Sunday, May 6, 2012

Will Social Issues Hurt The Republicans This Fall?

This article raises that possibility, while quoting various Republican leaders to the effect that they're not concerned about it.  They believe that they'll be able to re-focus everyone's attention on the economy.

The problem with that theory is this:  they've had two years to focus on creating jobs, and have done nothing but destroy jobs (in the public sector, at any rate).  That, plus Citizens United, is what has given the the time and the money to do what they do best:  join their economic power to what they perceive to be the social norms of voting America.

But those social norms have changed with the entrance of a new generation into voting America.  And the Republicans have done absolutely NOTHING to help that generation.  Unless, of course, you count playing politics with the interest rates for student loans.

It's more than a possibility.  It's inevitable.  The Republicans have reached the point at which they have no one to fool but themselves.

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