[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

Personally, I think some more Northeast Republicans would be good for the GOP. The Southern version is too focused on social issue and not enough on fiscal. The traditional Northeast pubbie is a fiscal conservative. Don’t know anything about this person though.

[conservativepoet]

Neither do I. Maybe a “serious discomfort” has finally developed with a party deeply sympathetic to terroristic forces.

[Darkwolf377]

The Southern version is too focused on social issue and not enough on fiscal. The traditional Northeast pubbie is a fiscal conservative.

Good point. Where are all the fiscally-conservative Republicans in this and in the last couple of Congresses?

I could do with less posturing on social issues like gay marriage and more cutting of the ridiculous amounts of money spent in DC.

[Joe Boucher]

You may think along those lines until the repubs took over both houses of congress and then spent money like drunk democrats.
That really hurt their ability to walk, talk and act like fiscal conservatives.

[Zack Nguyen]

The traditional Northeast pubbie is a fiscal conservative.

I bet if you examined the voting records of Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, etc., you would find a firm committment to larger, more expensive government.

[Leisler]

Like fat Dennis Hasteret of Illinois? Or Stevens of Alaska?

Republicans are politicians first and foremost and will buy and sell out the nation, literally, to buy the for sale affections of the citizens.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Personally, I think some more Northeast Republicans would be good for the GOP. The Southern version is too focused on social issue and not enough on fiscal

The two usually go hand in hand and the social conservative is also more likely to be the more fiscally conservative.

[FreeAtlanta]

Yeah, like Mayor Bloomberg? Sorry, I couldn’t resist.

[JimRed]

The traditional Northeast pubbie is a fiscal conservative.

Not here in Jersey, unfortunately. RINOs abound!

[fieldmarshaldj]

"The traditional Northeast pubbie is a fiscal conservative."

Since when ? That was back in the days when they were Conservative all-around. You cannot be a social liberal and a fiscal Con, because in order to pay for the former, you have to be very liberal with tax $$. You can, however, be a social Con and a fiscal liberal, one reason we lost Congress.