http://sorendayton.com/2007/07/05/the-gop-and-ideology-cant-win-elections-without-moderates/ Merely an aggregation of a dispersed life online Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:08:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://sorendayton.com/2007/07/05/the-gop-and-ideology-cant-win-elections-without-moderates/comment-page-1/#comment-1036 eyeon08.com » Bienart compares GOP and old-Dems; Times are a changin’ Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:49:41 +0000 http://www.eyeon08.com/2007/07/05/the-gop-and-ideology-cant-win-elections-without-moderates/#comment-1036 [...] Like the DLC, this could be an important transition strategy. However, the deeper problem is that we need to re-evaluate and re-configure our core issues so that they appeal to 60-70% of the American people. After all, and as I have noted, you cannot win elections without independents. Right now the Dems are winning because the GOP is not competing. "You can’t beat something with nothing." [...] [...] Like the DLC, this could be an important transition strategy. However, the deeper problem is that we need to re-evaluate and re-configure our core issues so that they appeal to 60-70% of the American people. After all, and as I have noted, you cannot win elections without independents. Right now the Dems are winning because the GOP is not competing. "You can’t beat something with nothing." [...]

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