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GOP's Big Names Try to Forge New Agenda
The Washington Post ^
| 04-30-09
| Perry Bacon Jr.
Posted on 04/30/2009 10:16:55 AM PDT by GOP_Lady
Looking to rebrand a struggling Republican Party, a group of party heavyweights including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) are launching a new group that will hold town halls around the country and look to produce GOP ideas on issues like education and health care.
Republicans will announce today the creation of the "National Council for a New America," a group led by congressional party leaders that includes Bush, McCain, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as its "national panel of experts."
A letter announcing the group's creation does not specifically say that it is separate from the Republican National Committee, but controversial RNC chair Michael Steele is not involved in the effort.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2009; bush; gop; jinal; jindal; kneepadrepublicans; mccain; mccaintruthfile; mcqueeg; nc4na; ncna; newamerica; rebuilding; rino; rinoparty; romney; romneytruthfile; vichy; whigredux
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To: lilylangtree
Who cares what Meaghan’s Dad has to say.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:24:35 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: GOP_Lady
And what might the first principles of the “new old party be”.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:24:50 AM PDT
by
Tarpon
(You abolish your responsibilities, your surrender your rights.)
To: anniegetyourgun
I don’t want a “new America” - I want the old America...BB = before Barak.
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A , frikkin’, men!
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:24:55 AM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(Obama. Clear and Pres__ent Danger.)
To: GOP_Lady
Republicans will announce today the creation of the "National Council for a New America," a group led by congressional party leaders that includes Bush, McCain, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as its "national panel of experts." With the exception of Jindal, color me less than enthused.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:25:20 AM PDT
by
dirtboy
To: GOP_Lady
They could dust off the 1994 contract with America.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:25:41 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
I think Sarah should distance herself from the RINO party. Run independent.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:27:13 AM PDT
by
Reagan69
(No Representation without Taxation !)
To: GOP_Lady
Leave McCain and Bush at home ...
I like Romney but he is a Rich White Guy ...won’t do for now.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:27:32 AM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Half of the population is below average)
To: GOP_Lady
If Juan’s involved, forget it. GOP is still lost in the wilderness.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:27:34 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: listenhillary
If it wasn’t for Jindal being listed I would have said that it was the last of the endangered America ‘RINO’ herd circling to make their last stand.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:28:20 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
(".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
To: anniegetyourgun
“I don’t want a “new America” - I want the old America...BB = before Barak.”
Amen!
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:29:05 AM PDT
by
AuntB
(The right to vote in America: Blacks 1870; Women 1920; Native Americans 1925; Foreigners 2008)
To: GOP_Lady; Dick Bachert; 50mm; stockpirate; Eaker; ducdriver; ChrisInAR; AvOrdVet; MaggieCarta; ...
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Looking to rebrand a struggling Republican Party, a group of party heavyweights including former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona)... If they really wanted a heavyweight, they would have picked Meghan McCain. |
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:29:42 AM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: GOP_Lady
New wine has to go in new wineskins...
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To: GOP_Lady
a struggling Republican Party, a group of party heavyweights ... Trim the heavyweight RINO fat from the roster, and the Republican Party would no longer be struggling.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:32:15 AM PDT
by
meadsjn
To: listenhillary
"They could dust off the 1994 contract with America."
How about attending a Tea Party, in listen only mode?
To: anniegetyourgun
Yeah, we don’t need a new America. We need a good America.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:33:46 AM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: Sarah Barracuda
They want Sarah Palin to come..what do you all think, should she go or no?
Only if she comes in,kicks John in the azz and sends him flying out the door.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:34:15 AM PDT
by
gimme1ibertee
(For the sake of our Republic....RAISE HOLY HELL!)
To: Sarah Barracuda
She should go ... on one condition .... anyone who ran for President in the 2008 Republican primary is uninvited or she doesn’t show.
To: GOP_Lady
Looking to rebrand a struggling Republican Party... Allow me to suggest the name "Whig" as long as McCain is involved in the effort.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:36:44 AM PDT
by
penowa
To: GOP_Lady
Where in the GOP scheme of things exactly does Names like McCain, Bush, Romney fit in?? They need to declare RAT and be done with it.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:37:22 AM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Osamabama Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: penowa
Allow me to suggest the name "Whig" as long as McCain is involved in the effort. Actually, "Know Nothings" would be more appropriate.
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posted on
04/30/2009 10:38:34 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
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