Comments on: Purity versus diversity http://republicansunited.us/2009/11/purity-versus-diversity/ Sat, 21 Aug 2010 21:36:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: arosado http://republicansunited.us/2009/11/purity-versus-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-292 arosado Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:47:06 +0000 http://republicansunited.us/?p=2024#comment-292 Liberal or conservative, what's more important is to present solutions. Presently, Republicans are a party against everything, and no solutions. And Democrats won because they decided to play local, opening their candidacy to people who actually represent the local establishment. I overheard a joke once about Alaskan politics: "What is an Alaskan Democrat? Someone with a .37 gun." Even the joke has a grain of truth: running an anti-gun Democrat in Alaska is political suicide. The opposite is true: running an anti-abortion Republican in California is political suicide. You can't expect that all states share the same values and views. Heck, you can't expect <b>*districts*</b> within the same state to share the same values and views. Therefore, running a template candidate on all districts and states will only win* those districts and states that are most similar. Liberal or conservative, what’s more important is to present solutions. Presently, Republicans are a party against everything, and no solutions.

And Democrats won because they decided to play local, opening their candidacy to people who actually represent the local establishment. I overheard a joke once about Alaskan politics: “What is an Alaskan Democrat? Someone with a .37 gun.”

Even the joke has a grain of truth: running an anti-gun Democrat in Alaska is political suicide. The opposite is true: running an anti-abortion Republican in California is political suicide. You can’t expect that all states share the same values and views. Heck, you can’t expect *districts* within the same state to share the same values and views. Therefore, running a template candidate on all districts and states will only win* those districts and states that are most similar.

]]> By: Mike at The Big Stick http://republicansunited.us/2009/11/purity-versus-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Mike at The Big Stick Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:23:46 +0000 http://republicansunited.us/?p=2024#comment-291 <i>"After all, that’s how the Democrats returned to power on Capitol Hill - by recruiting anti-abortion, pro-gun, fiscally conservative candidates who fit their states and districts."</i> So we should combat that by running Republicans who are pro-abortion, pro-union, etc? Those Democrats won by acting like conservatives. We will win by being conservative as well. “After all, that’s how the Democrats returned to power on Capitol Hill – by recruiting anti-abortion, pro-gun, fiscally conservative candidates who fit their states and districts.”

So we should combat that by running Republicans who are pro-abortion, pro-union, etc? Those Democrats won by acting like conservatives. We will win by being conservative as well.

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