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the entire state is on the fringe. Just look at the government, all D's, 90% d's in the state house, etc. And of those, 80% are leftist lib's. MA is in its own socialist world, you cannot compare anywhere to this place. You have leftist cities like SF, Berkeley, etc. but MA are those throughout the state.

About how your father votes? Just look at how proud people are of Gerry Studds, all the kennedy's, barney frank, etc. People in this state honestly look up to them and not only support their voting record but think they are great people.

Not sure if her current bunch of advisors are as bold.

"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle

People who support human life and do not support radically altering our social landscape by drastically changing the meaning of institutions such as marriage a "fringe.

On some matters, compromise is wrong.

"On some matters, compromise is wrong."

Quote of the day.

" political genius lies in knowing where, and when, compromise is necessary."

The Right is made up of individualists. These naturally independent souls make uneasy alliances only when necessary.
Once the battles which brought them together have ended, they go their solo ways.

The Left is inclined toward collectivism. Compromise fits better into the lifestyle of those who prefer to live in 'the Village'.

I doubt rightists consistently fit the feisty individualist mold CarolinaMan limns, though it's no doubt a gratifying self-conceit. Anyway, it was Burke who admonished us to temper our passions, and that should include a passion for the moral high ground no less than any other. Being effective is a lot more important than being pure, even if it's more work and less dramatically satisfying.

gay rights and related social issues sine qua nons of candidate acceptibility[sic].

You are obviously talking about Democrats. You remember, those folk who refused to allow the Governor of PA to speak at their convention because he was pro-life.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

I'm indeed speaking of those Democrats, among others; in fact, the Democratic party is far more intolerant of heterodoxy than are the Republicans, and that should be a GOP strength, though it has been poorly exploited. But mbecker908's suggestion that this is uniquely a Democratic failing is wrong; far too many posters at this site are as rigid as those who denied Gov. Casey a forum.

This started with "the fringe left is taking over the Dems." Of course, if it succeeds, and the Dems continue their roll, it will be hard to call the ascendant left a "fringe." My question, though, remains: what do people reading this blog think would be the right-wing counterpart of the fringe element taking over the Dems? As I said, it used to be the commies under every bed crowd; who is it now?

And the Libertarians, I would say would be the closest comparison.

It's really hard to make a good comparison because all the Right's fringe groups are more broken than the Left's. They don't Want to work together.

"It's a book about a man who doesn't know he's about to die, and then dies...
...But if the man does know he's going to die and dies anyway. Dies, dies willing, knowing he can stop it, then...
Well, isn't that the type of man you want to keep alive?"
Karen Eiffel, Stranger Than Fiction

A "fringe running the party".

The difference between the major parties is stark. The Democrats - as in the Party - have a virtual ban on pro-life folks. On Joe Lieberman. On anyone who would advocate for choice in schools via vouchers or choice in retirement via private accounts. Toe the line or be outside in the cold.

No such orthodoxy exists in the Republican PARTY. Are there those who say they would not vote for Rudy because of his stand on abortion? Yes. But you might want to check who's at the top of the national polls of REPUBLICANS at this point in the race. You might also want to note that Rudy has a sizable following here at Redstate.

Would I (or just about anybody here) tolerate a Chuck Hagel POTUS run? No. If he gets reelected will we put up with his crap in the Senate? Sure. We even tolerate people who supported NCLB, Medicare Part D and the immigration fiasco.

Bottom line, there is no right wing equivalent of the nutroots.
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.

I didn't say posters at a site translated into a fringe running the party. But the Rs have come perilously close, in recent years, to allowing a minority to exercise a de facto veto over candidates failing to seem sufficiently enthusiastic about policies that would put the party at odds with the majority of Americans. Let us hope that bullet has been dodged. And I agree the Rs are, currently, more accepting of diverse viewpoints than are the Dems, who are as fixated on lockstep orthodoxy as the Comintern. Let us hope that the Rs, and the right, remain receptive to heterodoxy--it's a strength.