[ConservativeMind]

Democrats have also made a concerted effort against vulnerable Republican moderates, which Senator Susan Collins, another Republican of Maine, said was not much of a reward for those willing to try to work with the opposition party.

Nutballs! Like the Democrats will stump for you, a 'Republican'?

That possibility also gives Republican moderates hope that even if they number fewer, they could potentially band with Democrats in the center to influence measures.

Like they didn't already do that? Good riddance!

[spyone]

They are.

[MamaLucci]

Moderate Republicans feeling like endangered species

Best news I've heard this election cycle.

[darkangel82]

There go the liberal Repubs, calling themselves 'centrists' again.

[kinoxi]

.While Republican moderates struggle to maintain their numbers, some top Democratic challengers are from the more moderate wing of that party, raising the prospect that some gains will come from the right.

I do not understand this statement.

[Lancey Howard]

Wow! Great post! This is very encouraging, and good news indeed for the future of the Republican party. This is what it's all about - - unloading the liberal garbage and boosting conservatives.

[fieldmarshaldj]

They misspelled "Liberal" again.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

November eighth, we need to start the primaries to get rid of these RINOS.

[Lancey Howard]

“I think,” Ms. Collins said, “the moderates in both parties could be empowered.”

God help America.

[decal]

Once the Dems fade away into The Land of the Failed Parties after 2012 (at the latest) the GOP will finally split into the Conservative and Liberal parties - what they're finally called doesn't matter.

[Unam Sanctam]

How about moderate Democrats like Lieberman? The Dem party is moving rapidly to the extreme left.

[armymarinemom]

OK. Where's the Rhino McCain px?

[Sterm26]

“There is no one who has voted more often with the Democrats than Linc Chafee,” Ms. Collins said. “Yet that didn’t stop them from going after him with everything they had. That is a good lesson.”

Geez, a Democrat would stab a supposed ally in the back? How shocking!

Reminds me of the story of the Scorpion & the Frog...the frog agrees to carry the scorpion across the river on his back, halfway across, the scorpion stings him. When asked why, as they both drown, the scorpion replies, "You knew I was a scorpion, it's in my nature". Never trust a Dem.

[NormsRevenge]

Thanks for posting this piece.
fyi,
There are at least a couple of orgs to which the centrist and moderate Republican members belong including but not limited to:

The Republican Main Street Partnership
http://www.republicanmainstreet.org/
The Republican Main Street Partnership was founded in 1998 to promote thoughtful leadership in the Republican Party, and to partner with individuals, organizations and institutions that share centrist values.


The Partnership is comprised of party members and public officials who are fiscally conservative deficit hawks. The Partnership is working to Grow Our Party through a pragmatic approach to governing that reaches out to a broad base of Americans who share the Republican ideals of fiscal responsibility and limited government. The Partnership contributes to the nation's governance through developing and promoting creative public policies for implementation at appropriate levels of government.

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&
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A Christie Whitman creation
http://www.mypartytoo.com/about_us/
About Us
Inspired by a drive to get back to the fundamentals of the Republican Party, Governor Christie Whitman created the political organization It's My Party Too, which advocates for the historic Republican principles of liberty, individual responsibility, and personal freedom.

IMP-PAC's vision is a Republican Party that is unified by the basic tenets of fiscal responsibility and personal freedom, but that allows for diverse opinions on social issues by its members.

IMP-PAC members consider themselves True Conservative Republicans. Republicans who believe that our elected officials have a responsibility to their constituents to spend their money wisely. We believe that government should have a limited role in American’s personal lives. And we believe in a strong national defense.

It's My Party Too PAC or IMP-PAC is a political action committee dedicated to supporting fiscally conservative, socially inclusive Republican candidates at all levels of government. Governor Whitman also created a 527 to advance the issues that help define Real Conservative members of the Republican Party.

IMP-PAC is NOT defined by one issue. We believe, as you can see through our diverse Advisory Board Members, that people who believe in the core Republican values can find common ground on social issues.

[Dahoser]

Democrats have also made a concerted effort against vulnerable Republican moderates, which Senator Susan Collins, another Republican of Maine, said was not much of a reward for those willing to try to work with the opposition party.

No, Susie Q, that is very much the reward you deserve.

[Brimack34]

With stupid stories like this, no wonder this paper is not even fit for the use of cleaning my fish.

[The Spirit Of Allegiance]

"There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil."

AYN RAND

[OriginalIntent]

Moderate is a feel-good code word for the weak who have been led to toward the left by the nineteen sixties liberalism that has almost destroyed our country.

If you are a moderate, your head is in the sand, pull it out and contend for truth.

[Richard Axtell]

Even McCain must realize that vipers are not cuddly. Sidle up to a vampire, and all it gets you is bit. Rinos are an endangered species more due to natural selection than Rhinos, as the Leftist dominated Dinosaur media dies away, so will the motivation to compromise one's principles, hence the extinction of the Rino.

[NapkinUser]

Where are the stories in the New York Times about Moderate Democrats Feeling Like Endangered Species? It's probably more abundent and relevent.

[sageb1]

I'm not into fence-riders.