Word: consensus
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...Viet Cong or Hanoi, but we do believe that their defeat is not worth the price of adopting the values that seem to make their defeat so necessary. The leaders of this nation, like those of Nazi Germany, no longer seem capable of tolerating dissent. The great consensus has become a patriotic duty, and some have gone so far as to suggest that those who cannot accept it ought to be pulled up by the roots and thrown aside like worthless weeds...
...opposed 14(b) for various reasons, sentiment on both sides was curiously muted. Several staunchly liberal newspapers actually opposed the bill. "There is much to be said for letting the states continue to experiment with varied statutes of their own," editorialized the Washington Post, "at least until a national consensus emerges." As of now, according to the Gallup poll, Americans are divided almost evenly on the issue: 47% against repeal, 44% in favor...
...rough effect, the political party must win the approval of a consensus that includes not only the party loyalist but the estimated 40% of the electorate in the political spectrum's middle span, people whose vote, regardless of nominal party affiliation or inclination, is changeable. This consensus shuns rigidly doctrinaire extremes that have brought upon the system its most tragic failures, notably the Civil War. British Political Scientist Denis Brogan points out that "the immediate cause of the greatest breakdown of the American political system was the breakdown of the party system, the failure of the party machinery...
...opportunity. Democrats tend to favor the managed economy, while Republicans espouse more of a market economy; Democrats are likely to believe that spending and deficits create prosperity; while Republicans still worship at the shrine of the sound dollar. None of these are absolutes; in the attempt to win the consensus, parties gladly let their values overlap and intertwine...
...natural suspicion of a party that keeps too much power for too long. If this is all the Republican Party counts on, its reason for being is far less than it should be. It must aim for much more. With a tradition that can appeal to a broad consensus, with residual strength on which to build a valuable and meaningful opposition and with a young, undoctrinaire society to draw support from, the Grand Old Party can develop quite a few new opportunities...