HotAirhttps://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/22/gop-impurity-is-no-myth/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 03:36:27 -0400GOP impurity is no myth<![CDATA[Since the 1990s, even some of the biggest Northeastern moderates — Rudy Giuliani, William Weld, Christine Todd Whitman, and Chris Christie — have run as conservatives on the big issues: crime, taxes, welfare, the cost of public sector unions. Their more liberal positions, no matter how sincerely held, were issues that were peripheral to their agenda. &#8230;]]>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:45:21 -0500<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/22/gop-impurity-is-no-myth-n99457