[Blackirish]

The fact is, there are two Republican Parties, one is the social right who is so absorbed with guns and abortion they do not know how to read a balance sheet and they cannot be trusted with the checkbook for a very long time.

The other is Rockefeller Republicans who are weak on social issues but are Yankee skinflints.

After blowing some 2-3 trillion dollars and getting absolutely nothing accomplished despite having all three branches of government...regarding ...tax reform....tort reform...entitlement reform....runaway spending...the social right has blown it....it is time for the Yankees to take the wheel.

[presently no screen name]

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[mkjessup]

The other is Rockefeller Republicans who are weak on social issues but are Yankee skinflints.

You must not know much about Nelson Rockefeller (from which that phrase was originated), as Nelson set new records for spending when he was Governor of New York.

[neverdem]

After blowing some 2-3 trillion dollars and getting absolutely nothing accomplished despite having all three branches of government...regarding ...tax reform....tort reform...entitlement reform....runaway spending...the social right has blown it....it is time for the Yankees to take the wheel.

I have bad news for you. The Senate decided to have a rule that you need a supermajority to end debate, except on budgetary matters, IIRC. Without 60 votes in the Senate, you can't do squat. Witness the vote on federal judges. Why do you think that it was only the House that voted against the latest re-inforcement in Iraq?

[Coldwater Creek]

So if you have degrees in finance, and work for a fortune 500 company, and can't support gun grabbers, baby killers, and wife cheaters, you can't be trusted? Did i get that straight?

[MichiganConservative]

After blowing some 2-3 trillion dollars and getting absolutely nothing accomplished despite having all three branches of government...regarding ...tax reform....tort reform...entitlement reform....runaway spending...the social right has blown it....it is time for the Yankees to take the wheel.

Why exactly is it that you think that Rudi will be a tax cutter and government shrinker? People thought that about a Republican Congress. I'm not sure there are any "Republicans" left who actually would be interested in shrinking government except maybe Ron Paul who consistenly votes no on anything not specifically listed in the US Constitution as something on which the government can spend money.

[Delphinium]

the social right has blown it....it is time for the Yankees to take the wheel.

It was not the right that blew it, it was those mostly RINOS, and “the go along to get alongs” that made people go away.

The Republican Party has grown to stand for certain principles and that is what I believe most Americans want. The want real principles, not phony politicians.