Robert Klitgaard Democrats Must Bridge Ideals Gap

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AS the election season kicks off in earnest, here's a key to success: the ideals gap. Winning candidates and parties will appeal to our hearts through their ideals and to our heads by connecting their programs to ideals.

The ideals gap is not the so-called values gap. Remember the values gap? After the last election, pundits argued that the Democrats were on the wrong side of many moral questions that mattered to voters. The values gap refers to hot-button issues such as abortion, prayer in schools, gay marriage and, in some ways, illegal immigrants. Some Democrats said that more of their candidates should represent their religious values openly.

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Robert Klitgaard Democrats Must Bridge Ideals Gap

The ideals gap is something else. The ideals are all-American secular values of democracy, equality, rights and compassion. Surprisingly, in recent years, the Republicans have replaced ...

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