What value is there in taking away campaign issues by embracing them as your own? I have never understood that. In the end, did you win or did they? People come and go; it's the ideals they leave behind we need to concern ourselves with.I think your questions are valid, RP. There is truly a danger in endorsing a liberal agenda by default. Most of what the President has done, however, is a far cry short of what the liberals REALLY wanted. Consider the kind of CFR or Education Bill that would've come from a Democrat Party House, Senate, and President. Not that what we have is perfect. But 'tis much better than the alternative.
Bush's ability to create a solution, albeit a flawed one, puts him and conservatives in a position with the electorate that shows they are interested in solutions, and not politicking.
As a pro-active example, the Social Security partial privatization issue shows where Bush is in the same place as the up and coming generation of voters is--and whatever policy is finally endorsed by this President, you can be sure it'll reflect a more conservative point of view than the current program.
The tax cuts of 2001 moved the country to a conservativee position...they didn't find a "happy medium" between liberal and conservative.
Just mho.
Good points.
What value is there in taking away campaign issues by embracing them as your own? I have never understood that. In the end, did you win or did they? People come and go; it's the ideals they leave behind we need to concern ourselves with.
I think your questions are valid, RP. There is truly a danger in endorsing a liberal agenda by default.
Most of what the President has done, however, is a far cry short of what the liberals REALLY wanted.
That is a snare and delusion; an argument without merit as the liberals got more than what they thought they would get.
IMO this is no different a mindset that RP stated as follows: "What value is there in taking away campaign issues by embracing them as your own?", and his following statement: "People come and go; it's the ideals they leave behind we need to concern ourselves with." is particularly applicable when faced with the "they do it too" argument.