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Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
I'd think Reagan was nuts if he didn't do this. State's rights, will of the people and all that. I understand that you might think people of my ilk have wrecked the California Republican party and its chances, but nothing could be further from the truth. The one thing I don't share in common with the people you've described is the idea that we should advance anyone who does not represent a compilation of consensus views in any election.
While I'm certain that this country will not ultimately have a problem with Roe being overturned, its only because Californians will still be able to have what Californians want to have. And if Californians want abortion rights, than it sounds like your social conservatives in the Republican party need a severe dressing down. Ditto the gun thing.
But the flip side of what I'm saying is that the national Rs would be nuts to abandon the federalist bent on the social conservative issues (i.e., let the state's decide, and not the courts). We do that, and we aren't all that distinguishable from the Democrats.
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You go with what works. For now the national party is winning in Washington. And if it ain't broke don't fix it. Bush and Rove are always trying to get moderate to run in California because they know that they can win. The problems is that the locals don't get it. We only have two partys, so the partys have to adjust in each state, and the one side fits all does not work. However, at the National level politicians like Delay don't understand that their bloviating makes our job much more difficult. Bush only goes as far as he has to. Delay runs his mouth ad nauseaum.
