Tuesday, April 28, 2009

GOP alienating younger generation with anti-gay marriage stance?

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty and Steve Schmidt, a senior strategist to Sen. John McCain's losing presidential effort, are among Republican leaders and strategists who believe the GOP risks alienating a younger generation of voters if it continues its hardline, anti-marriage stance. "The Republican Party is shrinking," Schmidt said. "One of the reasons it is shrinking is because there are large demographics in this country that view the party as intolerant or not relevant to them. Politics is about addition."