It’s what passes for vision in today’s Republican party: recognizing a new political reality and not closing your eyes in denial. Bobby Jindal and Marco Rubio showed they have it when they called for a more inclusive party following Mitt Romney‘s defeat. Romney showed he doesn’t have it when he blamed that defeat on “gifts” the president handed out to his base.
Another guy who has it: Newt Gingrich, who is now encouragingRepublicans to rethink their position on gay marriage.
“I think that [same-sex marriage] will be much more difficult than immigration for conservatism to come to grips with,” Gingrich told the Huffington Post. “It is in every family. It is in every community. The momentum is clearly now in the direction in finding some way to … accommodate and deal with reality.”