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In response to "I've never seen a candidate have to fight so hard to maintain his base and have so little time to pivot to the center." by Mel Profit

They keep trying to maintain a base that itself maintains a losing argument, by saying "You don't need to change anything, your opinions are right,

Posted by Max Mar 19 '13, 10:05

you're getting screwed." when they should be trying to lead the base away from losing opinions. Fiddling with the schedule or technology or logistics isn't going to win you elections if you're at odds with the rest of the country.

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I think they're going to be very embarrassed by the whole Anti-Gay message a lot sooner than I thought. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 19, 10:12 4
- I wouldn't be so sure. Churches are a main way GOP gets organized, and we know how many of them feel about SSM. -- nm - con_carne Mar 19, 10:15 3
  - You're discounting the number of minority churches who don't support the GOP at all. -- nm - Strongbad Mar 19, 10:16 2
    - but what do those have to do with informing the GOP's views on marriage? -- nm - znufrii Mar 19, 10:19
    - I didn't want to call out any particular ones -- nm - con_carne Mar 19, 10:18
(agreed) -- nm - Strongbad Mar 19, 10:07
Which goes back to the original post. There isn't one solution... -- nm - Mr. Havens Mar 19, 10:06
agreed. -- nm - Mel Profit Mar 19, 10:06

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They keep trying to maintain a base that itself maintains a losing argument, by saying "You don't need to change anything, your opinions are right,

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