Something like political wisdom …

… from Paul at Powerline:

The Democrats won’t be ousted from power when the Republicans develop great conservative policies with cross-over appeal; the Democrats will be ousted when the electorate concludes that they have screwed things up. For this reason, the real case for formulating new conservative policies is that such policies will help Republicans/conservatives govern better when they return to power, not that they are likely to hasten that day.

This one paragraph dispenses with armies of pundits, sages, and Republican politicians (including Powerline favorite Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty), whose deep-thinking solution to every Republican electoral setback is to say, “Being a ‘Me Too’ Republican isn’t enough. We need to become Super Dooper ‘Me Too’ Republicans.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at November 17, 2008 01:30 PM | Send