As Rush says, the democrats have been wildly successful in convincing the current generation that gay marriage is the most important issue and the cover news story is that BJ Clinton thinks that gays should be able to cheat on their partners in the whitehouse just like straights do.
But human nature is that money is more important than other issues. The GOP needs to divorce itself from the Big Business image and start convincing young people that democrats already are and will continue to steal their money.
Oh, and even if the GOP follows my suggestion (which they won’t) then it remains a very difficult challenge against a highly skilled opponent with a major home turf advantage and the high ground (not morally but strategically). I fully expect to see the entire nation continue on a slow, steady degradation into a Venezuelan/Chicom amalgum. Tyranny is the status quo of human history. Our historically anomolous system of government is going the way of Athens, Rome and the Dodo.
Part of the blandness, the rinoism of the California GOP, is that they seem terrified of having to mix with working men, women, blacks and Hispanics, Evangelical Christians.
The California GOP is mostly made up of bloodless drones and timid nerds who prefer hanging out with each other.
I’ve thought about this for awhile. In states like California the easiest way to get elected is with a D next to your name. Change party to Dem, get elected, and then vote as a ‘maverick’. As long as that D is next to your name you are almost guaranteed reelection.
Why not? We have plenty of Dems in the Republican party, they just won’t admit it.