Saturday, June 12, 2010

Wisconsin Republicans Drive Towards Isolation In November

It's interesting for sure to watch Scott Walker and Mark Neumann and Ron Johnson try to out-right (yes, I know, it ain't a word) in their quest for primary voters.


Who can be the most conservative on immigration in this race for the GOP core?

And on abortion?

State employees?

Spending (highways, exempted, of course)?

Concealed carry?

Sycophancy before the Sarah Palin/tea party agenda, which, in reality, is 1950's Ozzie and Harriett/Father Knows Best/I Love Lucy sentimentalism with big helpings of libertarianism and Posse Comitatusism in the mix, too?

The winner gets a GOP nomination, and six weeks to convince other voters he is not on the fringe.

Tall order, but that's what happens when you run in a party which no longer has a middle, let alone any liberals.


4 comments:

Anon Jim said...

So James, do the Dems welcome and embrace pro-life, pro-gun, pro secure borders, fiscally conservative, etc. people?

Of course not, please explain to me what the Democratic party's 'middle' is?.

Your belief that your extremely left, liberal, progressive, socialistic, urbanists ideas are mainstream and in the middle is what is laughable.

James Rowen said...
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James Rowen said...

James Rowen said...
Actually, the Dems have long had far more variety and diversity. Even now, though the parties are getting more ideologically uniform, there are the Blue Dogs that often in the Congress vote with Republicans - - people like Bayh and Lincoln and Nelson.

I have plenty of Democratic friends who are avid hunters, for example, and consider themselves fiscally conservative. And who are absolutely pro-life, but don't feel it necessary to walk around with a pistol on their hip or a gruesome anti-abortion sign.

It's really unprofitable to go through the day hamstrung by so much stereotypical thinking. You miss a lot and get other stuff wrong.

I'm amazed that you think urbanist is somehow outside the mainstream.

70% of Americans live in cities.

Anon Jim said...

And your not stereotyping?

Once again you might just want to take a good look in the mirror James.

In case you haven't figured it out yet, a lot of your conservative Dems are going to be voting Republican come November.

And as far as 70% of the U.S. population living in cities goes, as you know all too well there is a significant difference between cites of varying size.

For example in Wisconsin your crackpot urbanist theories of densification of the populace has no real relevance or interest outside of Milwaukee.

And even in Milwaukee that seems to be limited to downtown and the fashionable east side north of downtown.

While you are so concerned about the suburbs, to the point of obsession when it comes to Waukesha county, yet I don't see you addressing the real issues confronting Milwaukee like the fiasco that is MPS or the aforementioned slums that Ald. Hines and you might want to pay some attention to.