Cross-posted at PunditCountry
Chris Bowers at Open Leftdiscusses a very salient issue occurring at this point in the movement as we find ourselves not getting the issues we feel need redress addressed by the very leaders we helped send to Washington to deal with. From DADT to the removal of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, we are told time and time again that the sensible thing to do is wait, and wait, and wait.
This generally doesn’t happen to those on the right. But this goes back to a point I made in an earlier post that one of the chief differences between the parties is that the Democrats loathe their base while the GOP fears and coddles theirs. Both may feel they are out of touch, but at the GOP leaders are aware that not acting on red meat issues like gun control, pro-life legislation, and low taxes will have an adverse reaction from those they need most at the ballot box come election day.