[pissant]

He may be pissin in the wind on this one. I don't think the RNC has any problem whatsoever with how things are going, except they probably wish Rudy was still in the mix.

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

I don't think the RNC has any problem whatsoever with how things are going, except they probably wish Rudy was still in the mix.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

its time for the GOP to front-load the whole freaking process into one date.

I've been saying this for a while now. It would remove the influence of obscure states from determining the nominee, not render voters in late primary states virtually irrelevant (like my state of PA), and save a boatload of money and aggravation.

[Mr. Brightside]

The problems is not that moderates hijacked the party.

The problem was that conservatives split their vote between Thompson, Romney, Huckabee and Hunter.

[Nextrush]

I think this was fixed to allow McCain to win so I’ll take Romney just to stick it to the insiders who wanted to impose that RINO from Arizona on us.

[mtbopfuyn]

Let Texas matter as much as South Carolina

This Texan didn't get a say in the matter.

[EBH]

Sorry, I agree with him. My primary is after “super” Tuesday.

Can you say disenfranchised ?

[ClearCase_guy]

Well, Lord knows that if it all came down to a single day, the winner will be the guy with name recognition. It steepens the road for someone like Duncan Hunter and gives people like Giuliani and McCain an easier time.

The current situation may need improvement, but it does allow quality people -- who may not yet have national exposure -- to build their campaign up in early states (at least theoretically). If it's all one day, then people will vote for the tried-and-true party faithful who have been in Washington for 20 or 30 years.

No thanks.

[rhombus]

NH has become an exurb of Boston, with Boston’s sensibilities and, ugh, their voting tastes. NH hasn’t been reliably conservative since Reagan’s first term. These voters would rather be loved by the Boston Globe, than respected by the Union Leader.

Hah! The Union Leader endorsed McCain. They are no longer "reliably conservative" either.

[fetal heart beats by 21st day]

The only thing the RNC understands is money and power. They have set things up to ensure they keep power-at least for a little while.

They cannot hold on to power indefinitely without money or support or foot soldiers from the base.

However, we do not have to give them money. Next time they call insisting they need your money to keep Hillary out of office, tell them you’re keeping your money to keep RINO’s out of office.

John McCain was annointed by party leaders, but he’s 4 million dollars in debt. Let his RINO buds pay his debt-not us serfs.

[Hardastarboard]

I have another thought. We should vote in the Dem primaries. I plan to vote for Obama. Had enough of us crossed over and voted for Kucinich, the nut roots Left would have had their dream candidate, and the Republicans would have had a landslide. Of course, voting Democrat is like putting your hands in a bucket of sh!t. You never feel like your hands are clean afterward.

Oh, well. Another missed opportunity.

[livius]

He does have a good point - places such as Florida, where I live, are stuffed with liberal ex-New Yorkers and others (most of whom probalby still vote in both places). There’s also the geezer vote to deal with.

Geezers tend to love big government, are social liberals and are also somewhat nasty and crabby and have no interest in the future. They’re just voting for themselves when they vote for McCain.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Take back our party. Yeah, okay.
How?

[Hacklehead]

The Republicans are doing what they always do. They decide whose next in line based on seniority and service. That’s how Dole got the nomination, and why we always run some old fart.

[kenmcg]

“Folks, we have let the liberals and RINOS set the agenda. Open Borders, Higher Taxes, and surrender to Kyoto-worshipping technocrats”

Amen!!

[sweetiepiezer]

The “Buzzword” is get McCain out of there or we are stuck with all these illegals.
This is our party, not John McCain’s or Mel Martinez’s, or Lindsay Graham’s.

[shove_it]

Don’t RINOZ me bro!

[Mr. Jeeves]

The second paragraph rebuts his thesis and provides the real answer: there just aren't that many conservative voters any more. Ronald Reagan's base of WWII veterans is long gone - the average voter today went to school in the Sixties and Seventies, sang "Kumbaya" and engaged in "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF", makes more money than he is worth in an office job with an extremely uncertain future, and feels very threatened economically and by urban crime, which he believes is caused by the existence of guns and lack of school funding. He'll pay any amount of taxes he believes necessary to reduce those threats.

The conservative message of independence and self-reliance isn't selling to this crowd - which is why Ron Paul and Duncan Hunter were the only ones trying to sell it this year. Ending up with a cast of apparent RINOs was the only logical outcome - unfortunately, the one with the most famous name is beating out the one who would make the most capable administrator.

[Pistolshot]

Sierra-square, Delda-square.

McLame wants to 'change Washington', but he has been part of that cabal for years.

McLame thinks running an air squadron is equal to being CinC, but it really means he was an instrument of someone else and only held rank.

Oh, on another thread I said RP and Huckster would be garnish and irrelevant in the debate. Notice how Huck and RP kept getting pushed out of the 'debate'?

Tuesday may be a surprise for JohnnyMac. It's possible none of them will have enough delgates to win th nomination.

Then anything can happen at a brokered convention.

[outofstyle]

He may be pissin in the wind on this one. I don't think the RNC has any problem whatsoever with how things are going

I would like to think they will get the point when they can no longer count on the base for contributions. However, I am not sure even that will have any effect. I know that I have not sent anything their way since 2004. I believe that most conservatives closed their wallets to the RNC long before that.

[servantboy777]

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