[Entrepreneur]

I think the main constraint on the GOP lightening up is the MSM pounces on any Republican error or misstatement like a terrier and won’t let go. Meanwhile, the Democrats get a complete pass.

Could Maher still be around if he was conservative? How about Biden? Dems can say or do anything and they get a pass from the media. They can fabricate this Republican war on women and then turn around and feature Bill Clinton in their convention without a single talking head pointing out the irony and hypocrisy.

Rove should go, but not for talking out of the wrong orifice. He should go because he’s a little more than a Democrat at a 10% discount and attempts to marginalize conservative principles and ideas while he plays his chess game. Rove’s influence and PAC result in more RINOs winning elections and that’s bad for the party and country.

Unfortunately, Rove’s not going anywhere.

[cripplecreek]

Rove should go, but not for talking out of the wrong orifice. He should go because he’s a little more than a Democrat at a 10% discount and attempts to marginalize conservative principles and ideas while he plays his chess game. Rove’s influence and PAC result in more RINOs winning elections and that’s bad for the party and country.

Yup. I figured out the GOP game in 08 when my conservative congressman voted against TARP and the GOP threw him overboard. The NRCC stripped my congressman, Michele Bachmann, Virgil Goode and a few others of money and called them lost cause races. Bachmann won and my congressman lost by a whopping 2 points. I got stuck with a marxist who voted for Obamacare (Thank the GOP).

In 2010 we put our lost cause former congressman up against the democrats and several GOP challengers and today he's back in congress. This year he won the primary by better than 70% and the democrats don't appear to be putting up much of a fight.

At this point I really don't care what the GOP wants.

[papertyger]

I think the main constraint on the GOP lightening up is the MSM pounces on any Republican error or misstatement like a terrier and won’t let go.

Nonsense. The obsequiousness of the GOP cognoscenti turns these media "probing actions" into self-fulfilling prophecies.

[jospehm20]

I agree. Rove will attack any conservative at the drop of a hat but cautions everybody against being mean to ‘Rats. He needs to go because his favorite activity appears to be insulting and slandering conservatives.

[bboop]

IF the GOP lightened up, the MSM barbs would not matter. They only matter if you take them seriously and REact.

The GOP could — ignore them (always a good response); LAUGH; make fun of the MSM in return. Is it not true that the libbies’ reaction to Clint Eastwood only shows that the humor hit home?

[Rapscallion]

Unfortunately, Rove’s not going anywhere.

I would like to hear Sarah Palin's views of Rove before I agree that he should stay.