"It sounds
like a mismatch: An illustrious Republican president’s son supporting a
Democrat-turned-independent, ex-Obama administration official in his
quest to run for New York City mayor on the GOP line," writes The Washington Post. But conservative commentator Michael Reagan is urging city
Republican leaders to give Adolfo Carrion Jr. permission to run in the
primary, saying it would strike a note of openness and diversity for a
party that’s grappling with how to attract Hispanic voters.
“Then the Republicans are showing that they do have an
outreach program, they are trying to be an inclusive party, instead of
an exclusive party,” he said by phone Wednesday. Especially after the corruption allegations, “maybe
it’s time not to keep on looking at the good old boys, but to look at
the new old boys,” said Reagan.
The two,Carrion and Reagan, seemed to have put social issues aside. While Mr. Carrion describes himself as a fiscally conservative but socially progressive, Mr. Reagan recently drew questions over an op-ed
article in which he said legalizing gay marriage could sink “any law
based on morality. Think about polygamy, bestiality and perhaps even
murder.”
“While we’re not in
tandem on every issue, I think on the issues I care about, like having a
business-friendly city that’s safe, that’s oriented toward reform, that
advances the idea that the best social program is a job and not the
other way around,” Carrion told the post.
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