEAS AREN'T ENOUGH. Don't decry it. Get over it. It will be many generations before the human race evolves to be able to deal with the dangers of disinformation by mass media, if ever. Get candidates who can use mass media and connect, or continue losing. |
| Posted by: no mo uro 2008-11-06 20:14 |