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Both members of the gay community and Republicans??many of whom cannot comprehend how a member of their group could possibly belong to the other—often spurn people like Aguero. “When some people find out I’m gay and conservative,” Aguero says, “they act like I’m a mutant or something...
...Undergraduate Council (UC) recently learned an important lesson about school politics when it tried to pass a simple nonbinding resolution in support of workers and reasonable wages. The outcry was not only from the Harvard College Republicans??a group that incidentally has become so marginalized that is has been reduced to sending out whinny emails when it is offended by something. But voices all over campus stood up to denounce what they saw as a breach of the UC’s fundamental purpose, which apparently is wasting money on concerts that never happen and failing to extend...
Second: Fixing the machine. As I’ve argued before, Democratic analysts are “TV weathermen” next to the Republicans?? “investment bankers”—anecdotally describing trends they don’t particularly comprehend, rather than acting based on a methodical and measurable understanding of the electorate in an information age. Of course the party shouldn’t substitute a poll for a moral compass—but it is malpractice to make ignorant and outmoded decisions. I am sick of all the campaign innovations?...
...foreign policy. Whether you were for the Iraq war or against it, liberals have got to put national security back at the center of what it means to be a liberal. The times demand it; the voters expect it; and Democratic history can inspire it. Since when are the Republicans??who have long despised the “nation-building,” foreign aid, and public diplomacy that are vital to the war on terror—the party of foreign policy idealism? And since when are the Democrats—who authored the Fourteen Points...
...nuclear option is further troubling because eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominations leads to a slippery slope towards eliminating the filibuster altogether. The destruction of this important check would let a party in control of the Congress and the Presidency—right now the Republicans??approve their agenda until the next election, no matter how controversial their views. Changes made by such a majority in even a two-year-period could drastically change the course of our country...