eleganz
11-22-2012, 09:06 PM
This was written back in June but makes a great point...some might say it is shareable with some of the GOP electorate that would like to win in 2016.
I also don't remember reading this so I think it may have slipped our radar. Anyway, it was a good read.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamespoulos/2012/06/19/from-ron-to-rand-the-gops-paul-problem-isnt-going-away-it-also-isnt-a-problem/
Despite the protracted bickering and fretting this may cause, it leaves everyone on the right better off. Booting the Paul people from the GOP might gratify some neoconservatives, it’s not possible to expel them without performing a full libertarianectomy — and any Republican who’s willing even to risk that outcome just isn’t serious about winning elections (to say nothing of any fealty to Reagan Republicanism). Likewise, awkwardly navigating the borderline between libertarian and Republican purists is the only way to reassemble an effective voting and governing coalition that can replace the current administration and hold the line against congressional Democrats and movement liberals.
More than grief, Ron and Rand deserve applause from the factions they’re working to bring together.
I also don't remember reading this so I think it may have slipped our radar. Anyway, it was a good read.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamespoulos/2012/06/19/from-ron-to-rand-the-gops-paul-problem-isnt-going-away-it-also-isnt-a-problem/
Despite the protracted bickering and fretting this may cause, it leaves everyone on the right better off. Booting the Paul people from the GOP might gratify some neoconservatives, it’s not possible to expel them without performing a full libertarianectomy — and any Republican who’s willing even to risk that outcome just isn’t serious about winning elections (to say nothing of any fealty to Reagan Republicanism). Likewise, awkwardly navigating the borderline between libertarian and Republican purists is the only way to reassemble an effective voting and governing coalition that can replace the current administration and hold the line against congressional Democrats and movement liberals.
More than grief, Ron and Rand deserve applause from the factions they’re working to bring together.