Ramesh
Ponuru explains. Here’s a
marvelously tongue-in-cheek excerpt:
In 2002 and 2004, Republicans ran hard on
social issues and the courts — and scored victories at every level of politics.
In 2006 and 2008, they left those issues off the table, and got walloped. It
follows, naturally, that the social issues are to blame for the Republican
defeats.
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