Scott Brown and The "Big Tent" Myth
We have heard from liberals and progressives in the ranks of the Republican party (Lindsay Graham comes to mind) that the party has to expand its ideology in order to make its message more palatable,essentially to liberals. He doesn't frame it that way, but that's the clear implication. The recent success of Scott Brown in MA ought to put that canard to rest for good. But will it?
As in the Reagan revolution, the election of Brown to the seat of its former anti-American occupant bespeaks a fundamental truth: You don't have to BE a Republican to vote for one! Why this comes as a revelation to folks like Graham is the great mystery.
Republicans make up only 12% of the electorate in MA, yet their candidate, with a clear conservative commitment and a modicum of charisma, has managed to negotiate a 180 degree turn in one of the most liberal states in the union.
A big tent is only necessary if, as in the recent past, you are running a 3-ring circus, with a distraction for everyone, as the Republican party has been doing since GWB's election in 2000.
If, on the other hand, you have a clear, concise, and powerful message, and a decent delivery of that message from an honest deliverer, you can move mountains.
Scott Brown inspired the people of MA to embrace the principles upon which this nation was founded. Heed well, Republicans!
As in the Reagan revolution, the election of Brown to the seat of its former anti-American occupant bespeaks a fundamental truth: You don't have to BE a Republican to vote for one! Why this comes as a revelation to folks like Graham is the great mystery.
Republicans make up only 12% of the electorate in MA, yet their candidate, with a clear conservative commitment and a modicum of charisma, has managed to negotiate a 180 degree turn in one of the most liberal states in the union.
A big tent is only necessary if, as in the recent past, you are running a 3-ring circus, with a distraction for everyone, as the Republican party has been doing since GWB's election in 2000.
If, on the other hand, you have a clear, concise, and powerful message, and a decent delivery of that message from an honest deliverer, you can move mountains.
Scott Brown inspired the people of MA to embrace the principles upon which this nation was founded. Heed well, Republicans!
Posted by Billy Reed at 1/20/2010 3:05 PM 
Categories: Politics,Education,Economics
Tags: liberty Obama health care congress conservative liberal Scott Brown Big Tent classical liberal Massachusetts Miracle senate
Categories: Politics,Education,Economics
Tags: liberty Obama health care congress conservative liberal Scott Brown Big Tent classical liberal Massachusetts Miracle senate
Well said, cousin. I got tired of the "party lines" and dropped all political affiliations until my vote is earned by the politicos. They can earn it with honesty, candor, and constitutionality.
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