Republicans are supposed to be the conservative party. If the Republicans won't be conservative, that gives conservatives no place to go. When that happens, we see results like last November's.
If the "Republicans" in office refuse to act like Republicans, and the "Republicans" running for office are all moderates or, in some cases, liberals with an R behind their name, we're going to get the same result in '08 we got in '06.
The RNC seems to be blind to the fact that, in the Republican Party, the country clubbers may have the $$$, but the conservatives have the votes. And all the money in the world isn't going to get candidates elected who don't appeal to the base. '06 should have taught the RNC that, but apparently it didn't.
| Gingrich sees error in pull of voter base |
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| Posted by FairOpinion On News/Activism 01/15/2007 12:22:03 AM CST · 105 replies · 2,026+ views Washington Times ^ | Jan. 15, 2007 | Ralph Z. Hallow Newt Gingrich, who is considering a bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, says his party's biggest mistake is thinking that the way to a lasting majority is to emphasize its conservative voter base. "A base-motivation party inherently, in the long run, drives away the non-base,"Mr. Gingrich said. The better way, he says, is to define the opposition on specific issues so that the Democrats are exposed as espousing views shared by a small minority of voters. Mr. Gingrich now talks optimistically about prospects for building a broader Republican base. "Ronald Reagan understood that arguments should be made where we... |
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Maybe have more conservative tendancies but there are many loyal Repulicans who are not ultra conservative.
In my country though we call my party The Conservative Party there are many different shades in the party and in some ways the party is richer for the diversity.
Some areas need more Conservative candidates others need more middle of the road. Apart from one person who never seems to support the Republican stance on anything Hagel I have not seen anyone who is suggesting running being anything other than a Republican.
RINO means Republican in name only CINO
Whooops for some reason my sentance got truncated - should have said
RINO means Republican in name only not Conservative in name only (CINO)
Fascinating how the industrialists, the entrepeneurs, the capitalists etc have become the bad guys and are now "country clubbers". Class envy used to be a hallmark of democratism, but it appears that some in the GOP have latched on to it as well.