seems to be the question asked of and by Republicans of late. The latest from John Fortier at Politico adds this to the conversation:
In 2010, Republicans can blend voters who are most libertarian and suspicious about the role of government with moderate voters worried about overreach and future large deficits. If things go badly for the Obama administration, Republicans could gain a substantial number of seats.
But a longer-term strategy for a governing majority will involve more compromises in party ideology and reaching out to non-Republican groups. For this outreach, throwing tea overboard will not craft a majority but may well scare off all but the true believers.
British conservatives spent years in the wilderness as Tony Blair and New Labor grabbed the center of British politics and conservatives did not change. Only in recent years, when David Cameron took the reins of the party and moved it more to the center, have conservatives become viable and even likely to win the next election. As the London Times’ Danny Finkelstein, a supporter of Cameronism, saw it, Tories had gone from being the competent and nasty party to the incompetent and nasty party. But even at the party’s nadir, true believers saw no value in moderation. The answer, according to Finkelstein and Cameron, was for Tories to become more tolerant, more optimistic and more centrist.
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It is early, but thus far the strategy seems to be a purge of what are perceived as RINOS. So, we see a 30 year GOP senator like
Spector become uncomfortable. There may be more as the 'roots' slide further into the right netherland?
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