Republican divisions
Some on Right See Red Flags In GOP Report
By NEIL KING JR., WSJ
The national Republican Party's new 97-page blueprint for rebuilding the GOP makes no fewer than 30 mentions of the need to become more welcoming and inclusive, mainly on immigration and social issues.
WSJ's Neil King discusses the damning findings of the GOP's internal report into the state of the party, and analyzes what shifts, if any, Republicans are willing to make on policy and presentation.
That has some social conservatives worried that the party may become less welcoming to them.
On social issues, the party will never win over young voters if it is seen as "totally intolerant of alternative points of view," a Republican National Committee panel said this past week in its report on rejuvenating the party. The report didn't mention gay marriage specifically, but it appeared to be talking about the issue when it said that "certain social issues" are "turning off young voters from the party," and that many young voters see these matters as "the civil rights issue of our time."
Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, is among a group of conservatives now holding up a large "Caution" sign, particularly on the subject of changing the party's stance on marriage.
(More here.)
By NEIL KING JR., WSJ
The national Republican Party's new 97-page blueprint for rebuilding the GOP makes no fewer than 30 mentions of the need to become more welcoming and inclusive, mainly on immigration and social issues.
WSJ's Neil King discusses the damning findings of the GOP's internal report into the state of the party, and analyzes what shifts, if any, Republicans are willing to make on policy and presentation.
That has some social conservatives worried that the party may become less welcoming to them.
On social issues, the party will never win over young voters if it is seen as "totally intolerant of alternative points of view," a Republican National Committee panel said this past week in its report on rejuvenating the party. The report didn't mention gay marriage specifically, but it appeared to be talking about the issue when it said that "certain social issues" are "turning off young voters from the party," and that many young voters see these matters as "the civil rights issue of our time."
Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, is among a group of conservatives now holding up a large "Caution" sign, particularly on the subject of changing the party's stance on marriage.
(More here.)
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