For party to survive, Republicans must change
By Wy Spano, The Star Tribune
Menneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
The Republican Party needs some serious changing. You might not agree with me that Republicans are going to lose huge in the upcoming election — though trust me, they are — but you do have to agree, if you read the polls, that young people are trending overwhelmingly toward Democrats.
Many of the young people see the Republican Party as holding positions that make no sense to them, like being antigay and opposing stem-cell research and supporting creationism. They conclude that the party supports these things because a small but powerful group in the party insists on them, not because most people would, or could, agree with them. An antigay party is particularly troublesome to the young. Most of them have a friend, family member, coworker or colleague who’s gay, none of whom has ever threatened their own marriages or sexuality.
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Menneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
The Republican Party needs some serious changing. You might not agree with me that Republicans are going to lose huge in the upcoming election — though trust me, they are — but you do have to agree, if you read the polls, that young people are trending overwhelmingly toward Democrats.
Many of the young people see the Republican Party as holding positions that make no sense to them, like being antigay and opposing stem-cell research and supporting creationism. They conclude that the party supports these things because a small but powerful group in the party insists on them, not because most people would, or could, agree with them. An antigay party is particularly troublesome to the young. Most of them have a friend, family member, coworker or colleague who’s gay, none of whom has ever threatened their own marriages or sexuality.
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