“While their fiscal views aren't mine, the moderates are the last reasonable voice in the current Republican Party.” LastsVoiceViewsPartyMinesRepublicanCurrentsReasonableRepublican PartyModerates Author:Eliot Spitzer
“I have long said there are three distinct groups under the GOP's tent: theological warriors, who want to impose their social views on the rest of society; Tea Party zealots, who say with a straight face that they want the government to get out of their Medicare; and remnants of the pro-business moderates.” WantLongSaidGovernmentFacesThreeSocialViewsPartyGroupsWarriorTeaModeratesTheologicalMedicareTea PartyTentsGopRemnantsZealotStraight Face Author:Eliot Spitzer
“Mitt Romney's primary season embrace of the social and economic agenda of the more rabid elements of his party doomed him, especially the shrill immigration rhetoric and the harshly insensitive theory that no additional sacrifice or contribution should be sought from those at the top.” ShouldSocialPartySacrificeEconomicTheoryElementsSeasonsEmbraceImmigrationPrimariesContributionAgendasRhetoricDoomedRomneyInsensitive Author:Eliot Spitzer
“The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and - just as the Tea Party did - it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point.” NeedsPartyPrinciplesMovementTeaCandidatesAgendasTea PartyMeasure Of SuccessFocal PointOccupy Movement Author:Eliot Spitzer
“The Tea Party isolated Mitt Romney from mainstream voters, linking him to a rabid ideology that he could not shake as he desperately tried to move to the middle in the closing weeks of the campaign. Lesson: The loudest voices don't often command the votes needed to win in November.” MovingWinningVoicePartyWeekMiddleNeededLessonsVoteCampaignsCommandIdeologyTeaShakesVotersIsolatedMainstreamClosingRomneyNovemberTea Party Author:Eliot Spitzer
