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madamesilverspurs

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Tue May 20, 2014, 06:49 PM May 2014

Cory Gardner: Republicans Should Not “Change Positions” To Win

Since his entry into the U.S. Senate race in late February, a defining characteristic of Rep. Cory Gardner's campaign strategy has been the swift and unapologetic abandonment of a number of stridently conservative policy positions. The most widely publicized example of this has been Gardner's flip-flop on the Personhood abortion bans, for which Gardner's former support was public and longstanding.

Within a few weeks, Gardner had also flipped on such hot-button social issues as LGBT parent adoption, and whether undocumented immigrants should be deported to their countries of origin. It's been a wild ride for Gardner in a short period of time, and the wisdom of simply jettisoning en masse all of Gardner's political stands which are now liabilities in a statewide election is a major point of debate today. Should Gardner prevail against Democratic Sen. Mark Udall this November, it would set a new precedent for the ability of a politician to reinvent their image to a truly sweeping degree and still win an election.

See more at: http://coloradopols.com/diary/58236/cory-gardner-republicans-should-not-change-positions-to-win#comments

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Cory Gardner: Republicans Should Not “Change Positions” To Win (Original Post) madamesilverspurs May 2014 OP
Udall is the better of our two dem senators. CrispyQ May 2014 #1
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