Schwarzenegger calls for 'rebranding' GOP

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 17, 2008 | Carla Marinucci

[Hazwaste]

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger created shock and awe in the Republican Party when he warned years ago that the GOP was in danger of "dying at the box office" by failing to make the sale to a wide swath of voters. And with the presidential election looming, the Republican governor of the nation's most populous state - a decidedly blue state - has now found a chorus of agreement. The Republican "brand" - thanks to an unpopular president, a war, gas prices, foreclosures and deficit - has become such damaged goods that GOP Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia groused last week that "if we were dog food, they would take us off the shelf." The answer for GOP presidential candidate John McCain: take a page out of the Schwarzenegger playbook and sell a product that is "counter" to the current GOP brand on issues like global warming, spending, and even immigration reform.

[SierraWasp]

Speaking of "Socratic Adventures," there was another ancient Greek that George W. Bush should have emulated! His name was Demosthenes and he had a speech impediment!! He put a mouthful of smooth round pebbles in his mouth to practice his enunciation for speech making!!!

He overcame his impediment, eventually...

Now if we could locate an ancient Greek who invented a way to eliminate ugly brain farts!!!

[puroresu]

It’s like clockwork. Whenever the GOP moves to the left, it sinks in popularity. Guys like Arnold then pop up and tell us the party needs to move further to the left.

[attiladhun2]

Let’s brand the Jerkinator with a branding iron, right on his backside with the RINO brand.

[gost2]

RINO is now meaningless as R=LIBeral.

CINO might be better but then Ahhhhnold was never a C. Put a big PW on his a$$.

[attiladhun2]

How about the C brand? (that's a "c" with a strike through, not a funny looking "e"). ;^)