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    The Michigan GOP - A False Dilemma and A Positive Vision | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)
    Defining Conservative (none / 0) (#11)
    by dsheill on Wed May 27, 2009 at 10:57:41 PM EST
    I think the goppartyreptile hit the nail on the head when he talks about getting out-hustled, but I would also add that how you define conservatism is very important and explanatory of why the party is suffering. Right to Life has been an extremely effective organization in holding polticians accountable on their issue and they have had a significant impact in playing kingmaker in countless GOP primaries. However, because there is no fiscal equivalent out there to Right to Life, GOP office holders are more likely to take notice of voting stongly pro-life knowing that they can "relax" their ideological discipline in other areas. For example, few of you out there would label Thad McCotter a RINO, and this is a guy who voted for S-Chip and Card Check making him no better than say Rick Synder who we know much less about, but who is someone that many of you has already labled a RINO for his positions of abortion, and more specifically, stem-cell research. All I ask is that we remain consistent here. Otherwise, you get what the GOP is today and that's still very much the party of Bush, which is unappealing to most Americans. What I mean by "party of Bush" is a party that, contrary to popular belief, has not gotten more liberal when it comes to social issues, but HAS gotten MUCH more liberal when it comes to fiscal issues. So while it is correct to argue that social and fiscal conservatism are not incompatible, the current makeup of the GOP would have you believe that they are.

    What we need is a fiscal equivalent to Right to Life. That is, usually in a GOP primary, someone who loses the Right to Life endorsement gets the kiss of death for his candidacy. But you don't see that if the candidate gets both the right to life and the MEA endorsement. This is unnacceptable, and I would argue that, for example, in a state house GOP primary, if candidate A is endorsed by right to life and the MEA, but candidate B is endorsed by Great Lakes Education Project then candidate A is NOT superior to candidate B.

    Club for Growth is an example of an organization that tried to be the fiscal equivalent to Right to Life but really has not grown as fast as planned. Further, they have zero focus on state house races. A fiscal equivalent to Right to Life needs to emerge in the Republican Party. Only then will fiscal and social conservatism be consistent with for most officeholders another once again.

    The Michigan GOP - A False Dilemma and A Positive Vision | 7 comments (7 topical, 0 hidden)
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