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By Mark O.This entry is filed under Links, Mark O.. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.5 Responses to “Things Heard: e39v5”Leave a Reply
Re: Palin - go ahead and run her again. You’ll see that while she REALLY energizes some 20-30% of the population, she REALLY creeps out most of the rest of us. As long as Republicans keep running Palin-types, they will keep losing. They can’t win with an energized minority base and no other support whatsoever.
But if that’s the direction they want to run, go for it. I’d suggest that the sooner the Right begins to learn from some of Obama’s successes and strategies (and, to a lesser degree, his policies - although they’ll never fully agree with those and that’s okay), the sooner the Republican Party might have a chance to reinvent itself and bounce back.
And, to the degree that I’d like to see a genuine conservative party alternative and voice, I’d support that. But as long as Republican=neoconservative, I’m glad for them to continue to wound themselves.
48% of the popular vote is an “energized minority base”?
Seems like the last poll results (sorry, I know some here don’t like them) show Palin’s support at around 30%. Regardless, that is my hunch about how popular her and her type of neoconservatism would be.
If you think Republican’s would have better luck with her, by all means, run her again. I suspect she’d never get much more than 30% support. Maybe I’m wrong. Run her and find out.
Dan,
Neoconservativism? You like that term, but I don’t know that it really has meaning, especially with regards to Mrs Palin.
As far as “minority”, you realize the biggest voting block … didn’t vote, 37.5% of the electorate didn’t vote, which leaves about 33% for Mr Obama and 29% for Mr McCain. That puts your 30% for Mrs Palin in good standing, no?
Run her again, then. Good luck.