Matt Welch | November 11, 2004
To be co-leaders in the governing coalition, along with the Religious Right:
President Bush can unite the country by winning in Iraq, and by fighting for economic and social policies that emphasize family, and decrease bureaucratic and judicial over-reaching. And he can achieve that only if Christian conservatives and libertarians, the two big players in today's Republican coalition, respect each other. We have to be willing to compromise within the coalition while standing firm against liberals.
Respect begins by not calling each other "extremists."
Which is why, Olasky goes on to argue, Arlen Specter needs to be derailed.
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