Showing posts with label 2023 election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2023 election. Show all posts
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Alarmed by Off-Year Losses, Mainstream Republicans Balk at Abortion Curbs - The New York Times
Worried about alienating critical blocs of voters, House Republicans from competitive districts are digging in against using spending bills for abortion and contraception restrictions...
The other warning Republicans should heed from this year’s elections
"In conjunction with abortion is the other layered-in kind of Republican social agenda that is just so repellent to the country," a Democratic campaigner in suburban Bucks County told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "Voters in the largest swing county in the most important swing state uniformly rejected that."
Other Democrats say something similar: "The driving force of our politics since 2018 has been fear and opposition to MAGA," longtime Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg told The Atlantic's Ronald Brownstein after Tuesday's results. "The truth is, what we're facing in our domestic politics is unprecedented. Voters understand it, they are voting against it, and they are fighting very hard to prevent our democracy from slipping away."…
Saturday, November 11, 2023
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Thursday, November 9, 2023
‘We Are the Angry Party of Nothing’: Why Republicans Lost So Badly - POLITICO
"…We are the party of nothing. At best, we believe our conservative and populist principles are good only for saying "No" to wacky Democrat elitism and motivating our base. But as far as leading the entire country, we bow our heads apologetically: Republicans are the party of the past and have nothing to say about today. We could be the party of the future, the party advancing an open economy, that grows bottom-up, naturally and organically — and provides equal economic opportunity to everyone, regardless of race, gender, or ethnicity...
We could be the party of equal opportunity in education and open schools, where all parents, not just wealthy ones, get to pick the best school for their kids. We could be the party of an open, modern health care system, where patients and doctors decide what kind and how much health care we get. We could be the party of strength, to keep Americans safe everywhere. We could be the party that says freedom, not rule by our ancient, privileged class, is always a new idea.
It would be nice to have a Republican Party that young people, women, and new Americans actually want to join again, not because we compromise our principles but because we explain how they help people. But no. We are the angry party of nothing…"
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