Moderates like spector, snowe ,collins, grahmnesty MCain?
bleh...I’d rather have my hands clean with 38 conservatives and remove the “bi-partisan” myth when the liberal republicans RUN to the other side of the isle on critical votes...like the stimulas package..
powell still thinks he’s a republican too...
38? Where did you get that number? There are four states, FL MO NH and OH that have GOP Senators that are retiring that could all easily go Dem in 2010. There are three others NC, LA and KY that certainly aren't GOP foregone conclusions. While KY is more likely to stay red than NC, remember that NC actually went for Obama and Sen. Vitter has his prostitute problems in LA - a state that already has one Dem Senator.
Your 38 seats could very likely be just 33 or 32 seats on November 3, 2010. 32 Senators have the operational relevancy of tits on a steer.
Politicians are there to get elected and keep coming back. Here in VA the Repub challenger for Gov is being crucified in ads for not supporting the stimulus bill even though it was the right thing to do. The citizens don’t care about all of the details. Their guy wasn’t protecting their state and as such will have people not vote for him.
Please tell me how you would get a Repub elected (assume that is your job) in a left leaning or centrist state.
“powell still thinks he’s a republican too...”
I don’t know how that’s possible, since he voted for the opposition party. Why would Republicans listen to a man who threw his support behind the enemy? All he’s gonna tell them is to be more like the enemy. And if that’s the case, why bother being a seperate party? Why not go Democrat á la Spectre.