Fareed pretends that the GOP have been the "party of ideas", but they haven't been. They have just been the party with the luxury of attacking the status quo, which was a Democratic controlled Congress, for the most part.
Once the GOP had control themselves, their ideas ... to the wind, right? Except for important GOP concepts, like restricting stem-cell research, throwing up hurdles to personal bankruptcy, and ... Scotter Libby Justice.
Meanwhile, it's a big blot on FK's record to write a whole piece centered on the Cuba policy, without looking into how the vote split on the issue in the relevant communities during the Florida primary. What, Newsweek cannot afford to buy the breakdowns?
We'll see whether the fear he talks about is "rational" or not.
PARTNER FOR HOPE, CHANGING THE INPUTS TO GET BETTER OUTPUTS
Put another way, if you don't have broad-based support for your policies, but there is concurrent benefit from holding onto the reins of power, then you move to the middle.
The key is to change the base of support for policies. So far, we have no idea whether Obama can do that. He's never enlisted his message in support of a specific policy, that I know of, right? It has promise, but we still have no idea if there is a partner for hope.
If these pictures, that AS notes, are any indication, then 'transformation' is a long way away.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Fear is Rational
