Rhetorical questions

Poli-sci guru Laura Olson takes a look at Republicans’ rhetoric on community organizing at their recently concluded national convention. Excerpt: “Might this have been a strategic misstep for a party that relies on the electoral support of millions of so-called “values” voters? Was it instead evidence of a broader symbolic indictment of Obama as being […]

Poli-sci guru Laura Olson takes a look at Republicans’ rhetoric on community organizing at their recently concluded national convention.

Excerpt: “Might this have been a strategic misstep for a party that relies on the electoral support of millions of so-called “values” voters? Was it instead evidence of a broader symbolic indictment of Obama as being too liberal for mainstream America? Or, perhaps it was just an indication of how invisible the religious left has been for decades? A case may be made for each of these possibilities.”

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