One think I did agree with Newt Gingrich about. It was his Contract with America. Newt only put items on the contract that had 70 percent support.
And Guess what.. Bill Clinton stole nearly every one and helped pass them into law.. INLCUDING WELFARE REFORM.
What that tells poltiical movements is in effect the politicans are not very important. If one can get 70 percent of the voters to favor something, then all one has to do is put that item on the table and politicians from both parties will work to pass it.
If one of us could wave a majic wand and convert enough voters so that 51 percent were conservatives, politicians begging to do their will would come out of the woodwork to pass nearly evey conservative measure.
Politicians are always about pleasing the voters. If the voters in a state or district aree moderate the politicians from that state or disctict will be moderate. If the voters are liberal the politicians will be liberal. If the voters are conserative the politicians will be conservative.
The key for success of the left or right is education of the public. I have often felt that the biggest danger to Democrats is FOX News. Fox news only favors the right a little bit. That means that lots of moderates watch it and even some on the left watch it. Some of them will be converted. Rush, Hannity, and Air America only talk to their bases. But a media that is only a tiny bit to the right can change the world.
The Democrats control most of the media but do not underestand it. They play to the home team and convert no one. Thank goodness.
The world is changing .. but it will never be changed by candidates for office. It will be changed by movements that convert others to their views and cause.
Convert enough voters and the job will be done.. NO further effort is needed. Politicians will fight to do their will.
Correction:
If the voters are conservative, the politicians will be pretend to be conservative.