Posted on 03/03/2009 11:25:19 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Republicans search for path out of wilderness Tue Mar 3, 2009 1:56pm EST
By Steve Holland - Analysis
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Republicans who have long dominated American politics find themselves fighting with each other for a way out of the wilderness after losing the last two elections to Barack Obama's Democrats.
A feud between conservative talk radio king Rush Limbaugh and the Republicans' new national party chairman, Michael Steele, is emblematic of the distance the party has to go to achieve dominance once again.
Laughing from the sidelines are President Obama's White House and the Democratic Party, eager to inflict further political pain by baldly declaring Republicans "the party of Limbaugh," a reference to the polarizing man who is beloved by conservatives but viewed with skepticism by many others.
Leading Republicans are engaged in a "what do we do now" debate as they seek a way to rehabilitate their image in the age of Obama.
Before Obama was elected in November, Republicans had been in charge of the White House for 28 of the last 40 years.
So far, party elders are trying to steer the party back to its roots by demonstrating fiscal responsibility and fighting Obama's major increases in government spending -- an objective that faltered during Republican George W. Bush's presidency.
They also see a desperate need to increase the appeal of the Republican Party beyond its white, Southern base. This was part of the thinking behind the choice of Steele, who is the first African-American to be elected party chairman.
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Reuters searches for a path away from the brink of bankruptcy.
This makes it sound like the Whitehouse (Rahm Emmanuel) is not orchestrating this whole charade -- which they are.
Reuters?, LOL.
I’m just amazed Steve Holland took his nose out of Obama’s butt long enough to write an “analysis.”
Just following Alinsky’s Rules...
and fails again.
We would rather be ‘THE PARTY OF RUSH’ then the party of SOCIALISTS or RINOs!!!
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