atthegates
01-03-2008, 11:46 PM
i think this article by jonah goldberg from last month describes perfectly what we're up against:
"But there's something weird going on when Paul, the small-government constitutionalist, is considered the extremist in the Republican Party while Huckabee, the statist, is the lovable underdog. It's even weirder because it's probably true: Huckabee is much closer to the mainstream. And that's what scares me about Huckabee and the mainstream alike."
The populist message of huckabee, combined with neoconservative elements, is far more popular among today's republicans. We're gonna have to find a way to change this in order to have any hope of succeeding in this election.
"But there's something weird going on when Paul, the small-government constitutionalist, is considered the extremist in the Republican Party while Huckabee, the statist, is the lovable underdog. It's even weirder because it's probably true: Huckabee is much closer to the mainstream. And that's what scares me about Huckabee and the mainstream alike."
The populist message of huckabee, combined with neoconservative elements, is far more popular among today's republicans. We're gonna have to find a way to change this in order to have any hope of succeeding in this election.