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Why Don't The Republicans move closer to the center on a couple of issues to WIN?
-Abortion...why not move closer to pro-choice? If a woman wants to get rid of baby, she'll find a way. Read Walt Whitman's "Leaves Of Grass" for very troubling graphic detail.
-Medical Marijuana...the libertarian wing would say that smoking pot for medical purposes (or even for one's own enjoyment) doesn't tread on anyone else.
-Same Sex Marriage: my two dads are in favor it and preventing two people of the same sex to get married is a government intrusion into private relationships. Besides, too many young people are having kids out-of-wedlock because it is no longer shameful to be a single mom (I have no idea why a woman would want to subject herself to raising a kid without a spouse, totallyFS).
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Republicans should run on the economy and defense. Democrats would love to run on abortion
Same with abortion.
HTH
But will the Religious Right vote for Hillary or Bill DeClownio over a Republican who says they don't care about same-sex marriage either way?
I don't believe them.
Republicans need to educate their base on the difference between a legislative and presidential election. Playing to the religious base works in congressional elections in the solid districts. The swing districts seem to change hands depending on how bad the president fucks up. Both Bush and Obama managed to run great campaign to get the house and senate into opposition hands by the end of their terms.
On a national election being a REAL conservative works without the overtly religious trappings. Moderates don't fare well, people just vote for the REAL democrat instead.
And let's not pretend that democrats don't have their own nut jobs that they have to pay a homage too. They just don't pay the price for it
salon.com/2015/04/08/its_thousands_of_different_shades_of_gray_what_the_pro_choice_vs_pro_life_debate_gets_wrong_about_american_views_on_abortion/