GOP Must Shrink Dangerous Empathy Gap

How To Shrink The Dangerous GOP Empathy Gap
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley watches as her husband, Michael Haley boards a bus during a deployment ceremony for the South Carolina Army National Guard 3/49 Agribusiness Development Team at McCrady Training Center, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at Ft. Jackson, S.C. The deployment is scheduled for a year including a one month of training in Indiana prior to leaving for Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley watches as her husband, Michael Haley boards a bus during a deployment ceremony for the South Carolina Army National Guard 3/49 Agribusiness Development Team at McCrady Training Center, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013, at Ft. Jackson, S.C. The deployment is scheduled for a year including a one month of training in Indiana prior to leaving for Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)

What recent event is going to be more defining for the Republican Party, Sen. Rob Portman’s about-face on gay marriage or the strident rhetoric of the Conservative Political Action Conference? The GOP ought to pray it’s the former and hope it keeps the party’s empathy gap from turning into the Grand Canyon.

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