Gustaf
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« on: September 10, 2005, 01:24:33 PM » |
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On the issue...I think a lot comes down to mixing it a little. You need to avoid issues that are highly damaging to you electorally and push through some of your principal issues "under-cover". If you look at Reagan, the last successfull radical, what he did was basically using the economy twice as his main campaign theme. He did the "Are you better off than you were 4 years ago" stunt twice - first as a challenger and then as an incumbent. This, combined with his personal charisma and optimism was what people were voting for. Once in office Reagan was able to pull off a pretty power-full conservative agenda AND linking this agenda to the economic success during his administration. I think that being able to link your ideas to a positive message and an atmosphere of success is the key here, not the actual radicalism of your stands.
Needless to say, Democrats should avoid defending gay marriage, which is a non-issue, or get into Roe v Wade. Those are issues where they lose, plain and simple.
I strongly agree with Dazzleman on minority politics. This is a key problem, just look at Democrat percentages of the white vote in the South. Not very promising...
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