Oddball
Unobtanium Member
I been saiyn' since Wednesday that the repubs don't need to pander to anyone, but just stick to the bread-and-butter economic and individual liberty issues, dump the culture war crap and victory will be theirs.
http://www.businessinsider.com/karl-rove-gop-money-civil-war-republicans-2012-11
IOW, Rove propped up Santorm, who appealed to a minor constituency within the party, in order to get the establishment neocon sock puppet the nomination...Then his toadies later changed the rues at the RNC to slam the door in the face of both Snatorum and Dr. Paul.
"A party who won't paint in bold colors, who puts out flawed messengers, who doesn't focus on fundamentals, who pisses off the young and the libertarian, well, that party just got what was coming to it."
As an example of how sophisticated Rove is…Karl Rove was out raising money to keep Santorum alive until they could kill Newt — Santorum basically ran for Governor of Iowa in 2011, visiting all 99 counties; Santorum, out of Iowa, had no organization, no money and no chance in 2012 to be the Republican nominee; he was only a stalking horse for Mitt Romney — Rove kept Santorum alive until he could kill Rick Perry first, and then Newt Gingrich.
It's instructive to note that Santorum placed 3rd in the South Carolina Presidential Primary the third week of January, and placed 3rd again the next week in Florida — yet Rove [by encouraging GOP donors to donate Santorum] was able to parlay two third place finishes into a $1M shot of money to keep Santorum alive...this is political gamesmanship on a whole other level, plus access to unlimited money.
http://www.businessinsider.com/karl-rove-gop-money-civil-war-republicans-2012-11
IOW, Rove propped up Santorm, who appealed to a minor constituency within the party, in order to get the establishment neocon sock puppet the nomination...Then his toadies later changed the rues at the RNC to slam the door in the face of both Snatorum and Dr. Paul.
"A party who won't paint in bold colors, who puts out flawed messengers, who doesn't focus on fundamentals, who pisses off the young and the libertarian, well, that party just got what was coming to it."