Friday, January 6, 2012

The GOP Dilemma: Principles or Pragmatism?

Republicans began picking their presidential nominee Tuesday night in Iowa, still wrestling with the classic question that faces all opposition parties: Are they more interested in principles or pragmatism?

That question explains much of the behavior already seen from the Republican establishment, conservative activists and Iowa winner Mitt Romney, as well as the somewhat bizarre spectacle of a rotating cast of alternatives to Mr. Romney. The question will continue to animate the nomination fight and is made all the more acute by the rise of a significant tea-party faction within the GOP.

Principles and pragmatism aren't mutually exclusive, of course; ...

Republicans began picking their presidential nominee Tuesday night in Iowa, still wrestling with the classic question that faces all opposition parties: Are they more interested in principles or pragmatism?

That question explains much of the behavior already seen from the Republican establishment, conservative activists and Iowa winner Mitt Romney, as well as the somewhat bizarre spectacle of a rotating cast of alternatives to Mr. Romney. The question will continue to animate the nomination fight and is made all the more acute by the rise of a significant tea-party faction within the GOP.

Principles and pragmatism aren't mutually exclusive, of course; ...

Source: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204368104577138703621025484.html?mod=europe_home

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