Posted on 03/16/2009 6:36:21 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
GOP strategists and party leaders are increasingly worried that the partys run of bad news over the last month and a half is set to continue this week as the Republican National Committee (RNC) prepares to release what are expected to be markedly low fundraising numbers on Friday.
The RNC has consistently outraised the Democratic National Committee on a month-by-month basis. Observers say that streak is likely to end this month.
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Steele already had a high bar to meet; in January, under former Chairman Robert Mike Duncan, the committee raised more than $13.1 million, including about $7 million in transfers from Sen. John McCains (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign.
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The majority of RNC donors hand over smaller checks, largely as a result of the committees vaunted mail and phone programs. But Steele jeopardized the partys standing with those donors as well, thanks to a public spat with radio host Rush Limbaugh and a flub on a question about abortion, which drew criticism from major voices in the social conservative movement.
Tens of millions of conservatives and Republicans have nothing to do with the RNC and they want nothing to do with the RNC and when you call them asking for money they hang up on you, Limbaugh said in a March 2 monologue directed specifically at Steele.
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I beg to differ. He spent five years in a Communist prison camp being tortured and brainwashed. I submit that no one could have retained sanity nor conservative values under such circumstances. He should never have been allowed near elective office of any kind let alone the presidency. God bless him for his service and his sacrifice, but he cannot lead in any capacity in this country. He would have been no better than 0bumma is, and that is why the left chose both candidates for president last year.
Those are the facts, they're in the past, and there is nothing we can do about it now. We need to find out how this happened and prevent it from recurring. I just wish I knew how.
The RINOs are a big issue, and identifying them before it's too late is the worst of it. We've been infiltrated, and we're tearing ourselves apart trying to deal with the problem, which is exactly the point of those who caused it in the first place.
Being upstanding Dudley Doright when the enemy uses every dirty, lying, cheating trick in the book to win at any cost may not be in our best interests or in the interests of our country. But what do I know?
Darn toot’n!
LLS
My eyes were opened when they ran radio ads trying to convince Republicans that Bush was more dangerous than Gore or Kerry.
Sorry, I don't buy it. Obama is more dangerous than McCain.
THESE "THIRD PARTY" CANDIDATES ARE COWARDS AND THIEVES!!!! They know full well they will never be elected to anything. That is why they run as "third party" candidates. If they would run as Republicans, they actually get elected. They don't want to run that risk. This way they can pretend they're more virtuous than those evil Republicans.
These thieves take YOUR hopes and YOUR money and give you NOTHING in return except you, too can pretend you're more virtuous than those who voted for McCain.
You're not. You helped create this monstrosity of a "president" we have now. You must have every terrorist attack hung around your neck. You now have the fact that Obama is going to make our brave military pay for their own war-related injuries hung around YOUR neck. Every additional baby killed because of this madman will be hung around YOUR neck.
This tanking economy can be hung around YOUR neck because you did nothing to stop it. Not only did you do nothing to stop it, you aided it to happen.
At one time, I supported the Constitution Party financially. Now, I realize these people have NO concern at all for their country. They are phonies.
See my rant no. 84.
If you see NO difference between McCain or Obama, you're ineducable.
We have an absolute disaster of a president in there now. I fear for our country and so should you.
Awesome rant, Grandma. Some may mean well. But I think they are destructive to the nation.
I love the saying “darn toot’n” ! We should all use it more often.
You betcha! :-)
LLS
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