Posted on 10/21/2009 6:14:27 PM PDT by Kaslin
Is there room in the Republican Party for genuine moderates? Truth to tell, the GOP can't decide. More precisely, it's deeply divided over whether it should allow any divisions in the party at all.
That's why the brawl in a single congressional district in far upstate New York is drawing the eyes of the nation. Conservatives are determined to use the race to prove that there is no place in the party for heretics, dissidents or independents.
President Obama set up the fight by nominating the district's former representative, John McHugh, as his Army secretary. Maybe Obama is as fiendishly clever as his more paranoid opponents believe him to be.
When local Republicans picked a moderate, Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, as their candidate for the Nov. 3 contest, many on the right rebelled. They are backing a third-party conservative, Doug Hoffman, and he may well drive Scozzafava into third place. For the moment, at least, polls show that Bill Owens, the Democratic candidate, has jumped into first place on the split.
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Chuck the moderates, they can go play with the Commies.
Notice how you never see articles like this about, let’s say, Joe Lieberman??
I’m just glad I have a conservative to vote for.
I’m sure E.J. has our best interests at heart. (Not)
Let the moderates vote for conservatives for a change.
That was going to be my point. Happy to have you beat me to it.
Funny how that works isn’t it?
Rebublicans better moderate but democrats can’t get far enough left.
Maybe we should chuck the conservatives, so they can go play with themselves ?
The dems are hard core liberal dems and they win elections. Why do the Republicans have to be weak cavers to the dems in order to be “successful”
Great minds, etc :^)
You and I both know that the author is a long time liberal columnist for the Washington Post. Why this is an IBD editorial is beyond me.
Thanks , Miss Dionne, but we’ll pass on your ‘advice’.
Dumb a__ . The moderates caused us to loose the last election.... get a clue
Dionne is still alive?
The gal from upstate NY is *NOT* a moderate.
Coming from someone like Steele or McCain, this sort of nonsense is defeatist and infuriating.
But when a left wing author like Dionne lectures on this subject, it’s a sign of anxiety and despair in the ranks of the left.
I love the smell of nervous sweat in the morning. Smells like victory!
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