Politico’s Mike Allen states what should be obvious to all but the most radical members of the "Right," the simple truth that 15% of their party is forcing their candidates into positions that alienate the center.The result will cost them an election they might easily have won.
Take a piece of paper, fold it in half horizontally, then fold it again vertically, open the paper up and where the folds intersect is the center. America is not a "Center-right" nation, nor is it "Center-left;" just like the piece of paper, the center is where the lines cross. Yes over time the views held change, evolve, but the center will always be that place where the majority of people are standing. It is clear that a strong force within the Republican party is dragging their candidates to stand by their side, and that is no where near the center.
There is an ever increasing likelihood that Mitt Romney will fail to win Michigan Tuesday,leaving Santorum the front-runner, and will clearly send panic through the power structure of the Republican establishment. Why, because they can "Do-The-Math." When polls show where the majority of voters are on abortion, contraception, raising taxes the top 1%, health care, it is clear that the "Center" is not within walking distance of their candidates. So there is a push to "Find someone new," the problem for the moderate-wing of Republicans is that these fresh-blood candidates will be stuck with the same contaminated needles and contract the same disease,
No one party holds the lock on good ideas, America has benefited from the give and take of our two-party system; but historically the parties have never been so far apart, (At least not in the past 40 years)
Had the republicans ran and nominated a center candidate, they would have a very substantial chance at winning in 2012, but it seems they will end up with a person at the top of the ticket that is out of touch with the center of American public opinion.
Take a piece of paper, fold it in half horizontally, then fold it again vertically, open the paper up and where the folds intersect is the center. America is not a "Center-right" nation, nor is it "Center-left;" just like the piece of paper, the center is where the lines cross. Yes over time the views held change, evolve, but the center will always be that place where the majority of people are standing. It is clear that a strong force within the Republican party is dragging their candidates to stand by their side, and that is no where near the center.
There is an ever increasing likelihood that Mitt Romney will fail to win Michigan Tuesday,leaving Santorum the front-runner, and will clearly send panic through the power structure of the Republican establishment. Why, because they can "Do-The-Math." When polls show where the majority of voters are on abortion, contraception, raising taxes the top 1%, health care, it is clear that the "Center" is not within walking distance of their candidates. So there is a push to "Find someone new," the problem for the moderate-wing of Republicans is that these fresh-blood candidates will be stuck with the same contaminated needles and contract the same disease,
No one party holds the lock on good ideas, America has benefited from the give and take of our two-party system; but historically the parties have never been so far apart, (At least not in the past 40 years)
Had the republicans ran and nominated a center candidate, they would have a very substantial chance at winning in 2012, but it seems they will end up with a person at the top of the ticket that is out of touch with the center of American public opinion.
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