kwsmith2
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For all the talk at this year's convention there are quite a few intellectual and cultural elites who have GOP on their voter registration card.
For the most part I think, the past attacks were taken as nothing more than political posturing. If the GOP could produce effective international relations, lower burden of government and a healthier economy, then it was okay.
However, on the heels of failure in all three of those core elements the RNC decides to double-down and spit in the face of the people who actually make this country run. I know, I know American is great because of "the hard working ordinary American" Funny how easily that backbone of America is replaced by Mexican assembly line workers and Indian telecommunications employees.
I am sure America's greatness doesn't have anything to do with all those MBAs in NYC and Chicago; nor the PhDs in RTP and Silicon Valley.
As far as political gamesmanship this makes since. New York, Illinois and California are unwinable. Getting your average Joe in Ohio is more important than your Jefferson quoting, classically liberal computer science PhD. However, in charting the future of the GOP, I wonder were this leaves things. To say that Milton Friedman, George Will or William F. Buckley didn't matter in constructing the Republican majority is to ignore the fundamental role of ideas in shaping American politics. Can it really be a long run strategy to castigate the idea men?  9/4/2008 12:06:02 PM
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