It’s not either or.
It not that you don’t get natural law or don’t want moral order ... it’s that you want to strategically put more weight on fiscal issues ... in order to win.
Fiscal issues are a big winner at this point with many Democrats worried about tax and spend ... why not capitalize on that? You don’t have to toss your values in the trash to capitalize on a winning issue.
Seems like a simple idea; I’m not sure why it is so controversial. No one is saying the Tea Party has to become a social lib movement.
Maybe you need to reverse your calc. If you want to attract Dems, you promote fiscal and security issues. But you can’t win without us, and we’re not voting for anyone who stutters on gay marriage or abortion.
Do your PR however you like, whatever you think will work. But don’t think you can win without us. And we’re getting really tired of people who say they’re with us, only to “reach across the aisle” once they get into office.
The fact that you consider these to be wedge issues, though, reflects what I was saying. The moral issues have to be engaged at a level deeper than politics. If you can’t find a majority of Americans who understand that marriage is sacred, and life is sacred, our problems go much deeper than balancing budgets.