Posted on 10/03/2005 5:41:04 PM PDT by Cautor
We are unquestionably the majority party; the Republican party controls Washington and most states. However, this grip on power is more fleeting that we'd like to believe and we need some triage before 2006. [snip]
With Rep. Tom DeLay's forced departure as majority leader, Newt Gingrich says, the Republican Party stands at a crossroads as important as any it has faced since nominating Ronald Reagan for president in 1980... Which path the GOP now takes may determine... whether it can hold the White House in 2008...[snip]
Talk like that has demoralized much of the Republican base. With nearly all Democrats and two-thirds of independents reacting negatively to the Bush presidency, Republicans need to keep GOP voters in the fold. But only 78% of Republicans express approval of Mr. Bush, down from well over 90% at the time of his re-election. With only 32% of Americans believing that the country is headed in the right direction and only 33% approving of the job Congress is doing, the GOP has reason to worry. "By an eight-point margin, voters are now more likely to call themselves Democrats than Republicans; there was no gap in self-identification a year ago," notes political handicapper Charlie Cook... [snip]
The Harriet Miers nomination will only exacerbate the current problem. When you trigger negative reactions from staunch conservatives that are key influencers in the conservative base, such as Bill Kristol, Rush Limbaugh, National Review and the majority of the conservative blogosphere (like Powerline, Right Wing News and Michelle Malkin), you undertake serious risks in alienating your base.
(Excerpt) Read more at gopbloggers.org ...
Yes, yes, you've scared me back to my senses. Your message is loud and clear. Let's see if I got it straight:
GHW Bush said read my lips: No new taxes.
Then he caved in to the DUmmycrats because he didn't have the guts to maintain the standoff. This led to his election loss to Bill Clinton, Ross the boss notwithstanding. Daddy Bush screwed himself.
Now Jr. Bush is doing the same, but this time he's not screwng himself, but the prospects of future Republican candidates. Meantime, Jr. will be back on his ranch chopping deadwood and daddy will continue chasing around the world arm-in-arm with his new found friend Bill Clinton.
You know, your story-telling skills are enormous. You should take your talent to Hollywood.
Oops! That did come out sort of big. Didn't it?
yep. And they are the ones who will bash you for wanting the candidates to do what they'll promise - like by demanding accountability, you're destroying the party.
The thing is that they are the ones destroying the party, by letting the clownish politicians get away with it time and time again.
You get the government you deserve. You hold their feet to the fire, you will get a government more to your liking.
LOL.. yes it did. It's bad enough to ever have to actually look at him, but life size.....
LOL.. yes it did. It's bad enough to ever have to actually look at him, but life size.....
10-4 my FRiend.
(And... thanks for the kind words.)
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