Posted on 12/17/2004 3:20:17 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Whitman says in new book that catering to GOP's far-right wing will hurt party Friday December 17, 2004 By DONNA DE LA CRUZ Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) Former New Jersey Gov. Christie Whitman writes in her upcoming book that if the far-right wing of the Republican Party continues to be a major influence with the GOP, the party will be seriously harmed.
Whitman, who served as Environmental Protection Agency administrator for President Bush from 2001 until May 2003, also says in the book that she was often at odds with the White House on issues such as setting caps on air pollutants, controls on power plant emissions and the debate over global warming. Her tenure was marred by conservatives who felt she was too moderate.
She also writes about some of the issues she faced as New Jersey's governor from 1994 to 2001, particularly the racial profiling of motorists by state police.
But the premise of Whitman's book ``It's My Party Too: The Battle for the Heart of the GOP and the Future of America,'' is on how moderate Republicans must regain control of the party. The right-wing of the party has claimed credit for Bush's re-election.
``A clear and present danger Republicans face today is that the party will now move so far to the right that it ends up alienating centrist voters and marginalizing itself,'' Whitman writes in the book, obtained Friday by The Associated Press. The book is slated to be released by The Penguin Press in late January.
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We have about 5-10 more Muffy/Skipper types to mow down in Wisconsin's legislative chambers.
The rest are decent, raw-meat eating, pistol-packin', whisky-slammin', b'ar rasslin' guys.
It will be fun to watch the good guys scare pimples onto the faces of the poofterwonk Dems, not to mention the School-Marms (some of which are reportedly male) as we sail into the next budget session soon!
sounds GOOD to me!!!
I just read about this and was appalled. Nothing like biting the hand that feeds you!
Christie, if that is true, could you please explain why, seven so-called far-right wing candidates defeated seven incombant moderate Republican, members of the Arizona House of Representatives in the primary last September!
Well, at least this is appearing early in the game. Even now, she's a has-been and four years from now, she will be a has-been-plus-four!
Can anyone convince me that anything Christie Todd Whitman says or does has any relevance whatsoever to Republican policies, chances for future success, governance, or indeed anything at all?
And is anyone interested? Will anyone but Democrats even buy this book?
Wonder what she considers evidence of far-right influence...
A mind is terrible thing to waste on a Liberal RINO. Or is it a wasted mind is a thing terrible???? Christie whoooooooo???????
Who is Christie Whitman? No one important, I gather.
Whitman,
For crying out loud, if there ever was a quinticential example of the old style republican.... Old Money, Country Club Set, running around it has to be Whitman (unfortunately).... Go back to the horse farm.
I agree that you can't go hard right and not wind up losing, but to suggest any move to the right will undermine the republicans is just foolishness.
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