Posted on 05/15/2009 10:43:31 AM PDT by lewisglad
Some Republicans seeking to "rebrand" the party are looking to Meghan McCain -- daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) -- as a figure who can attract younger voters, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
A prolific blogger and Twitter contributor, McCain in a recent blog post described herself as a "pro-sex, 'pro-life, pro-gay-marriage Republican,'" and some experts believe she could "be at the forefront of a new GOP breed: the 'Meghan McCain Republican,'" the Chronicle reports.
However, some Republicans have criticized McCain's positions as departing too far from the party's core principals, while other critics have attacked her as a political "lightweight."
McCain at times has attracted negative attention in the press and online.
According to the Chronicle, members of the so-called "millennial generation," which includes U.S. residents born beginning in the early 1980s, voted for Barack Obama by a more than 2-to-1 ratio.
Mike Hais, an author and fellow at NDN, a think tank formerly known as the New Democrat Network, said that the GOP can strengthen itself "to the extent that Meghan and others will find a way to appeal to Republicans by de-emphasizing the extremes on social issues."
This sector of the Republican Party includes younger voters who are interested in fiscal conservatism and less government involvement in people's lives but also support environmental causes and civic engagement, the Chronicle reports.
Adam Mendelsohn, a Republican strategist who was a spokesperson for Sen. McCain's presidential campaign, said, "The party and its leadership has become totally out of touch with where voters under 30 are.'"
He added that young voters "don't see the world like a 65-year-old whose opinions were formulated during the Cold War ... The Republican Party has to start actually talking about ideas and issues that resonate with these voters
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She is a media pick, much like her dad. If the Republican party is to survive, they need to quite worrying about moving towards other groups and instead do like Reagan and say this is who we are and what we think, come join us.
Some Consider Meghan McCain ‘New Voice’ Of Republican Party For Young Voters (who are these people?)
Complete idiots, sheeple, liberals, twidiots, et al!! She may be a voice of the Republican Party of “today”, but not one that I want to belong to.
Only referring to her lack of experience in the political arena, of course.
Some people call Kanye West talented. Those same people think highly of Megan McCain. We have a name for those people - morons.
Republican strategists and voters under 30 are out of touch with constitutional republican principles. We've got a lot of work to do to turn that around. Fortunately, the voters under 30 will grow as they gain life experience. The so-called "Republican strategists" that gave us McCain and subsequently Obama, they're hopeless. There's nothing you can do for them.
Meghan? Give me a break
Quotes a Demorat and a McCain campaign “tool”.
The Republicans that want Miss Dimwit as the new face of the GOP hold their meetings in a broom closet.
LOL LOL
They wish......
If I thought like M McCain, I would just come out of the closet and register democrat.
“McCain in a recent blog post described herself as a “pro-sex, ‘pro-life, pro-gay-marriage Republican,’” and some experts believe she could “be at the forefront of a new GOP breed: the ‘Meghan McCain Republican,’” the Chronicle reports”
—Sounds like a Democrat. Who’s she kidding?
The party of Reagan was the party was the party of Conservatarism.
That will get them running to the polls! Heidi Montag in a speedo
People keep posting this trash about her and she gets the coverage. Shes getting about 3 posts a day. That is free advertizing for her. She is a waste of Bandwidth.
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