Dude, you really need to lighten up. What do you really think will happen if the Republican president doesn’t reach out to the Dem.’s? It’s highly unlikely that we will have a filibuster proof majority. We’ll need to bring some of the Dem.’s over to our side to get anything done. It would be a PR nightmare to try & jam things down their throats like the Dem.’s did to us.
As well, do you think maybe, just maybe, Newt needs to attract the attention of the indy’s to get their support in the general. Do you think he’ll get their vote by basically saying damn the Dem.’s? C’mon dude.
It sounds like you were a big fan of Reagan. Did Reagan reach out to the Dem.’s? Of course he did. It’s part of our process. Or at least it’s supposed to be. “Reach out” doesn’t mean capitulate. It can mean what Reagan did. Maybe that’s what Newt has in mind.
Do you KNOW otherwise?
Good point and perspective. If anyone can dazzle the ‘rats or indy’s- it would be Newt.
Do you KNOW otherwise?
What does "reach out to the Democrats" mean to Newt?
Mainly, it seems to mean pandering to them on their pet issues so as to look like a really swell bipartisan guy.
Or, if he's not pandering to Democrats, isn't the only alternate explanation that Newt actually agrees with them on several points?
Was Newt pandering to Democrats when he decided to help bring awareness to the "problem" of AGW -- or did he actually believe AGW was a problem and that the Democrats had the solution?
Was Newt pandering to Democrats when he decided to advocate for Obama's educations policies by going on an Education Tour with Al Sharpton and Arne Duncan -- or did he actually believe that Obama's education policies were solutions American needed to adopt?
Those are just two of the more colorful examples. There's also immigration, the individual mandate and so on.
All we can do to try to understand what NEWT (not anyone else, including Ronald Reagan, you or me) means when he says "reach out to the Democrats" is look at how he has conducted himself and how and at what points he was agreed with the Democrat agenda.
This is a completely separate issue from the political compromises that must be made to legislate and govern.
Moreover, that last point brings up one of the central ironies of Newt's support right now: that those cheering Attact Newt the loudest are among those who expect that means Newt won't "compromise" with the Democrats at all.