tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post7026340584126850645..comments2024-03-26T14:01:36.240-05:00Comments on Public Policy Polling: A simple problem for the GOPTom Jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06545052616714485196noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-36293348310200343372009-04-23T03:09:00.000-05:002009-04-23T03:09:00.000-05:00I don't know that the problem can be so clearly br...I don't know that the problem can be so clearly broad brushed as being at fault an "overall" conservative political philosophy.<br /><br />The problem, I think, is that the people the GOP has tended to nominate for the last 2 decades have failed to be conservative enough where their constituents have demanded conservation, and likewise have failed to be moderate enough where their constituents have demanded moderation. <br /><br />At the same time they aren't moderate enough on some issues, they also aren't conservative enough on others. This leads to the very apathy now causing the GOP to shrink.<br /><br />In other words, their priorities have been all off. The 2008 nominee, "Bush 3 only worse" serves evidence that a "generally more moderate" without priority specification - McCain - didn't win the support of both sides like he wanted to being "moderate," instead he LOST the support of both sides by being conservative in the wrong places and moderate in the wrong places.<br /><br />So the issue is more articulated, I think, than a simple generalization of 'too conservative' or 'too moderate.'<br /><br />You would probably call me "too conservative" because I am a Constitutional Originalist; but I support Foxx over Burr, opposed TARP and all the following bailouts, oppose prohibition on the grounds of state and personal Constitutional sovereignty, and oppose the doctrine of government/military interventionism.<br /><br />Principled constitutional conservatism has more in common with classical liberalism than uncommon, I think.<br /><br /><br />I'm sure you know one of the major reasons Burr is so unstable now, is because of his support for TARP.<br /><br />But if you run Virginia Foxx against Burr (by some accounts 'more' conservative than Burr) I am guessing she will carry more water than you think.<br /><br />It's not a question of overall 'conservative' or overall 'progressive,' as a broad brush -- it's about being conservative on the RIGHT things not the wrong, and progressive on the right things, not the wrong.<br /><br />This is where the GOP has failed to martial the grassroots of NC over the last long haul. The Old Guard has allowed politicking a priority above principle and it cost the GOP dearly.<br /><br />The Old Guard, are on their way out, thank goodness, to make way for Constitutionalists like Virginia Foxx.<br /><br />Run Foxx against Burr, and I bet she takes more not only in June, but also in November. :DGlen Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08025706853269402490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2799451770086337664.post-50182403927774683352009-04-21T20:28:00.000-05:002009-04-21T20:28:00.000-05:00Haven't "moderates" always favored the Democrats i...Haven't "moderates" always favored the Democrats in recent years?Brandon Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03669346393515859668noreply@blogger.com