Monday, November 27, 2006
'The already-fading New England Republican'
Interesting piece on the decline of the Republican party across New England, not just Massachusetts. But it seems to suffer from what the region's GOP still suffers from: Nostalgia for old Yankee Republicans. The real issue here and elsewhere, IMHO, is the rise in the number of registered Independents at the expense of both Republicans and Democrats. Rather than trying to rev up the remaining GOP troops at the grass-roots level, maybe Republican leaders should first determine what Independents are thinking. Why not ask them? It would be far better than throwing political spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks. ...
Interesting piece on the decline of the Republican party across New England, not just Massachusetts. But it seems to suffer from what the region's GOP still suffers from: Nostalgia for old Yankee Republicans. The real issue here and elsewhere, IMHO, is the rise in the number of registered Independents at the expense of both Republicans and Democrats. Rather than trying to rev up the remaining GOP troops at the grass-roots level, maybe Republican leaders should first determine what Independents are thinking. Why not ask them? It would be far better than throwing political spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks. ...
