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I Believe Devoutly That The National Election Is The Closest Thing We Have To A Civic Sacrament Of Democracy. And I Really Do Think That Heed Must Be Paid, And When People Make A Decision, Those Who Are On The Other Side, Including Me, Accept It, For That Reason.

The Other Thing That Has Changed - And This Is More Detailed To Cpac Than The General Republican Party - Is They Have Always Been An Outsider, Ann Coulter, Sort Of Protest Style, A Little Ruder Than Most Republicans. And This Goes Back All The Way To [ronald] Reagan.

Basically, Global Capitalism, Basically To Support It, Or Is It To Be Opposed? Is International Order To Be Supported, Or Is It To Be Opposed? Republicans Have Taken A Very Clear Line.

The Problem Is That Every Study I'm Aware Of, Which Is Probably Not That Many, Has Indicated That A Dollar Spent In Preparation And Avoidance Of Natural Disasters Is Worth $15 That Is Spent In Relief. But There's No Political Payoff For Preparation. So, Who Benefits? I Mean, The Governor Or Senator Or The President? Bill Clinton At Oklahoma City, His Performance There Helped Him Enormously. And There Really Hasn't Been Any Regulation That Would, In Fact, Interfere With Environmental Disaster.

It's Tempting To Remember That The Tea Party Had A Peak And Then The Republican Party Establishment Sort Of Beat It Back Down. And So These Things Are Won In A Day.