in the absence of communism the bizarre mix of aggressive neoconservatism, evangelical appeals, occasional anti-federalist appeals, and 'supply side' smokescreens will collapse under its own absurdity.
After 20 years, this doesn't seem to be happening, at all...
Well, now, the trajectory since the fall of the Berlin Wall hasn't exactly been good for the GOP nonsense, now has it? Reagan won landslides, no Republican since has, and as of late they were even ignominiously beaten by
a black, for gosh sakes.
Basically Romney's bid is really the last one to potentially work selling the same old malarkey. They're really going to have to come up with something new to appeal to a changing electorate.
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