[Reaganwuzthebest]

I think it will take Fred Thompson to get people back on board and he will have to convince people he is for real.

Not if any kind of amnesty passes before the election. I seriously doubt people will forget that easily when voting time comes that the GOP could have stopped it but didn't.

[Wrangler22]

I see your point but I don’t have enough faith in the people to hold their ground. When the elections draw near they will be voting againist the Democrats and that is what the GOP is banking on.

[Red_Devil 232]

"I seriously doubt people will forget that easily when voting time comes that the GOP could have stopped it but didn't." I hope you are right! But unless we have someone reminding them everyday they will forget and just pull the same leaver or push the same button they have in the past. Change is difficult for a lot of sheep. They will eat the same patch of grass down to the roots until it dies. That is why you need a good shepherd to move them around so they don't kill the pasture land.

[angkor]

[fred thompson] Not if any kind of amnesty passes before the election. I seriously doubt people will forget that easily

If amnesty passes and George Bush signs it, there will be hell to pay and Republicans will be getting the bill. That means any candidate with an (R) after his name, including (unfortunately) Fred Thompson will be sunk.

I guess in this game of "chicken" which the alleged Republican "leadership" is playing against it's constituents (dismissively called "the base"), they are willing to gamble the entire Party and many years of elected office in favor of the American Meat Institute, the American Home Builders Association, and that corrupt criminal enterprise called the Mexican government.

All Republicans and conservatives will be called upon to make some very serious decisions of conscience and principle in a matter of weeks.