Reply #9: I agree [View All]

[trezic]

I think part of the problem was that the Party got focused on soft issues rather than hard. Soft issues tend to be social in focus like gay rights, civil rights and the like. Hard issues include the economy and national security. Soft issues require a stable economic base to sell. If people are doing well, they're a lot more open to the idea of social change. The trouble is that the economy has been in the tank for most Americans for the last 30 years.

I'd like to see activists get out and learn about the hard issues. These are the issues that the GOP is most vulnerable on. Master em and pound the opposition.