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Republicans for POTUS, 2016 Edition

Yes. I've seen several conservative pundits say something to the effect of "All evidence shows that America is a center-right nation which should give Republicans the edge."

Of course, that ignores the fact conservatives are far right and Hillary is closer to center-right than several in the Republican field.
 
SkinsNDeacs said:
That depends on where you put the center point.
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SkinsNDeacs said:
I guarantee your center point is not the same as the conservative pundits you referenced.
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Center is center. I would assume any pundit who uses the term "center-right" believes the center is just to the left of the mean of the distribution of Americans.
 
SkinsNDeacs said:
That depends on where you put the center point.
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Between Joe Manchin, Heidi Heitkamp, and Susan Collins. Christie is to the right of them and Hillary is to the left of them, but they're center right and center left. Like Mitt, Jeb would govern as center right, but he'll be forced way more right in the primaries.
 
What the GOP Doesn't Get About Latino Voters
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...epublicans_don_t_get_about_latino_voters.html

And there is reason to believe that Latino support for redistribution is about more than the fact that Latino families often benefit from it; it reflects a more deep-seated pessimism about the promise of the American economy. Back in 2013, the Public Religion Research Institute released its ambitious Hispanic Values Survey, which found that 77 percent of Latinos favor increasing taxes on U.S. households earning more than $250,000 per year and that 83 percent favor raising the minimum wage. A far bigger issue for a Republican like Jeb Bush is that 72 percent of Latinos believe that the U.S. economic system is rigged in favor of the wealthy and 60 percent do not believe that hard work is a guarantee of success. This skepticism about the virtues of free enterprise helps explain why 58 percent of Latinos believe that the best way to boost economic growth is to increase government spending, and to finance this increase with higher taxes on the rich. One-third of Latinos (33 percent) believe that cutting taxes and cutting government spending is the better way to go, but these Latinos are also more likely to be U.S.-born—and in turn more opposed to increasing future immigration levels.
 
Mitch Daniels and Huntsman won't run, so think Jeb would make the best GOP President, but he'll have a tough time getting nominated. Walker has a good chance to win the nomination, but he'd be general election road kill. Rubio has the best chance to win, but think he'd be a worse President than Jeb or Hillary.

Really hate the GOP base because it holds the country back. GOP would have much better chances nationally if fear of their base didn't force them to take such tortured positions on immigration reform, health care, and marriage equality.
 
the usa is a center right nation. is there actually disagreement about this?
 
Milhouse said:
the usa is a center right nation. is there actually disagreement about this?
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Yep. I mean even the bulk of our Democrats are to the right of most European nation's right-wingers (not withstanding the fascist neo-nazis that are becoming increasingly present in certain countries).
 
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