>>> Seriously, I do not know what you are talking about. I have yet to see a single instance in which he insulted talk radio. Got a source? >>>
In his address to CPAC - which should be an audience that Daniels would have felt comfortable letting it all hang out at - he said that we must expand our base beyond the audiences of Rush, Sean, and Laura, etc. His context was clearly that we must “reach out” to moderates instead of boldly explaining who conservatism is right and liberalism is wrong. It was eerily the same as Obama’s “listening to Rush Limbaugh is not how you get things done.”
I heard it and it was very McCainish. I admit Daniels does not govern like McCain, but he does speak in some of the same code. And when you add that to the fact that clearly the Washington Post is hoping he’ll get the GOP nomination, it raises very red flags. He can over come it, but it will take a very aggressive rhetorical effort to make conservatives trust him.
How is that insulting to talk radio? He's just stating a fact! Conservatives can't win elections unless their base of support is larger than talk radio audiences. That's simple math! Do you honestly disagree with it?
His context was clearly that we must “reach out” to moderates instead of boldly explaining who conservatism is right and liberalism is wrong.
I watched the speach, and that's not what he said. His point was simply that we have to get moderates on board with entitlement reform, or else we will never get it passed.
Again, that is just a reality. How can you possibly disagree with it?
Are you really so obtuse to think that any conservative policy goals can be acheived without winning over some moderates?
I heard it and it was very McCainish.
Well, if reaching out to moderates or trying to expand the base is McCainish, then Reagan was McCainish.
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Reach out to non-radio listeners!!!! The horror!!!
You clearly have an agenda, Mr. C. Edmund Wright, and it will become clear over time...if you hang around.