The Republican party has readopted their pastime
Posted on 02/12/2008 7:25:36 PM PST by Kaslin
When asked about the 29 Republican-held seats that will go up for grabs this fall, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., gently corrected this reporter.
"As of today," Cole said at a breakfast briefing for reporters. He didn't say that further retirements are expected, but he wasn't exactly ruling them out, either.
Cole then recalled how one unnamed GOP leader recently said to him: "Cole, you and I better get out of here before all of the good jobs are gone."
It was a joke. Sort of.
One election cycle as the minority party and Republicans are stampeding to the exits. While at least five of them are trying for higher offices, most are opting to simply quit. They are one retirement away from the record number.
Cole put the best face on the situation Tuesday, telling reporters he did not take the job to preside over the "dismantling" of the party. There's no reason why the GOP can't beat the odds this fall, he said.
"The biggest problem I have, and the Republican Party has, is morale," Cole said. "We went through the worst defeat since Watergate (in 2006), and yet there are still 10 more (GOP House) seats than Ronald Reagan had on his best day."
On Monday, Rep. John Shadegg, R-Ariz., a contender for GOP leader in 2006, became the latest Republican to drop out. By contrast, the Democrats have a mere five open seats going into the fall election
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Glad to see you here - I feel like I was invited to a reunion of the old folks only to show up in the middle of a kindergartner’s kite-flying contest.
Ten long years now, ten years of trying to just once holding the Clinton team responsible for the mockery they made of the electoral process and the wholesale shambles they made of the decorum of the White House and Public Office in general and now, NOW, when victory is at hand, and the Hildebeaste is trapped, it is not the lion come to reclaim his jungle, it is the Pink Panther dancing about and running so fast that the whole dream dissolves in a pool of rancid butter, dripping onto the stage where we are but spectators as the play unfolds.
Too late to wake, too soon to sleep again.
I say to the Republican leadership, “Can you hear us now?”
Did you see the turnout numbers? In Virginia the Dims were almost double our numbers. In Maryland it’s 3 to 1!
When you listen to Obama and then to McCain, is there ay doubt they are going to clean our clocks? My friends, it’s over.
The Republican party has readopted their pastime
self-imposed term limits
Repubs are crossing party lines to keep the Clintons out of the white house.
I was tempted but regained my senses at the poll.
Those numbers are worth dirt during a primary.
The biggest problem I have is the completely unfair primary.
Unless something is done to stop the disinfranchisement of the majority of republican voters, I see no reason to continue to support the party with time and money.
Many states still have not yet even voted. Why would people who don't vote until March, May or June even bother since it is just stupid. When people from the Dem party can choose my nominee, why should I vote?
Last I checked... all 435 House seats go up for grabs this fall, and every two years. This is not doom. The Old Guard is walking out, the new guard now needs to step up. There are some good conservatives running... even in supposedly Democrat-gerrymandered districts there are people like Louis Barletta worth our support.
Regardless of how you feel about McCain (and I'd argue that with Huckaboom II underway, it may not be a foregone conclusion just yet), it's important to go out and vote in your Congressional and Senate races. The future of our country is in our hands. Do not abuse it.
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You are way off the mark. Many, if not most of us, are deeply disappointed and angered by the Republican Party, that has squandered a great legacy, and left us largely worse off, politically, than we were at the end of the Clinton administration. It’s been a long slide into this current disaster of an election year.
I won’t vote for McCain. I’m looking forward to the Constitution Party convention in April.
That, along with having John McCain as the likely presidential nominee, will boost the party this year, thanks to McCain’s appeal to moderates and swing voters.
It doesn’t matter who ends up topping the the Democratic ticket either, he says. Both Sens. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., and Barack Obama, D-Ill., are liberals well to the left of the country. That will help unite the party.
I think Tom Cole is delusional, just like most in the Republican Party.
Dem primary numbers were at real historic lows even next to Republican turnout when John Francois ran in 2000 versus W. Yet he garnered 54 million votes in the general election (2nd most votes for anyone for president in US history, Yes even more than Reagan got over Mondale in 1984). Your premise is highly flawed at best and is a reflection of your own sophmorish thinking. In general primaries are not good indicators of the general election in November that counts when you elect the real McCoy.
Unfortunately, the RINOs and Washington Pubbies see low turnout at Republican primaries as a sign that there are fewer Republicans...they think they have to run to the Left.
They never think about the facts that we have had a bunch of RINO candidates rammed down our throats and nobody wants to go vote for them.
The Republican establishment is clueless. The spend their lives surrounded by liberals and drink the kool-aid.
If they buckle under and retreat to a GW/McCain-like pretending to “punish” 20 million criminals with a small fine, then granting them US citizenship, the party is finished.
If they take the right stand on this they might have a bad election, but they party will survive and prosper in the long run. If they give 20 million illegals a foothold on US citizenship the will be permanently abandoned by their base.
Citizens should have the right to review unbiased information on experience, voting records and positions on issues
instead of the MSM being in control of information, with the party leaders also trying to twist it their way,
as it is it's a rigged shell game
all for cheep lettuce (most of it now comes from mexico anyway)
A lot of Republican voters are staying home now for the primaries. Turnout is abysmal for the GOP. You cannot get discouraged voters to the polls to vote to reelect a congressman that they believe is already entrenched.
One thing is for sure the FREEDOM to CHOOSE is under assault and Socialism will be deeply rooted by the end of the 10's.
The exodus started in '06 driven by the arrogance of a Republican President and a Republican controlled Congress.
Take a lesson, RINOs. Learn from this coming disaster, Republicans.
Looking at the '06 implosion, I'm not real confident.
I’ve said it again and again. Many of us are still in shock from the one, two punch of our own party leadership trying to cram that amnesty bill down our throats. We need to be reassured. Instead they are back with their transparent lies trying to get us to pull the lever for Juan McCain. Where’s the fence, my friends?
I agree that it was probably the biggest mistake of Reagan’s administration. I’ve heard his son, Michael, say as much.
However, remember that in exchange for amnesty for this relatively small number of illegals, Congress promised to close the border. If the amnesty we endured ended with that bill, and the boarder had been secured as promised, Reagan’s mistake wouldn’t look nearly as bad is it now does.
Regardless, we have this situation, and these illegals. We can deal with this or revisit previous mistakes to distract attention from what must be done. I suggest we stay focused, or prepare to lose our nation.
Predicted US population in 1050: over 400Million!
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