At the same time, we do ourselves no favors when we go out of our way to play gotcha with a hundred little litmus tests on minutiae. We all fall short of someone’s purity standards. Give me a flawed but honest patriot at the table any day. If I thought that’s what Newt was getting at, I’d say bravo. Unfortunately, his actions and alliances over the years indicate less an invitation to our table than a dis-invitation to the ones already there.
I as well do not insist on a *purity* level, either it's my way or the highway for any politician, but there has to be some minimum level of standards for sending someone to Congress, to endow with the Public Trust, this woman in NY is not meeting them, at least not insofar as her public policy stances indicate. The GOP backed the wrong horse on this one, for whatever reason, they seem not to understand the mood of the American people now, and it is only going to grow as these months pass on into next summer, fall, Election Day.
I agree. If there were any doubt about how out of touch they are, the whole Scazzafubar business caps it. You’re right, she doesn’t even meet minimal standards for Repubs, much less conservatives. Newt’s desperation to regain relevance has, imho, led him to sell his soul. He might as well just call David Gergen now and set up a twenty-year standing date for Saturdays on the pariah porch.