[gilliam]

Look, we have the entire Republican Senate pushing for a constitutional ammendment and we have a President endorsing it and being very pro-life.

Let's let the party try to appeal at least a little to the moderates at the convention (aka: show).

[wagglebee]

I agree, but remember how Dole seemed to abandon the base and what happened.

[mabelkitty]

Words vs. deeds.
I was going to type the same thing.
I'd rather have the work than the pretty talk.

He's definately making inroads into the black churches - this is why the venom from the NAACP just popped to nuclear proportions.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"Let's let the party try to appeal at least a little to the moderates at the convention (aka: show)."

So have Guiliani and Arnold, but Pataki? Why not let at least one conservative on stage such as Bennett or Kemp? Are we supposed to go into stealth mode because we are ashamed of our positions? or because we think we can somehow trick people into voting for us?

[churchillbuff]

Look, we have the entire Republican Senate pushing for a constitutional ammendment and we have a President endorsing it and being very pro-life.

And the media doesn't let their message go out unfiltered. The convention would be an opportunity to get the message out, without Dan or Tom or Peter cutting and editing. Unfortunately, the GOP bigwigs don't have the courage of the party's supposed convictions.

[Itzlzha]

Let's let the party try to appeal at least a little to the moderates at the convention (aka: show).

So I guess you are saying that the squish-Moderate windsocks are guillible, and won't see this for what it is...right? They won't know what hit them?

Or is it that when there are enough squish-Moderate windsocks who join, the Conservatives will be dumped? They won't know what hit them?

Either way, the subterfuge only plays one group as a sucker...which one is it I wonder?