Posted on 03/03/2009 5:21:17 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32
I think we can all agree (perhaps not) the GOP has a long way to go to simply get to mediocre as far as conservative principles are concerned. RINO's abound and the GOP has become nothing more than "Democrat Light".
WHAT IF Rush does in fact start a conservative 3rd party, and his 20 million listeners immediately leave the GOP and join this new outfit. Let's also assume this happens in the next couple of weeks..
What are the implications for the '10 races?
What are the implications for the '12 race for President?
Wouldn't this simply split the GOP and hand '10 and '12 back to the democrats? (small "d", it's intentional) due to a split vote??
Would the new conservative party become large enough in the next 2 years to displace the GOP or at least have a major impact on the upcoming elections?
Who would lead? IOW, who are the current Republicans that we'd like to take with us, and who are the RINO's we'd leave on the bench with a pleasant, "Thanks but no thanks, we don't want you"?
The chances of this actually happening are somewhere between slim and none, IMO, and I believe I just saw slim climb on his horse and head out of town, but the time is coming, eventually, for a new conservative party. It's not a question of "if", but "when"..
Well if history guides us, that would pretty much guarantee democrat rule for the foreseeable future wouldn’t it?
That could be an example of what can be done in answer to your questions.
I don’t know..would this party have an immediate impact large enough to upset the apple cart?
It may be that a 3rd party threat is the only way that conservatives can regain the respect of the Republican party again. I was saying this when McCain was nominated, and was corrected by many on this discussion board. So, I got on board with McCain for the General. I am not glad that I did. Had we stood our ground in a 3rd party, the RNC would be looking at how they lost the election because they didn’t have their base, not how they could have captured the “middleground” better.
Perhaps.
Although with the current GOP, the choice is basically Democrat Lite and All-out Marxist.
I’m not sure how RINO rule is any better.
At least the ‘Rats will tell what they are goin to break off in your office.
The Republicans lie about it and then don’t supply any lube.
If there were a Conservative party, I don’t think it ought to run a separate candidate for all races, which would split conservative votes and elect more Democrats. In races where the Republican candidate is awful, such as Maine (Senators Snowe and Collins), it ought to nominate its own candidate, and in places where the Republican incumbent is reasonable, it should endorse the incumbent.
I think you’re right. The Republican party started this way and came to power rather rapidly. As far as I’m concerned, the GOP is dead. I’m just waiting to figure out which new political party deserves my money.
We would have a party that would represent us. We would win the Presidency in 2012 or sooner and we would not get the good cop bad cop routine any more.
Better that then us supporting a bunch of hypocrites...
Yes, but wasn’t the real reason Lincoln won in 1860 was because it was a bizarre four-way election?
I think the Republican party has already seen to that! I've been saying this for the last few years, the sooner we get started on it - the sooner we can get back in power. The current RINOs that are running the GOP don't have a clue.
SOLD!!!!
I’ve been voting for 3rd party POTUS candidates my entire life......except in 2000.
Be great to be able to vote for a viable candidate for a change......other than 2000.
The important fact here is that Lincoln was a LEADER. If there exists such a person now in the 20 million Rush listeners, then it is very possible to have a major party within two years, especially with the bs that the Zero is doing. The need for a leader is key to the process.
All this discussion of 3rd party misses the point. We do not have time for another election to stop this assault.
Either sufficient pressure must be forced on the Congressmen and Senators or the nation will be destroyed. And possibly subjected to a corrupt Global Government.
If we can recover control of our country, from the fraud machine, it will take a generation to rebuild from this.
It's a tempting dream. The problem is that a party is just an organization. It's just an association. It's only as good as its people, and the flaws of the GOP would find their way to the new party.
I think you right about time. I think the American voter has created a mess that we can’t pull out.
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