GOP base
Sen. Mel Martinez Resigns; Did the GOP Base Hound Him Out?
This is the sort of big-headline political news that won’t matter much in the long run.
Though he has persistently denied the “rumor” that he’ll step down, Florida Sen. Mel Martinez might announce as early as Friday that he’ll leave office early, according to a number of sources in the state and nation’s capitals.
“It’s a deeply [...]
Palin’s Coded Anti-Abortion Support
In talking about kids with disabilities, the Alaska governor uses words and phrases generally associated with the anti-abortion movement, effectively reminding anti-abortion voters that she shares and supports their view.
Base, schmase
Several months ago, I asked many Republicans if Sen. John McCain could win the election without the support of the party’s base.
After all, the base — social conservatives, small-government types and foreign-policy hawks — handed George W. Bush two terms in the White House. Social conservatives, in particular, moved heaven and earth to register new [...]
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