It seems like every day 21st century conservatives are saying or doing something that is sure to chase away moderates, independent voters and even 20th century Republican conservatives. And here we see the descent go down a few more feet.
If this is what’s meant by party rebranding, it may be a hard sell beyond talk show hosts, conservative bloggers and Tea Party members.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.