[gibtx2]

they will attack .. and it will be brutal.. it chicago style... so lock and load....... here it comes..

[Post Toasties]

The author makes a number of essential points. One of the chief among them is to discount the stated viewpoint of any nitwit or Leftist mole who says there’s no difference between the Republican and Democrat Parties.

[DarthVader]

“The Democrats and the Obama administration will be more determined than ever to hold on to the power necessary to transform the United States into their image.”

The harder they try to hold on to power the more violently it will be ripped away from them. There is a force greater than they are that is destroying them and whose will cannot be resisted.

[kabar]

The Tea Party Movement, instead of reveling in its declared independence, should immediately either join forces with or take over the local Republican Party establishment in its respective county or state.

The author obviously doesn't understand the Tea Party movement or the anti-incumbent mood of the electorate. It will be up to the GOP to decide if it wants to "join" the Tea Party movement, which has no intention or desire of taking over the local Rep party or establishment. The Tea Party movement is a non-hierarchical confederation of many local grassroots groups. It has some basic principles and beliefs that the GOP must gravitate towards or face the prospect of an eventual third party movement. It is up to the GOP to tap into the movement, not the other way around.

[sourcery]

United we stand, divided we fall: It's a two-edged sword—one edge cuts those who won't accept anything less than their ideal; the other cuts those who try to force other factions of their coalition to accept that which violates the core values of those other factions.

[Bernard]

The one word never mentioned when discussing the health care debate is "dignity". These people are US Senators and members of the US House of Representatives, but all the Democrats acted like they were Joey Bagadonuts, negotiating the price of a truckload of stolen TV's in the back alley behind a social club. These people need to be reminded that the office to which they have been elected is one of dignity and importance, and it's about time they acted like it.

The campaign for November has to repeat the need for openness and transparency in government, along with fiscal restraint. Almost like a 2010 version of the Contract With America, but this time the winning party has to remember that:

1) There was no expiration date on the CWA, and

2) If you say that you are going to bring positive change to Washington, do it. And behave yourself in your personal life, so that you don't become the problem.

3) One vulnerability in the US Constitution is the lack of term limits, because the Founding Fathers never expected their successors to become lifers. People need to pledge to retire after a certain number of years, and then do it.

[o_zarkman44]

Spot on right!

[JSDude1]

Some good lessons in this article, some I disagree with: such as “Tea Party” folk should only become involved in the Republican Party; where practicle and necessary I think they should get involved in the Democratic party as well..
just my 2..

[BIGLOOK]

Why does the conservative coalition allow 20% of the people to dictate how or why campaigns are conducted?

A numbers game, Doc. You know and I know that a vicious and determined adversary can inflict tremendous damage on an economy, a country and its way of life.

Hopefully, we're not to far into this dilemma to reverse it, but it'll still take a long time.

[Psalm 144]

The Tea Party Movement, instead of reveling in its declared independence, should immediately either join forces with or take over the local Republican Party establishment in its respective county or state.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hmmm. Not sold on this. For tactical reasons right now, perhaps. But we already put the GOP in complete control a mere nine years ago for them to fumble it all away. Not sure I can ever trust them again.

[Brugmansian]

Success in taking over the Congress from the entrenched Democrats will require an understanding of their tactics and a unified strategy on the part of all conservatives, libertarians, and independents . . .

The libertarian strategy Tuesday was to attempt to siphon off enough votes from Brown to ensure a Coakley win.

They can go to hell.

[Jet Jaguar]

BTTT!

[highlander_UW]

The Left will be confident in the reelection of their own congressmen in sufficient number to maintain control of the levers of power in Washington.

Of course, because everyone knows that liberals can't be voted out in their well established blue state fortresses. /s

Liberals don't grasp what's going on and yet, ironically, they will claim everyone else is too stupid to know what's good for them and only the "intellectual elite" liberals can think for us.

[rrrod]

Worth noting. Tne conservative tidal wave is actually without a party to speak of and the RATS will do anything.
ANYTHING! So keep your powder dry America.

[RobRoy]

Status quo republicans are no better than democrats. Something new will be required. Something significantly more conservative.

And the financial/cultural catastrophe that 2010 will almost certainly be will help bring them in.

[RonDog]

Ping!

We need to fit some of the ideas from this thread into the "RINO Free America" campaign, IMHO.

[RoadTest]

“a crusade based on emotion and held together only by opposition to single issues cannot succeed”

The issues moving yesterday’s election were many, not single: the health care takeover, government presumptuousness, over-taxing, destroying the national economy, disgust with Massachusetts socialized medicine, revulsion toward Coakley - maybe even revolt against Barack Hussein Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid - nothing single here.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Everyone is aghast that the Democrats and the liberal media have employed a base and vile vulgarism not only to describe the activities of those who are sincerely concerned for the country's future, but also to denigrate the individuals, their motives, appearance, and social status. This tactic is used because it works.

It didn't work for Coakley. Politics may be evolving.

[April Lexington]

Well, just wait and watch the Conservative counter-counter offensive. Think of Liberals as biofuel and you’ll get the picture...

[April Lexington]

Well, just wait and watch the Conservative counter-counter offensive. Think of Liberals as biofuel and you’ll get the picture...