Posted on 05/20/2008 9:35:33 AM PDT by AuntB
James S. Gilmore III, who seeks Virginia's U.S. Senate seat, yesterday dramatically distanced himself from President Bush on trade, immigration, spending and energy, and even likened the president's hat-in-hand request of the Saudi government to boost oil production last week to Sen. Barack Obama's call to negotiate with enemy leaders.
His sobering assessment of his party's floundering was shared by a fellow Virginian, Rep. Eric Cantor, the Republican chief deputy whip in the House. In a separate interview, Mr. Cantor said Republicans are fighting uphill against the reality that "the public looks at the Bush administration in the last seven or eight years as a time in which the government did not fix any problems."
....Mr. Gilmore said, Republicans should do a better job ensuring free trade is fair to the U.S. by imposing stricter labor and environmental standards on other nations.
"I think we should be tougher. I think we should be stronger," he said. "The public has a right to believe that the playing field has been equalized and that Americans are playing at the same advantage of people around the world. Otherwise, you can't sustain the policy."
He also said the Republican Party needs to better connect with voters on pocketbook issues......rising gas prices, by establishing an energy policy that makes greater use of nuclear power and coal and allows drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge....
He broke with Mr. Bush and Mr. McCain on immigration, saying the country cannot accept amnesty for illegal immigrants, though it should consider a guest-worker program for future foreign workers.
Mr. Gilmore said the U.S. in the past few years has "not had a national policy that we will control our borders," and said he would be willing to make employers who hire illegal aliens serve jail time.
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Fair enough. I’m shunning Jim Gilmore.
Rumor has it that Marky has enough skeletons in the closet that Hillary convinced him to get out of the race. And supposedly the RNC has that info.
I've seen no proof, but I've heard it from various sources.
IF Warner were to have a macaca moment, no one would know about it .. the WaPo wouldn’t cover it every day as they did for George Allen. The story would be buried.
Good. Hope they use it at the most opportune time.
I'm supporting Bob Marshall.
Bob fights the good fight in Richmond every year!
Gilmore has to get the nomination first and that is not a sure thing.
Conservatives need to unite!
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