In the 1990s, the Democrats under Bill Clinton needed to shed their image of being weak on crime, permissive on drugs, and tolerant of welfare abuse in order to prevail over their core issues of education, the elderly, and the environment. So they adapted, adopting many Republican strategies such as abolishing welfare. Now, the Republicans need to return to the Reagan center of the party — opposing big government, decrying over-regulation, and determined to cut our debt, public spending, and tax levels.
I remember the 1992 race like yesterday. The Republicans said Clinton was fake, and so he was. If you read between the lines, it looks like the only way to win in politics is to lie your ass off.
Morris is talking about fuzzing up the issues. Let's take immigration. I can only speak for myself, but we tried that during a conservative Republican administration. It didn't result in more Latino votes.
Morris cites abortion statistics too. Okay, but you are crossing a bit of a line when you say something like Clinton said ---legal, safe, and rare.
Morris seems to think that you can do these things without abandoning core principles. How do you know the difference between "packaging" and abandoning core principles? When does the pivot, as he describes it, becomes indistinguishable from the Democrats?
Will you do anything in order to win?
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