Posted on 11/09/2006 8:23:16 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
DALLAS (Reuters) - Thumped in Tuesday's elections, the Republican Party faces a dilemma as it prepares for 2008: trying to claw back support in the center while keeping loyal conservative Christians happy. Religiously motivated social conservatives are an important base for base for President George W. Bush and the Republican Party, which lost control of both houses of Congress in the elections amid voter anger over corruption, intrusive government and the Iraq war.
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I don't know anyone that is upset at any of the conservative groups. I know I am mad at the leadership of the the various groups including my State GOP who didn't have a clear message and relied on scare tactics if we didn't vote, it would give us Hillary, Kerry, Teddy, and Dean (never did figure out Dean) but our State didn't have a Senate race. I found the Victory 2006 GOTV door hangar disgusting and not something Republicans should have been handing out. I stopped it from going out to ten precincts because it could have caused problems for our candidate. I probably need to scan it and save so people can see how bad it was. Each state was allowed to add their state name to the door hangar and my stupid state GOP drunk the Victory 2006 kool-aid!
Pretty simple, nominate Rudy Giuliani in '08, with a social conservative VP and a pledge (actually a restatement) to nominate strict constitutionalist judges. The unappeasable utopian segment of social conservatives will balk, but they will be replaced with far more independents/moderates/blue dems/social lib-fiscal conserv. votes and most social conservatives will pragmatically stay. Giuliani will want 2 terms, so that guarantees that he'll put forth strict constitutionalist judges in the first term. Most realize that with a Dem president they get NOTHING.
This a bunch horse crap ...
The MD Senate race summed up the RATS message. Ben Cardin chanted, "Bush bad. Iraqi bad."
I'd argue that that's what just happened.
That's where I'd start.
The one fear I have is that some Republicans will look at this election and figure they better go liberal in order to survive. That will hurt the GOP in the short run, but help us tremendously in the long run as these "scared bunny" scumbags are weeded out.
It is true the GOP congressional leadership was pathetic these last two years. Untrue to their bases of support. acting like people afraid to wield power. And it cost them
Santorum's message in his campaign was "my opponent is more pro-life than I am"
Not to mention the conservatives never forgave him for his support of Spector
This, like most other "commentary" on why we lost this one, is just plain crap. We lost because they lied. Period.
Think about it.
The country just voted into power the party endorsed by those sworn to kill us all.
The same party whose "fearless leader" (the swimmer) reached out to the soviets, during the cold war, to undermine President Reagan.
The very party whose leaders, along with their media arm in the MSM, coordinated with the enemy in wartime to publish and present enemy propaganda designed to weaken the will of Americans and undermine our troops on the ground.
The exact party who puts up "conservatives" evertime to win power to be exercised by the far left of the party only, in a bald deceit which on it's face demonstrates their awareness that they can't get elected on their platform and must adopt ours for expediency.
Were these truths, along with the truth of the progress on the ground our brave troops experience daily, told with even a hint of journalistic integrity, who doubts that we would now be filibuster proof in the senate and closer to victory on the battlefield ?
Exactly, and why did the Dems run "conservative pro-life" candidates, in hopes of peeling off some of the "religious right" votes and it worked.
I just got the current issue of National Review in today and guess what? There is an article already in there stating the the MSM will bring out this BS. They do it everytime the REPS lose or do not do so well. They hope they will convience people their lie is true. I see through it. It is old hat. Kinda like Rep Presidents are dumb and stupie. Same ole MSM rant.
I completely disagree. The GOP lost for a combination of reasons-allowing the preachy RR to dictate the agenda was most certainly one.
I hope they remember history
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix7is2yU-uQ
>> The Republicans will NOT win if they move towards the Center and abandon the so-called Religious Right.
I'd argue that that's what just happened.
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I can't do anything but agree.
The party needs to return to their first love...Ronald Reagan.
Embracing the Reagan policies will save us. Social conservatism, hawkishly protecting the country against looming threats and fiscal responsibility.
Let's return to the vision the Gipper had. Let's once again make America that "shining city on a hill."
The 'rats are going to have their own problems with the morally super-superior, gay-ordaining, appeasement-brings-peace religious left and the gun-totin', anti-abortion conservative representatives and senator they've elected along with the backpeddling they're doing on immediate withdrawal from Iraq and impeachment.......
This Republican has problems with the religious right. Not all Republicans have to be white, born again christians, and we don't like the implication that we are any less conservative if we are not....
Cool! Thanks for that blast from the past. I was in 6th grade.
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