I don't see that either approach brings long-term solutions.
It's just about amelioration of suffering in the meantime. Corporal works of mercy-type stuff.
Gov. Romney's agenda promised at least some economic recovery, regaining of jobs for the unemployed, increased energy independence. It also promised less deepening of the social and cultural crisis that we face, less encouragement of dependency, less encouragement of abortion and other anti-life ills.
Not much to shoot for, but better than nothing, as we wait on Him who can bring contrition, repentance, and true healing.
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It did promise that, while his defeat promises a realignment inside the GOP away from mechanical combination of center-right special interest and toward principled pro-life conservatism.
A long-term solution is re-gaining of true national elite capable of leadership, embrace of Christianity as our national soul, and on that basis reassembly of American nation that celebrates unity in truth rather than democratic fragmentation.