https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/02/01/a-not-so-doomed-gop/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 10:33:08 -0400<![CDATA[Meanwhile, what gets Republicans elected at the local level gets them in trouble at the federal level. Again, there are many reasons for this. But I think one of them is that we’ve come to see the federal government as some sort of mystical entity empowered to right all of the wrongs in society. If there’s a problem, there “should” be a federal response, the costs or feasibility of that response be damned.]]>Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:00:09 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/02/01/a-not-so-doomed-gop-n99782