GOP moves closer to the base, and away from the broader public, in party platform

[TomCADem]

Source: MSN/Washington Post

CLEVELAND — The Republican Party on Tuesday moved closer to firmly embracing a series of staunchly conservative positions on abortion, gay rights, gun rights and immigration reform in a platform document that takes sharp aim at Obama administration policies and reinforces long-standing party orthodoxy on major issues.

Among the specific policies the platform committee endorsed here is a “border wall” that would cover “the entirety of the Southern Border and must be sufficient to stop both vehicular and pedestrian traffic.” Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has made a proposed border wall a cornerstone of his campaign.

Just days before the Republican National Convention, party leaders also prepared for a potential fight over how to formally make Trump the party’s presidential candidate by deferring to the convention itself any formal decisions about how to conduct the nomination roll call.

Members of the convention’s platform committee considered hundreds of proposed changes to a party platform that many delegates described as a political marketing document. The platform is designed to last a presidential term, outlining the party’s formal position on virtually every major policy issue facing the country.

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[63splitwindow]

1. So now Don the Con has written directions on what he believes...

how long will he agree with, remember and follow them?

[PatrynXX]

2. Donald won't follow much of this n/t

[cstanleytech]

3. Sure he will.......if he wears contact lenses with a built in teleprompter connected to

his staff via wifi and a Bluetooth earpiece wired into his toupee.

[The Wizard]

4. They know how to get the base

out to the polls. Democrats should take a lesson from them.

[840high]

7. You bet they do.

[Skittles]

10. it is easier to rally simple-minded kooks

they essentially just tell them what to do

[DrToast]

12. Yeah, the problem is...

Their base is shrinking.

[Person 2713]

5. If we can sweep enough out of congress this election it will weaken them

[jmowreader]

6. I don't think their business supporters are going to sign off on a wall that'll stop vehicle traffic

[TomCADem]

8. I Don't Think Trump Has Any Problem With Regular Border Crossings

It is just people of color coming to live in the U.S. that worries the GOP's base. It is like Brexit. For all of the talk about foreign trade, once the Boris and his cronies got into power, it turns out that all they want to do is stop immigration while keeping access to Europe's markets.

Short version:

Trucks of goods yes.
People no.

[63splitwindow]

9. The migrant workers necessary to harvest our fruits and vegetables, do they come in?

And how long will it take to do the study concerning environmental impact of this monstrosity and then how long to figure out all of the accommodations to plants, animals, water flow, etc., etc., etc.

[Stand and Fight]

11. It's 1964 all over again. Trump is the new Goldwater and like him he will lose big. n/t

[LiberalFighter]

13. As long as their overall supporters keep shrinking

the size of their base doesn't matter.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

14. And their base is pretty base