Politically Unacceptable In The Current Climate of Public Opinion (Glenn Beck, radical, border)

[LauraC]

Glenn Beck has a fiction book coming out called The Overton Window so I took a look at Wikipedia to see how the real term "Overton Window" is defined. (This post is not about his book.)

"At any given moment the “window” includes a range of policies considered to be politically acceptable in the current climate of public opinion, with “acceptable” defined as something a politician can recommend without being considered too “extreme” or outside the mainstream to gain or keep public office."

Overton window - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In today's political climate, can you think of a possible proposed policy a politician could not promote/recommend/suggest/mention because it would be considered too extreme or outside the mainstream and would cause them to lose their public office (presumably in an election)? Let's keep it at the state and federal level, not the local level.

This is not about a politician's extreme personal behavior that could cost them their job. I'd like to hear about ideas/potential policies that may be tossed around on college campuses or in private groups/organizations that you know no politician today would touch because it would be political suicide.

[Glitch]

Any politician that proposed eliminating federal social spending (e.g., Social Security, MediCare/MedicAid, etc.) and returning that power back to the States where it constitutionally belongs, would be outside the "Overton Window" and considered too "radical" to be elected.

In fact, any politician that proposed returning the federal government to its constitutional limitations would most likely be laughed out of the election completely.

[Swingblade]

Any leader that proposes legislation that we should really protect our border with Mexico that would include troops on every sq foot with orders shoot to kill.