We really should stop pretending Ayn Rand knew a damn thing about politics or economics. She was a philosopher, meaning she was pretty much not good at anything but rocking skinny jeans.
The New York Times published an article about a new effort to adjust the Republican Party to a more moderate image with its conservative base in an attempt to appeal to a wider audience.
And Cantor did by borrowing heavily from President Obama in the process, almost verbatim in some instances; and tried to co-opt the same Republican ideas with Obama's language.
“Well, it starts by making sure that everyone in America gets a fair shot at success. The truth is we’ll never be able to compete with other countries when it comes to who’s best at letting their businesses pay the lowest wages, who’s best at busting unions, who’s best at letting companies pollute as much as they want.”
Cantor in 2013:
“Our goal - to ensure every American has a fair shot at earning their success and achieving their dreams. In America, we do have higher expectations for our nation. Since our founding, we believed we could be the best hope to mankind. That hope led generations of immigrants to
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The moderate Republicans will throw a serape on Rubio and have him join a Tejano band, thereby changing him from Cuban-American to Mexican-American. Meanwhile, more conservative Republicans will fall back on their "BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi" chant - since they have nothing else.
Do they have an opinion on Jeb Bush? Here in Florida, there's a lot of mixed feelings about the guy. His name is CONSTANTLY floated around as a potential candidate for anything from VP to Secretary of ANYTHING. The news always makes a huge deal about his wife being latina, and that this might undo the damage done by familial association (all things being equal, he wasn't a TERRIBLE governor. Not a huge fan myself, but our current guy is a lot worse.) My thought is that voters aren't so easily distracted by who somebody's WIFE is, but news folks sure like to make a lot of noise about it.
an establishment Republican who's relevance has been declining for the better part of the last six year
Can you name a Republican Super PAC that's been more influential than American Crossroads in the last 6 years? Besides, you have been an avid supporter of someone who has been irrelevant for his entire political career.
I'm convinced that the GOP victories in 2010 paved the way for GOP losses in 2012. It certainly wasn't intentional on the part of the democrats, but ultimately they ended up giving the GOP just enough rope to hang themselves. The country saw what the tea-party folks were really selling, and realized they didn't want to buy after all
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Did Mr. Law borrow that from Tom DeLay?
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And Cantor did by borrowing heavily from President Obama in the process, almost verbatim in some instances; and tried to co-opt the same Republican ideas with Obama's language.
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Point One: “Fair Shot”
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“Well, it starts by making sure that everyone in America gets a fair shot at success. The truth is we’ll never be able to compete with other countries when it comes to who’s best at letting their businesses pay the lowest wages, who’s best at busting unions, who’s best at letting companies pollute as much as they want.”
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Can you name a Republican Super PAC that's been more influential than American Crossroads in the last 6 years? Besides, you have been an avid supporter of someone who has been irrelevant for his entire political career.
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