AltWorlder
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Political Matrix
E: -3.35, S: 3.83
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« on: August 13, 2008, 06:42:24 PM » |
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« edited: August 13, 2008, 06:44:57 PM by AltWorlder »
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Don't worry about looking like the GOP-lite. On one hand, many Blue Dogs already act that way, but their constituents don't care. On the other, not making any effort towards a direction in the post-2006 victory is what makes you look GOP-lite. As long as you don't pick up the fetishization of small government, Constitutional fundamentalism, irrational idealization of States' Rights, hawkish foreign policies, and the "screw you, I got mine" attitude of the Republicans, it's all golden.
To be frank, you don't need to have a McGovern coalition to get fiscal liberal initiatives passed. Ditch the academic idealogues and urban cosmopolitans- they'll vote for you anyways, and focus on winning the people in the Heartland and the South. As long as Nader continues to eff up things for the third parties, not a single social liberal will vote for the Greens or stay at home when all they have to vote for are the Democrats.
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