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I'm amused by this...
"They won the future by losing the present, and by refusing to give in to the more moderate members of their party.... will we be saving the party for the grand old cause?"
As ever, the GOP takes the opposite tack of the Democrats. The GOP would sacrifice their moderates and distill themselves to their hard and hateful little core, the Goldwater Formula from '64 that has done so much to shape American politics, unfortunately. The Democrats, when faced with Republican victory after victory, sacrificed their progressives and dilute themselves to a watery, pale blue weak tea, which has also done so much to shape American politics, unfortunately.
Distillation versus dilution -- one worked for awhile, and the other failed for a very long time. How should the Democrats respond to Republican weakness in the moment? Should they dilute themselves further, make themselves even weaker, or distill themselves into something harder and more coherent? Time to tack leftward, not rightward, go on offense, not defense.
Coulter conceives of only McCain v. Clinton, won't even bring up Obama. That's revealing. That's because Obama beats McCain, and creates a new dynamic that the GOP can't dent for generations. Or maybe she was just being pragmatic, figuring Clintonian clout would win the nomination.
