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GOP watch: Re-branding rift.

 

Published 5/8/2009 by Domenico Montanaro at First Read

Politico reports that not all members of the GOP are taking part in Eric Cantor and John McCain’s listening tour. “It’s a losing proposition to try to divide social and economic conservatives,” said Ken Blackwell, a one-time Ohio secretary of state and former candidate for Republican National Committee chairman. “They will constantly find themselves backpedaling and apologizing and repositioning because the composition of that group does not reflect a basic reality, which is that social and economic...( read more ) (link)

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