Posted on 05/21/2008 5:45:50 AM PDT by kellynla
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Not going to happen. Before the GOP can come back, the Dems are going to have to demonstrate to everyone that they are totally unable to deal with America’s problems. Right now, better than half the people think they will do a better job than the GOP.
The GOP might not have given you a reason to vote for the GOP but the dimocrat party surely has.
In 06, many of the talkshow hosts were predicting the end of the Democratic party.
Instead, as the votes were counted, the blood-splatter was from the GOP and their losses.
Ironically, just 2 years later, it is the GOP which is limping toward November.
And with all the spin and prodding and number-crunching, it still is an uphill feat for McCain. The Electoral count just isn’t there for McCain, yet. Barring some signficant October surprise [many think the Michelle Obama ‘whitey’ tape is it], McCain may not have enough oomph left to limp across the finish line as the winner. After all, even now he is relying on those dis-affected Clinton voters to help push him to a win.
a NEW “Contract with America”?
Sorry, fool me once ...
They could come out with a new contract signed in blood and nobody would believe them because their credibility went right down the toilet.
McCain is selling himself to fence-sitters (so-called "centrists" or "moderates") and "Hillary Democrats." He has nothing but contempt for core conservatives, and his strategy is to attempt to win this election WITHOUT the conservatives. I don't know what this author was smoking.
“Right now, better than half the people think they will do a better job than the GOP.”
BS. It’ll be 40 states GOP this cycle and conservatives can’t deal with that because they hate McCain. Hell them Des don’t have to launch attack ads aimed at McCain, the self-proclaimed “trve conservatives” have that taken care of for them. That’s why we see these whiny, Dem-like, oh-woe-is-me articles. Not based in reality at all.
There has to be a way to connect with the younger voters on SS and Medicare, because they are heading for slavery/serfdom if this isn't dealt with very soon. My college students get this. Why is it so hard for the GOP to make a case, then?
I agree. I am done with the Republican party. There are no leaders at the national level.
I’m afraid they haven’t. Clearly things need to get worse before people will chuck the environmental whacko-ism and the big-governmet-ism over the side. McCain won’t be the guy to force that change. Obama might, for the wrong reasons, but a change is still a change. So, in a sense, he’s right!
Since the last Contract was “honor’d more in the breach than in the observance,” why would anyone want to enter into a second Contract? The GOP already demonstrated that it does not follow through on its “contractual obligations.”
Sounds like more then a few people on this forum, doesn't it?
And I DO think, that right after the 04 election, had the GOP done several things 180 degrees differently, it would indeed be the Dems that were on the verge of extinction today. Just think of this: one . . . ONE,/b> . . . GOP vote (Mike DeWine, who then lost in 06) cost us ANWAR.
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Desperation due Promises made, their absolute need to get back into the WH, THE Clinton’s seemingly down and out haven’t approached the fat lady to sing the song yet, and guaranteed THEY won’t. THEY aren’t out of the running yet.
They had a plan going into the elections of ‘92, and now they have to finish it. They haven’t any choice.
ALL seems pretty bleak for the Clinton’s, but I won’t even write the b-stards off until ALL the votes are counted in November, and then still I’ll be wary.
On the other side of it all is McCain. The “presumptive” GOP nominee. That one word and the anger at the GOP might lead to something. Yeah...I know...wishful thinking.
Obama WILL screw himself up, if his wife doesn’t first.
What is this guy smoking? First, you can't do both, i.e., appeal to independents and core conservatives. Second, McCain is not trying to appeal to core conservatives, and finally, he is moving further and further to the Left in search of votes under the assumption that Reps have no where to go. For exa,mple, his stances on amnesty and global warming are liberal, not conservative.
A strong 3rd may not hold a majority, but it can sway the politics. By being strong enough to keep either of the other major parties from holding majority power in Congress, the 3rd party force a coalition-type governing.And that seems to be more than Conservatives have now, as both parties seem more alike than different.
Example: all the knee-pads when Leiberman won re-election as an Independent and basically held the single vote for control of the Senate.
A strong conservative 3rd party does not have muster a majority to change the course of politics. They just have to muster enough votes to influence the direction of politics.
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