[Zakeet]

Yet another outstanding read by the excellent editorial staff of the WS Journal.

This article needs to be given wide circulation among GOP faithful.

[samadams2000]

Boehner values a good suntan. That says it all.

[kuma]

Okay I've been all over these threads the last two days talking about this sort of thing. Just today I was reading up on a possible candidate for POTUS '08.

Mark Sanford is part of that Freshman class of '94. He was one of the ones to leave because he promised a term limit and actually followed through with that promise. Now he's the twice elected Governor of South Carolina.

Sounds like leader material to me.
Mark Sanford '08 http://www.petitiononline.com/msan2008/petition.html

[Cobra64]

Yup. They should have stuck with core principles and focus: the Contract with America.

[zbigreddogz]

Mike Pence for Minority Leader 2006.

Mike Pence for Speaker 2008.

[kinoxi]

I want a fence.

[THX 1138]

The difference between Gingrich and Boehner:

Gingrich did a nice job.

Boehner has a nice job.

[antisocialista]

"Republicans also need to rediscover an agenda for reforming government programs that don't work or threaten to bankrupt future generations. The Gingrich Republicans did that with welfare reform in the 1990s, and they tried with Medicaid. Then President Bush gave Republicans a once-in-a-generation chance to reform Social Security and health care along free market lines, but GOP House leaders fought him behind the scenes. For this alone, they should be returned to the backbenches."

A truer statement I couldn't write myself. We need to reform the reformers, they need to remember why they were sent there in 94.

[kingu]

Just in case someone forgot where the contract is, it is still on the House server...

http://www.house.gov/house/Contract/CONTRACT.html

[qam1]

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Ping list for the discussion of the politics and social (and sometimes nostalgic) aspects that directly effects Generation Reagan / Generation-X (Those born from 1965-1981) including all the spending previous generations (i.e. The Baby Boomers) are doing that Gen-X and Y will end up paying for.

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[Seruzawa]

Before you can have "new leaders" you have to get rid of the "old leaders". The problem here is that they haven't had any leaders at all for years. One can hardly call milquetoasts like Frist and Hastert "leaders". These clowns couldn't lead a lemming into the sea.

[goldstategop]

I hate the Open Borders Crowd on the Wall Street Journal editorial staff.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[traviskicks]

Pence Shadegg, or... could you imagine.. Jeff Flake? :)

lol, or beyond even my wildest dreams would be Ron Paul.

[traviskicks]

wow, that is an excellent article.

[trillabodilla]

Keep your eyes on Bobby Jindal in Louisiana.

[Fury]

Thank you for posting.

Fred Barnes stated last night on SRWBH that Boehner would prevail as Minority Leader. I applaud his position on not accepting earmarks, but he needs to go. The WSJ Editorial is so spot on.

And I'm happy to say that Tom Reynolds, NY-26, is now just going to be a back-bencher in the new House. What a 'frigging porker he was.