Posted on 11/10/2008 12:35:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge
Reporting from Sacramento -- In the wake of crushing defeats for Republicans in last week's national elections, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Sunday that his party should regroup by moving away from some of its core conservative principles and embracing spending on programs that Americans want.
"I think the important thing for the Republican Party is now to also look at other issues that are very important for this country and not to get stuck in ideology," the governor said in an interview broadcast on CNN. "Let's go and talk about healthcare reform. Let's go and . . . fund programs if they're necessary programs and not get stuck just on the fiscal responsibility."
Schwarzenegger, a social moderate, long ago earned the enmity of many California Republicans who believe he abandoned some of the fiscally conservative views he espoused when running for office five years ago. They cite, for instance, his failed plan to dramatically expand health insurance in the state.
Last week, Schwarzenegger further angered Republicans by proposing a statewide sales-tax increase to balance the budget.
But the governor has not previously been so openly critical of the approach of the conservative bloc that dominates his party on the national level. He said that Republicans had "a very good party" and that he had no plans to leave it because he agrees with the GOP's push to reduce restrictions on business and remain tough on crime.
Schwarzenegger said, however, that the GOP should support greater investment to build roads and fix schools and fund other "things that the American people want to have done."
Republicans should not "always just say, 'This is spending. We can't do that,' " the governor said. "No, don't get stuck with that. We have heard that dialogue. Let's move on."
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I refuse to go along. What’re they gonna do about it?
urges.. like a liberal can resist urrrrr-ges..
Thanks Gub. for nothing.
whatever.
Don't get stuck on ideology???
Isn't that why we have more than one party??
Must be because he is european.
In other words, America is too Liberal; thanks, in part, to Hollywood.
Headline should be “Prominent RINO AHnold Urges GOP to Be Demagogues-Light”
We don’t need a 2-party system if everyone is supposed to follow the Obamessiah, do we?
Crainial steroid damage, or could it be Kennedyitus. NA, just plain ol stupid!
“Programs,we need programs”-Maxine”Arnold”Waters.Translation
The one who promises the mob the most wins.
Riiiiiggghttt. The “big tent” all-encompassing approach just worked SO well for us.
The ONLY thing that will work is to rid the Republican party of both RINOs like Arnold, and the Old Guard do-nothing establishment Republicans who have been in Washington for years bending over for Democrats.
We need a return to UNAPOLOGETIC conservatism, a return to principles that we do not yield.
MM
We see how well California is doing these days.
No different than Davis. SPEND SPEND SPEND
Schwarzenegger urges GOP to move beyond ideology (regroup, spend more on programs Americans want)
In other words Schwarzenegger suggests that Republicans give up what makes them Republicans and not Democrats.
No thanks. Even though I am it a Republican I am an American, I want to remain an American and will fight the surge of socialism that is seeking to destroy my Country.
the money runs out eventually. At least that’s what I’ve been told. I’ll be dead so maybe I should just go along for the ride like the governor.
STFU, Arnold, seriously!
I don’t want more programs, I want less. Guess the tent isn’t big enough for me.
It is no wonder that Arnie has refused to get on the Savage Nation. He is talking like a socialist. He wants the Republicans to become more like the tax and spend Democrats so the entire nation can be on the verge of failure like California.
I don’t know why he calls himself a Republican. He’s socially very liberal. Big government. Fiscally moderate, if that.
Just call an apple an apple. He’s a moderate Democrat at best.
Coming from someone who might have a position in the Obama admin.
Is there something in the water out there, honestly, maybe the faults out there create magnetic fields that distort ones thinking, something is wrong in California
Hey Arnold, wouldn’t it be easier for you to become a Democrat, than to ask to entire GOP to do so?
“should regroup by moving away from some of its core conservative principles and embracing spending on programs that Americans want.”.....
Go to hell Anuld!.....
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