[SoConPubbie]

My problem with the GOP is they are not selling the conservative agenda that has been successful but instead we’re getting this Democrat-lite message where we’re telling the voters that we’re more efficient at running badly bloated entitlement programs than the other party.

They're not communicating that type of message because they don't in their hearts believe in thoss principles. They, and their deep-pocketed supporters in the GOP-E, only believe in their power and their money.

They are adamantly against the social issues and limited government.

They are what I call the "Greedy" Republicans and what Rush calls "Country-Club" republicans.

[dowcaet]

Well then the establishment is brain dead if they think moderation and surrendering to Democrats is bringing hordes of voters to the Republican Party. We don’t need twenty first century versions of Everett Dirksen, Gerald Ford, and Bob Michel types who will acquiesce and find common ground with lefties. Oops my bad. We do have those types today in congress in John Boehner, Eric Cantor, and Mitch McConnell. The establishment never learns, do they? They still think they had a part in the electoral successes of 1994 and 2010.