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struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 07:03 AM Nov 2012

Beware of false GOP rebranding efforts

Wednesday, Nov 14, 2012 12:45 PM UTC
When Bobby Jindal says Republicans must change their ways, he doesn't mean change their policies or anything
By Alex Pareene

Conservatives with an eye on the future are rolling out their post-election loss “we must remake the party to save it” pitches. In Politico, Louisiana governor and perennial fantasy presidential candidate Bobby Jindal weighs in, getting some positive press for saying, “We’ve got to make sure that we are not the party of big business, big banks, big Wall Street bailouts, big corporate loopholes, big anything.” One would think some major policy changes would be required to make the Republican Party cease being the party of big business. One would be wrong ...

When you hear Republicans and conservatives soberly intone that Big Changes Will Have to Be Made if they want to Remain Competitive, listen closely for any actual suggested Big Changes ... His point is that this agenda should be branded slightly differently ...

Jindal is playing a very old game: repeatedly and loudly professing to have “Big Ideas” — Jindal says the GOP must be “the party of ideas, details and intelligent solutions” — and decrying “bumper sticker politics” while pushing the exact same agenda as everyone else in your party. It’s a close relative of Paul Ryan’s “I’m a wonk” game, and both work because the political press is more comfortable with branding than policy ...

... The Republican Party is stuck with the leadership it has. The movement conservatives long ago took over, and it would be very odd if they all stopped being movement conservatives. In 1996, after the Republicans failed to unseat a president they hated, they blamed their too-moderate candidate and then slapped the label “compassionate” on their existing beliefs. They will likely do something very similar this time ...

http://www.salon.com/2012/11/14/beware_of_false_gop_rebranding_efforts/

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Beware of false GOP rebranding efforts (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2012 OP
Meanwhile, so many other (R) figureheads and their base want to double-down on the crazy. DCKit Nov 2012 #1
This is it exactly. justiceischeap Nov 2012 #2
What's for sure is that ReTHUGs are ont he run malaise Nov 2012 #3

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
2. This is it exactly.
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 07:18 AM
Nov 2012

All they mention is tone and message. Like if they say the stupid things they say in a smarter, less aggressive way, this will be what saves them and they may be correct. I've yet to hear one Republic come out and say, "We need to work with the Democrats to get things done for all American's." Instead, it's been about how they need to better package their messages so they can get the votes of all American's.

malaise

(267,829 posts)
3. What's for sure is that ReTHUGs are ont he run
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 07:22 AM
Nov 2012

Reagan's BS trickle down era is finally over. Liberals are now proud to be liberals while ReTHUGs have been forced to redefine themselves.

The problem for them is that re-branding won't work - time for action not a bag of mouth - and they cannot change.

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