Haley Barbour says, “The Republican Revival will start in the states.” Well, that’s not actually what he said. That’s what a headline on a WSJ article about him said.
Whatever the case, there is a problem with that statement. It betrays a set of misordered priorities.
I really don’t care whether there is a Republican revival, and maybe Republicans shouldn’t care so much, either. I care a lot about whether we can avoid sinking further into a welfare-police state, and whether we can regain a government that protects rather than destroys human rights. Whether that’s done with or without a Republican party is of minor importance to me.
If someone wants to make the case that the only way it can be done is through a strong Republican party, fine. Just so long as that is not the end, but the means.