GOP Warned: Conservatives Are Ready To Revolt
This former Republican presidential candidate says conservatives are tired of
being marginalized and taken for granted within the GOP and the party needs to
prepare for more Election Day disappointments if it doesn't produce candidates
the base can enthusiastically support.
(WND) Gary Bauer sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000. He previously served as chief domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and is now president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families PAC.
In a Sunday Washington Post story highlighting the agitation of social conservatives toward GOP leaders, Bauer described the difference between the two groups as a “chasm.” He said that divide is felt by far more than the values voters.
"The chasm is not only between the Republican Party establishment and social conservatives but the party establishment and conservatives generally,” Bauer said. “I’m talking almost daily with economic conservatives, conservatives that believe in a strong national defense, those that are pro-life and pro-family. There’s a general feeling that the party just isn’t fighting hard enough against liberalism here in Washington and seems too uncertain with the message and with the themes that the party says it cares about."
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(WND) Gary Bauer sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2000. He previously served as chief domestic policy adviser to President Ronald Reagan and is now president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families PAC.
In a Sunday Washington Post story highlighting the agitation of social conservatives toward GOP leaders, Bauer described the difference between the two groups as a “chasm.” He said that divide is felt by far more than the values voters.
"The chasm is not only between the Republican Party establishment and social conservatives but the party establishment and conservatives generally,” Bauer said. “I’m talking almost daily with economic conservatives, conservatives that believe in a strong national defense, those that are pro-life and pro-family. There’s a general feeling that the party just isn’t fighting hard enough against liberalism here in Washington and seems too uncertain with the message and with the themes that the party says it cares about."
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