"Moving to the right" or even "clearly conveying core conservative values" are basically attractive to the same old coalition that is now failing the GOP.
That was one of Lario's top charges in her original letter: Plans by his coalition to nominate several attractive young women in the coming European Parliament elections were "shamelessly trashy".
As I said earlier (see 12.21pm), superficially Clegg's line about the Lib Dems being the "coalition party" (my phrase) is attractive.
The Lib Dems rounded on Labour negotiators, accusing them of not being serious in the talks, and preferring opposition as more attractive than the challenges of creating a coalition.
How attractive do the Lib Dems look as coalition partners – to the Tories or to Labour – if they are going to hiss and tell on the other party as an election comes up on the horizon?
A broad "coalition of the aggrieved" found McCarthyism attractive, or at least politically useful.
Ms. Lario criticized reports that Mr. Berlusconi's center-right coalition planned to nominate a slate of attractive young women for the European Parliament, including the star of a reality television show.
In recent days, Ms. Lario has criticized her husband for cavorting with younger women and for his center-right coalition's plans to nominate a slate of attractive women to run for the European Parliament.
