tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518523519497445289.post5648948475433549808..comments2024-01-01T03:00:24.439-05:00Comments on Freadom Nation: Partisans need to find "Common Ground"Rick Freahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518523519497445289.post-7529091049370034322008-07-20T06:45:00.000-04:002008-07-20T06:45:00.000-04:00I agree with the authors in the book that their ha...I agree with the authors in the book that their has to be some sort of common ground, but there are also things that we cannot compromise on. For example, even Thomas and Beckel disagreed on the War on Terror among other things. <BR/><BR/>I don't think a small tax increase would be that big of a deal, per se, if that is what would be needed to get, say, our borders secured. <BR/><BR/>You say Rick Freahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132949384071592216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518523519497445289.post-15671864782567134652008-07-20T03:49:00.000-04:002008-07-20T03:49:00.000-04:00Following on from the previous comment, the answer...Following on from the previous comment, the answer is for the GOP to get back to being a big-tent party, with a diversity of views among its members not only tolerated but welcomed and respected. There's no sign of that happening on the horizon, unfortunately. <BR/><BR/>Unless and until it does happen, expect polarization and lots of gridlock.<BR/><BR/>I don't favor any sudden outbreak of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-518523519497445289.post-41487918489515775052008-07-20T03:36:00.000-04:002008-07-20T03:36:00.000-04:00If you read John Dean's excellent book, Broken Gov...If you read John Dean's excellent book, Broken Government, you'll learn (or maybe have suspicions confirmed) that today's Republican Party isn't the big-tent party it once was. Over the past 30 years moderates have been run out of office and out of the party.<BR/><BR/>The radical right took over the party with Reagan's ascendancy and has operated it like a pressure group ever since. That means Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com