{"id":32754,"date":"2013-03-18T11:44:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/gop-self-examination.html"},"modified":"2013-03-18T11:44:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-18T17:44:21","slug":"gop-self-examination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/18\/gop-self-examination.html","title":{"rendered":"GOP self-examination"},"content":{"rendered":"
If the GOP actually followed through on these recommendations from the RNC's own post mortem, they might actually stand a chance of reasonably decent governance. And, even as a liberal, I want to see that happen.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, there are too many conservative blocs in the GOP insisting that the goal should not be moderation and outreach, but ideological purity and extremism. \u00a0They can't win that way in the long run — but they can do a lot of damage in the short run. Indeed, they already have.<\/p><\/div>\n

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6 Big Takeaways From The RNC\u2019s Incredible 2012 Autopsy<\/a>
\n President Obama\u2019s campaign staff boasted throughout the 2012 race that GOP\u2019s dismissal of minority concerns, intolerance towards gays, celebration of wealth, and fetishism of Ronald Reagan would doom …\n <\/p>\n

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If the GOP actually followed through on these recommendations from the RNC's own post mortem, they might actually stand a chance of reasonably decent governance. And, even as a liberal, I want to see that happen. Unfortunately, there are too many conservative blocs in the GOP insisting that the goal should not be moderation and … Continue reading “GOP self-examination”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51285,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/29\/are-there-any-gop-politicians-who-arent-running-for-president.html","url_meta":{"origin":32754,"position":0},"title":"Are there any GOP politicians who AREN'T running for president?","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 29-May-15 1:05am","format":false,"excerpt":"Besides Mitt Romney, that is?Dear GOP: You do not have to single-handedly compensate for the dearth of competition on the Democratic side of the ticket. 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