Might Republicans have more "fun"?
A tidbit at the bottom of a Hotline on Call post asked, "We wonder: will global warming be more of an issue for Republicans than for Democrats?"
Well, yea. Duh almost.
The primary debates should be quite a contrast: there are divisive issues aplenty on the GOP side, while the Dems will differ over degree but not direction.
Climate change (McCain's name is on the bill), campaign finance reform (ditto), immigration reform (seeing a pattern?). The war (Brownback opposes escalation, McCain's name is on the plan thanks to John Edwards's rhetoric).
Gays and abortion, Rudy? Stem cells?
Is there really any big issue the GOP field is not divided over?
Meanwhile, the Democratic candidates' differences seem to be matters of degree and policy nuance. Kucinich and Gravel may have some "extreme" positions that their opponents don't share. But that's what gadflies are there for: to prick the concsious of the voters and other candidates while making their opponents seem moderate (even though the top tier Democrats are all plenty liberal).
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