More Proof GOP Leaders Just Don’t Get It
November 27, 2009
The Wall Street Journal reported November 27,2009 that Republican Chairman Michael Steele asked a question to fellow dinner guests in London’s Mayfair district. To the guests he asked “what can the GOP learn from Britain’s resurgent Conservative Party?”
If Mr. Steele must ask this question, then he clearly hasn’t a clue. The resurging of the Tories can be credited to their move to the political center. One can not compare conservatism in England with the United States. For one thing, U-S conservatism is focused on the preservation of our Constitution, something that is not an issue in Britain.
It is possible that moving to the center may prove to be a benefit to the conservative movement in England but moving to the center in the U-S will only further distance the GOP from Americans, particularly the Tea Party movement. If Mr. Steel contemplates such tactics here, he will find that the continuing surge of a third-party will only be more enforced.
