>> There is an additional danger. Leftist cabals like PP, NARAL, Emily’s List type folk – you know the rest – social issues are their red meat. Start talking about jobs and tax rates, and they snooze. That’s exactly where we want them. <<
This entire article is the biggest, heaping pile of sh!t I’ve ever read on FR.
Yes, there’s a certain portion of the electorate who would vote or an economic conservative, but not a social one. They largely live in New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, California, and Illinois.
And I’ve never met an “fiscal conservative” who didn’t turn pinko the moment the cameras came on them. Mitt Romney, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Christine Todd Whitman... if they’re willing to sell out the lives of millions of babies, what makes you think they’ll discover a backbone when they become president?
No, you idiot. He means someone who can do both, and can shift gears. Rick is a one-trick pony.