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GOP leaders warn of election disaster
Politico ^ | 5/6/08 | JOHN BRESNAHAN

Posted on 05/07/2008 3:50:49 AM PDT by Dawnsblood

Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party’s message isn’t good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC’s money.

The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican House member worrying aloud that the party’s electoral woes — brought into sharp focus by Woody Jenkins’ loss to Don Cazayoux in Louisiana on Saturday — have the House Republican Conference splitting apart in “everybody for himself” mode.

“There is an attitude that, ‘I better watch out for myself, because nobody else is going to do it,’” the member said. “There are all these different factions out there, everyone is sniping at each other, and we have no real plan. We have a lot of people fighting to be the captain of the lifeboat instead of everybody pulling together.”

In a piece published in Human Events, the Republicans’ onetime captain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, warned his old colleagues that they face “real disaster” on Election Day unless they move immediately to “chart a bold course of real reform” for the country.

And in a closed-door session at the Capitol, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told members that the NRCC doesn’t have enough cash to “save them” in November if they don’t raise enough money or run strong campaigns themselves.

Although a top House Republican brushed aside Gingrich’s broadside as “hype from a has-been who desperately wants to be a player but can’t anymore,” the harsh words from Cole were harder to ignore.

“It was a pretty stern line that he took with us,” said one House Republican.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; election; republicans
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To: fetal heart beats by 21st day
I feel the same way. I just hope we can recover:( With the illegals and socialism getting a “real” foothold we may not.
61 posted on 05/07/2008 4:46:12 AM PDT by mtnwmn (mtnwmn)
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To: TomGuy

Are you voting for Democrats believing that they will give you the conservatisim you want?


62 posted on 05/07/2008 4:46:18 AM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: angkor

You forgot....Thank you Mr. Huckeebee.......


63 posted on 05/07/2008 4:52:40 AM PDT by captnorb
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To: angkor
Pardon me, but your ignorance is showing. You don't understand Newt's position on "global warming" at all, do you.

You don't understand Newt's position on "global warming" at all, do you.

No, your ignorance and naivete is showing. I watched Newt in that pathetic global warming "debate" with Kerry. He gave the entire FRAUD/HOAX credibility. And Newt's commercial with Pelosi did the same thing. Then he tries to give some lame statement to pacify dupes like you...

64 posted on 05/07/2008 4:53:28 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Jimmy Valentine
The “they” you are referring to that gave us McCain were the MSM and democrats who switched over. That is the reason that operation chaos is so much fun. They are getting what they gave us.

McCain wasn't my choice but NOTHING will stop me from voting for him in Nov.

65 posted on 05/07/2008 4:55:30 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: mtnwmn

They refuse to understand that about 50% of the electorate is dependent on the taxpayer, via the govt.

Those people will vote for the dem.

Now, we have untold numbers of illegal residents, many of whom are probably voting, and who have been indoctrinated into believing they are entitled to certain things.

They, too, will vote for the dem, no matter who it is.

The rest of us working class stiffs are nothing but a paycheck to them.

Yet, somehow the RINO’s believe they can capture some of that vote on “issues.”

The gimme constituency doesn’t care about issues.

They want bread and circus tickets.

The RINO’s spend too much time in the DC Echo Chamber, and it looks like they will remain there until their socialist replacements boot them out.


66 posted on 05/07/2008 4:55:45 AM PDT by fetal heart beats by 21st day (Defending human life is not a federalist issue. It is the business of all of humanity.)
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To: stockpirate
Please Newt STFU, you lost ALL your creds with your global warming crap. I sure hope it was worth it you POS sellout.

If you understood Newt's "global warming crap" you'd ask the mods to delete your post.

But some carry such raw hatred for Newt that personal and intellectual shame have no meaning to them, particularly when they are grossly and/or laughably wrong.

It's the same mental flaw we see with McCrazy every day.

67 posted on 05/07/2008 4:56:26 AM PDT by angkor
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To: Brilliant
We are quickly headed to a one party political system.

We are close.

I use this analogy:

The political system is becoming like pro football. It used to be 2 distinct leagues: National and American.

A few years ago, they merged into one league with two 'conferences': NFC and AFC.

Based on their actions and policies on major issues the last dozen years, it becomes more difficult to distinguish Democratic from Republican.


The question becomes: who do you prefer to bend over for -- the Democratic Conference or the Republican Conference?
68 posted on 05/07/2008 4:57:05 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Luke21
“These are the same people that allowed a conservative from my district who wanted to close the border to lose to a liberal Democrat last time. They refused to support the party's nominee. This was after he defeated their hand picked Rino candidate in the primary. And they meddled in that too.”

This Republican disarray,IMHO, is caused by Soros-type money interfering with everything...

69 posted on 05/07/2008 4:57:59 AM PDT by mo
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To: Luke21

State Senate President Tim Bee is running against Giffords in your district:
http://www.timbee.com/


70 posted on 05/07/2008 5:02:04 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: txzman
"This has all the hallmarks of a Bob Dole campaign."

That was my first reaction when it became clear he would be the nominee.

I'm not so sure now primarily because of the exposing of each other that BO and HRC continue to do.

71 posted on 05/07/2008 5:02:39 AM PDT by n230099 ("If you don't blame the camera for porn, then don't blame the gun for shootings". (Unknown))
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To: samtheman
Gingrich is far right compared to Bush or McNut.
72 posted on 05/07/2008 5:03:12 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: kms61
Sorry but McCain is about exciting as watching the grass grow. Obama would eat McCain alive. McCain is NOT going to win. Socialism will win unfortunately.
73 posted on 05/07/2008 5:06:26 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: ilgipper
"People here need to chill out. We won some recent house elections in VA and OH and lost others."

Problem. Those were already our seats. What's troublesome is that we haven't won back a single House or Senate seat from the rodents since before 2006, and they've already picked up 2 more of our House seats (neither of which had gone Democrat since 1974 and 1972, respectively, one of which was the seat of the former Speaker) and perhaps a 3rd may fall by next week.

74 posted on 05/07/2008 5:06:30 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
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To: Sprite518
Gingrich is far right compared to Bush or McNut.

I'll try to remember that next time I see the ad with Newt hanging out on a loveseat with Pelosi, calling for action to combat 'climate change.'

75 posted on 05/07/2008 5:07:54 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Thermalseeker
That is modern politics in a nutshell. Did I miss anything?

No, that seems spot on from my vantage point in the bitter clinging South. Term limits would go a long way in my book.

76 posted on 05/07/2008 5:08:12 AM PDT by doodad
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To: Dawnsblood

Hey, King Juan McCain has decreed that his campaign will NOT malign Emperor Obama with criticism (fair or not, it seems). How can we lose?


77 posted on 05/07/2008 5:08:52 AM PDT by MortMan (Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. - Alexander Hamilton)
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To: dirtboy
Yeah well McNut and Bush are already there too.
78 posted on 05/07/2008 5:09:14 AM PDT by Sprite518
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To: Dawnsblood

Aw crap, how many of those scared Pubbies think the answer will be to lurch left? I wonder if Newt told them to embrace glo-bull warming?


79 posted on 05/07/2008 5:10:30 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: dirtboy

Just for the record I will NEVER vote for McCain.


80 posted on 05/07/2008 5:10:44 AM PDT by Sprite518
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