Dave Spencer is a “Rockefeller Republican” in two senses: first, in that he believes the GOP should be more open to compromise, evidence-based and reasonable and second, because his great-great-grandfather was actually John D. Rockefeller.
Spencer suffered a life-threatening car accident at age 19, which cost him his right leg and full use of his right arm. Since then he’s – Has an MBA from Stanford, worked as a volunteer motivational speaker for amputees and trauma victims, started BayKids, a nonprofit organization that serves children through self-empowerment programs in the greater San Francisco area and founded “Practically Republican.”
Practically Republican’s stated objective is, “To engage, organize and motivate a new kind of GOP supporter; one who is fact and issue-oriented and invites conversation, respects differences of opinion, believes in compromise and puts sound policy before partisanship.”
In this interview, Spencer and The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur discuss:
– The demographic time bomb that threatens the future of the GOP
– Whether the Republican Party has lost its way
– If Ted Cruz is right about campaign finance reform
– Whether more socializing among congressional reps would lead to more compromise
– Which is more important to politicians – money or votes
And much more.
For more info on Practically Republican, visit www.practicallyrepublican or follow them on Twitter at @PracticallyGOP
Follow Cenk on Twitter: @CenkUygur
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Face it. America has become a police state in those communities where we find the most vulnerable. Prisons in America are in some places virtual Concentration Camps populated almost exclusively with the most vulnerable……just look at the data of % of Americans locked up…..no other country comes close. What is fueling this? Corruption is fueling this. Why do we have corruption within the police ranks? Because we have local and federal politicians who really don’t care about minorities….hence they are quite prepared to hit them over the head to show that they are “tough on crime”. And many of the police heads are cool with this because the process of arresting is their customer, and on top of that, they too take the view that minorities are fair game to “be tough with”.