Many have been trying to sell Republicans for years on the virtues of being “socially liberal, fiscally conservative” including Pete Wilson, who crushed all opposition to his nomination for California governor in 1990 fairly easily. (He and a lot of the older Republican establishment dated from a time BEFORE the Republican Party became “pro-life.”) But lo, we found out that the main line of the public is the exact opposite of “socially liberal, fiscally conservative.” Bye!
Many have been trying to sell Republicans for years on the virtues of being “socially liberal, fiscally conservative” including Pete Wilson, who crushed all opposition to his nomination for California governor in 1990 fairly easily. (He and a lot of the older Republican establishment dated from a time BEFORE the Republican Party became “pro-life.”) But lo, we found out that the main line of the public is the exact opposite of “socially liberal, fiscally conservative.” Bye!