Tag: Charles Krauthammer

> The country doesn’t need two liberal parties. Yes, Republicans need to weed out candidates who talk like morons about rape. But this doesn’t mean the country needs two pro-choice parties either. In fact, more women are pro-life than are pro-choice. The problem here for Republicans is not policy but delicacy — speaking about culturally sensitive and philosophically complex issues with reflection and prudence.

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> Tuesday’s exit polls showed that, by an eight-point margin (51–43), Americans believe that government does too much. And Republicans are the party of smaller government. Moreover, onrushing economic exigencies — crushing debt, unsustainable entitlements — will make the argument for smaller government increasingly unassailable.

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> Republicans lost the election not because they advanced a bad argument but because they advanced a good argument not well enough. Although Romney ran a solid campaign, he is by nature a Northeastern moderate. He sincerely adopted the new conservatism but still spoke it as a second language.

Excellent analysis from Dr. Krauthammer. Now that we are getting further and further away form the election things do not seem as bleak as they did when I woke up on Wednesday morning.

> An inspiring second-term agenda: subsidies for Big Bird and free contraceptives for Sandra Fluke.

> Obama has two debates to come up with something better. If he can’t, he will double down on his “Romney the menace” line. It might still work. But a word of advice: Your administration having prevaricated unceasingly — and scandalously — about the massacre in Benghazi, I’d be cautious about the “he’s a liar” line of attack.

The next debate will be interesting. Governor Romney will not be as laid back as Congressman Ryan was if President Obama does go be as obnoxious as Vice President Biden was in the VP debate.