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Originally Posted by vienna

Ask the GOP why they are cutting there own throats by making non-issues like birth control, same-sex marriage, religious-based initiative, the "unfairness" of the "liberal" media, etc. primary issues instead of making concrete, detailed, cogent proposals to issues like unemployment, outsourcing overseas, financial institution manipulation/corruption, holding legally and criminally responsible those who got the country in this mess, etc. It is sad To watch the GOP getting flushed down the drain by catering to the whining and shouting of the most radical, non-critical; in terms of relevance to real issues affecting the entire country, not just very minority special interest groups. Time and time again, the GOP would rather make the non-issues the spotlight rather than really take the lead and deal with reality. If the GOP doesn't right ship and take the country's problems seriously, they are going down the same path as the Dems when they catered to MCGovern, McCarthy and the others who nearly sank their party...

Originally Posted by Takeda Shingen

I, too, would direct the question back to the GOP. If Team R does not want to discuss social conservatism, Team R's candidates should probably stop talking about social conservatism. As soon as Santorum and Gingrich started using their social stances to show their differences with both Obama and Romney, those differences became part of the national discourse. You'd better be prepared to chow down if you open that can of worms.

also agree. Sorry, Thr GOP has lots the moral high ground in this instance...and in my opinion in pretty much everything.