Quote Originally Posted by anaphylaxis View Post
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I was surprised at how heavy of a role the social conservative element played at caucus. I mean, really? We have record unemployment and the biggest concern is so-called "moral issues?"
Fiscal cons should take a page from the social cons, actually. And the gun lobby.

How you gain power in a political party is to show willingness to stay home if your guy isn't good enough. The social cons did it in the 80s and now despite being a minority wing of the party they are absolutely pandered to every election for fear of them staying home. Gun folks did it after '94 and now guns ae almost as much a 3rd rail in politics as SS.

The GOP knows that fiscal cons are like a beaten wife and will always come back no matter how little they actually do on that front, so why pander to them? It's like black voters in the democratic party. They're already voting for you, so why do anything for them?