It’s not either or. It’s focusing on fiscal issues.
Why are you making it us vs them internally? Most conservatives have the same beliefs on abortion, gay marriage, etc. and no one is suggesting they shouldn’t.
But the fiscal concerns of Americans hit everyone, and they are coming around to the conservative viewpoint on economic issues.
I guess I'm missing something. Most fiscal conservatives are also social conservatives. A few aren't, there are libertarians who are probably keen on fiscal issues and not on social issues.
Is there someone you have in mind who is a fiscal conservative who is in favor of gay marriage and abortion?
Now, to attract Dems, you have to promote fiscal issues, maybe (although you couldn't prove it by me, most Dems are Keynsians). You might convince some Dems on freedom issues, but most are big government folks, big labor, and the like.
You can attract some Dems on security issues, thats probably your best bet. Those were the old Reagan Democrats. A lot of them are already social conservatives, so that may not be the wedge you think it is.
I think there is little to be gained by hiding your beliefs. They can smell you out in an instant anyway, you're better off to go bold.
Hayworth was defeated, yes, but by Republicans. Which is a whole nother problem in Arizona, its a problem we have all over, where conservatives fail... among Repubs. Maybe its just personal, and people just like McCain (hard for me to understand that, but I'm not from Arizona)...
Yes, but Lorianne you need leaders who'll stand strong on moral clarity on social issues. Who'll say that the family unit must be preserved, the unborn must be protected, and that homosexual marriage contradicts centuries of civilization.
All the tax cuts and limited government won't mean a thing if abortion is still legal and gays are allowed to marry and adopt kids everywhere. It'll just mean the U.S. will implode in population and then the Muslims and illegals will take over.