Can Bruce Bartlett save the GOP by bursting its 'bubble'?

[VanishingPoi]

Bruce Bartlett has 24-karat conservative credentials. He worked in the Reagan White House, the George H.W. Bush Treasury Department, for former Texas Rep. Ron Paul and the Heritage Foundation. So when he saw Republicans doing things he believed damaged the brand, he said so, and was surprised to find himself first ignored, then struck from the rolls of the GOP talk-ocracy, and even fired from his think tank job. And that, he says, is the problem. Bartlett, who is now an independent, made headlines recently with a scholarly paper about Fox News. In it, he describes a media "bubble" that imperils the GOP by screening out ideas that challenge Republican orthodoxy — in other words, those inconvenient truths.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed...mn.html#page=1

This is an interesting article.

[donquixote99]

And the right claims it's the left that unfairly enforces 'political correctness.'

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

And the right claims it's the left that unfairly enforces 'political correctness.'

Well for a start, he broke St. Ronnie's 11th Commandment, "Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican."

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

And the right claims it's the left that unfairly enforces 'political correctness.'

And the left claims it's the right that unfairly enforces 'political correctness.'

See how that works? Meanwhile, we get nowhere. Important issues are ignored.

[Pio1980]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Wll for a start, he broke St. Ronnie's 11th Commandment, "Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican."

Trump obviously doesn't care, and the xenophobic idiots are swooning over him in droves.

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[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by JJIII

And the left claims it's the right that unfairly enforces 'political correctness.'

See how that works? Meanwhile, we get nowhere. Important issues are ignored.

Oh yeah? Name three ignored issues.

[JJIII]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Oh yeah? Name three ignored issues.

Perhaps ignored is the wrong word. There is an awful lot of talk about an awful lot of issues. My point is that there are very few solutions forthcoming. One side proposes something, the other side will not let it pass.

That brings us back to one side blaming the other, and on it goes with nothing worthwhile being accomplished.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by JJIII

Perhaps ignored is the wrong word. There is an awful lot of talk about an awful lot of issues. My point is that there are very few solutions forthcoming. One side proposes something, the other side will not let it pass.

That brings us back to one side blaming the other, and on it goes with nothing worthwhile being accomplished.

Quite so. The Democrats propose federal investment that will create jobs, the Republicans propose defunding Planned Parenthood. Equivalency!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/economy/jobsact

The problem with saying placing blame is the problem is that one side is basically to blame. What big Republican problem-solving proposals has Obama shot down? Seriously.

[Tom Joad]

No one can save them.

They are between a rock and a hard place.

Caught in a trap of their own making.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/walker...b_7816664.html

The Republican Party is left in a difficult place. Their entire electoral strategy depends on the South--specifically socially conservative white males who live there. While the party does enjoy successes elsewhere in the country, their game is really aimed at capturing this demographic. And so, the GOP is presented with an interesting dilemma: what mobilizes conservative white southerners is largely ineffective in a country where the white population is shrinking, and the culture is changing.

The pull to the right has ended up backfiring on the GOP. Pundits and wonks have been saying for years that the key to the White House lies with the Latino vote--demonstrated by Barack Obama, who has placed a heavy emphasis on immigration reform since his first presidential campaign in 2008. Through his endorsement, he has made it a toxic issue for Republicans, which has cost them. Many within the party's establishment have taken notice of the changing tides, and softened their tune. There's only one problem: they cannot soften enough the Tea Party and its base aren't going along with them.

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[JJIII]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Quite so. The Democrats propose federal investment that will create jobs, the Republicans propose defunding Planned Parenthood. Equivalency!

https://www.whitehouse.gov/economy/jobsact

The problem with saying placing blame is the problem is that one side is basically to blame. What big Republican problem-solving proposals has Obama shot down? Seriously.

I got nuttin.