GOP confronts sore-loser syndrome

“The tea party activists get involved in Republican primaries, play by the rules, and then the Republican establishment candidate proves that he was never a loyal Republican in the first place and goes rogue,” said Matt Kibbe, president of the tea party-aligned group FreedomWorks. “That’s frustrating, but it’s part of the process of disciplining the Republican establishment. They’re coming around.”

There ought to be strings attached to all party-linked donations, saying that a sore-loser move will require amount of donations to be paid back in full within 30 days of such a move.

And to those who don’t get the message..... See ya.

> the Republican establishment candidate proves that he was
> never a loyal Republican in the first place and goes rogue

The definition of a RINO, not only in elections, but in Congressional wheeling-dealing and voting.

“well regarded within the Beltway”

These new people, they’re not one of us.

None of the RINO who lost their primary were drummed out of the party. the left themselves either by switchign party or endorsing the Democrats, PROVING that the LABEL RINO IS EXACTLY what they were

There ought to be strings attached to all party-linked donations, saying that a sore-loser move will require amount of donations to be paid back in full within 30 days of such a move.
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You are so right! Bump.

“Joe Miller will still win this seat,” one Republican strategist said before Murkowski announced her campaign Friday.

He should still win it even after her announcement. Write ins are a joke.

Murkowski is, quite frankly, despicable. And the GOP leadership is acting like a spoiled child. Well, the times they are a - changing! Lead, follow, or just get the hell out of the way.

“GOP’s activist base”

Politico’s bias is showing.

“well regarded inside the beltway”

If a politician is well regarded inside the beltway, but less so by their actual constituents, why the hell does the below-the-beltway regard mean diddly over squat?!?

"Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, hardly a wild-eyed activist,
did his part for GOP cohesion after the acrimonious Delaware primary,
sending $5,000 to O’Donnell "

That was an attempt at plausible deniability.
It did not work ... except for the MSM and Politico
which is nothing more than Obama's and Romney's PRrep.

“Go Mitt. Go Mitt. Go Mitt.”

“Rove is pushing Romney so aggressively some folks are beginning to wonder what's going on,” grumbled one veteran Republican strategist.”

“Rove has made no secret of his support for Romney as McCain’s VP. ”

"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."

The Palmetto Scoop reported:
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

Poor sport spoiler Romney doing what he does best:

Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"

Said Novak: "The rumors were traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign,
trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson."

"Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries,
(Mitt Romney, Carpetbagger UT,CA,MA,NH,Mexico) lost Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and California.
The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states;
and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals
couldn't spare the cash to advertise.
Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries.
(W)hen (Romney's early leads) started slipping away, he resorted to unfair,
distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't
afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges."
[Romney: A Mistake for McCain, 7/23/2008, Dick Morris]

Sore losers?.....climb aboard or step aside,we don’t need or want whining a**holes who’s compromising past has lead us to where we are today. Do a Specter and disappear.

The people here who believe anyone with an (R) by their name is better than any dem candidate is blind as a bat at this point! You can not advance any a conservative agenda with moderates/rinos and the current power base establishment of the republican party. It has to change! This current political environment is the best time to do it.

I say vote for the dem against John McCain as he is chief rino. His his sorry ass needs to be removed from power! It's not going to matter in one race at this point and time.

Delaware’s Christine O’Donnell did the very same thing... after she lost the Republican primary for the Senate in 2006: she ran against the GOP nominee as a write-in candidate.

She should get out and work to help Joe Miller get elected, instead she chose to commit political suicide.

There is one case where the “sore-loser” is the Tea Party endorsed candidate, and that is Clint Didier up her in Washington who took only 14% of the primary vote. The winner Dino Rossi is not a RINO so it's really upsetting many, because Didier refuses to endorse the winner. This is one case the Tea Party should of vetted their pick a little more.

With you California, and she in Delaware,
did you learn THAT from NPR?

"She should get out and work to help Joe Miller get elected, instead she chose to commit political suicide."

Murkowski is an idiot. She should bow out gracefully. There's a Dem in the other Senate seat. In 4 years she can run for that seat. Now she will be blacklisted from the party as she should be by pulling this stunt. And oh by the way, she has absolutely no chance to win. At least Crist could have said that he has some sort of shot to win, though it's all over now down in Florida. Losers all...

There ought to be strings attached to all party-linked donations, saying that a sore-loser move will require amount of donations to be paid back in full within 30 days of such a move.

I think that's a good idea. Especially if the candidate knew that they were going to change party affiliations when they accepted the money. To me that constitutes fraud and they ought to be facing criminal charges in addition to being sued in civil court.