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May 04, 2006
How Many Warnings Will The Republicans Ignore?
Christopher G. Adamo at The American Thinker writes about the evident appeal a third-party candidate would enjoy in the 2008 presidential race.
Ultimately, the Rasmussen poll shows that it is conservatism, hated by the Democrat insiders and abandoned by fearful Republicans, that is missing in Washington. Moreover, a truly conservative agenda would most certainly attract grassroots Democrats as it did in the 1980 and 1984 elections of Ronald Reagan. [...]Reagan benefited from “crossover” voters, not by presenting himself a cheap imitation of Democrats, but by offering a real alternative to the “business as usual” climate in Washington. Even the presence of John Anderson, the “moderate” third party alternative in the 1980 race, did not take votes from Reagan, but from the perennially insipid incumbent, Jimmy Carter.
Americans are [...] aware that those inside the Beltway are fixated on achieving the best looking posture, but have no intention of making the difficult decisions necessary to truly address each situation. [...]
Alarmingly, the two issues that best illustrate this recognition are reaching critical mass at virtually the same time. In the past few weeks, Americans have tasted the bitter fruit of both the negligence in protecting the nation’s borders and the lack of a worthwhile energy policy, and the consequent skyrocketing of gasoline prices.
Emphases mine. In the past I have ridiculed the Democrats, and especially Bill Clinton, for their spineless tactic of letting poll results drive their policy agenda. And yet now, when the energy and immigration crises have indeed reached "critical mass" with the voters (and the poll results are so one sided that their import begins to transcend a statement of mere personal opinion) there is no one in the Republican party who will seize this golden opportunity to display some real leadership.
This would be an excellent time for the next Reagan to make his (or her) appearance.
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