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Rand Paul: Christie Win Shows GOP Has Room for Moderates
Newsmax ^
| Wednesday, 06 Nov 2013 06:25 PM
| Bill Hoffmann
Posted on 11/06/2013 4:19:17 PM PST by Olog-hai
The sweeping re-election of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie proves moderates are an integral part of the Republican Party, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says.
Theres room in the Republican Party for moderates, like Chris Christie. They seem to be the only ones that are winning in the Northeast, Paul told The Steve Malzberg Show on Newsmax TV.
The other thing that might happen in the Northeast if we had a little more libertarian-leaning Republicans, they would have a chance in the Northeast. But theres room for moderates, like Chris Christie, and hes got a place in the party.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky; US: New Jersey
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To: Olog-hai
Thing is, Christie and other GOP leftists are fine in states that want them, but they are party killers at the top of the ticket. This country doesn’t need more servile Republicans at the feet of the Democrats. We just ran two of them, and they failed.
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:46:13 PM PST
by
pallis
To: Olog-hai
Christie is an up and coming RINO. Plain and simple.
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:51:13 PM PST
by
AKinAK
(Keep your powder dry pilgrim.)
To: Olog-hai
Rand, nobody doubts there’s a place in the republican party for moderates. The problem is there’s no place for conservatives. Geez, think before you speak.
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:51:33 PM PST
by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: SoldierDad
Rand Paul appears to not understand just who and what elected the fat man to office. He was elected by libtards and independents, who have recognized Christie as who he is - one of them.Christie is the closest thing to a Republican who can elected to statewide office anywhere in the Northeast Corridor. What would you prefer?
To: Revel
I’d vote for a Nazi before I’d vote for a democrat.
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:53:33 PM PST
by
VerySadAmerican
(".....Barrack, and the horse Mohammed rode in on.")
To: Lurking Libertarian
I have always viewed Ran Paul as “iffy”
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:53:51 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: VerySadAmerican
Well, Rand apparently believes that libertarians = conservatives and that actual conservatives are of that “right wing” that must be marginalized.
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:54:43 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
Fine, we can tolerate moderates when Tea Party Conservatives control the party leadership and moderates tow our party line.
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:55:45 PM PST
by
Hostage
(Be Breitbart!)
To: Lurking Libertarian
Certainly an establishment Republican. Problem is, we’re looking for conservatives.
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:55:51 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: VerySadAmerican
You’d go further left than the Dems?
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:57:42 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:58:40 PM PST
by
RedMDer
(Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
To: Olog-hai
What a joke.
How about making some room for conservatives?
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posted on
11/06/2013 4:59:07 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: GeronL
How about making some room for conservatives?
There needs to be room for both. That's how coalition politics works.
The thing is, that the Christies, McCains, Grahams, Roves, etc of the Party need to make amends ... real amends, not just cheap lip service ... for their treatment of Tea Party Conservatives. And they need to do it first.
To: VerySadAmerican
Id vote for a Nazi before Id vote for a democrat. They are one and the same.
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posted on
11/06/2013 5:03:15 PM PST
by
Rodamala
To: tanknetter
I’d rather they just left the party
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posted on
11/06/2013 5:04:30 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: Olog-hai
Rand is right about conditions in the R party. There’s room for moderates and plenty of it.
It’s conservatives who don’t have any chairs at the musical.
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posted on
11/06/2013 5:08:34 PM PST
by
SaxxonWoods
(....Let It Burn...)
To: GeronL
Id rather they just left the party
There's not enough of either to sustain a national party on their own. If either the Tea Party Conservatives or the GOPe leave the party it becomes the Whigs.
Which is why I really blame Bill Bolling more than anyone else for Cuccinelli losing. He had a golden opportunity to build and strengthen the GOP coalition in VA, probably guaranteeing himself a US Senate seat in the process, but let his ego and pettiness (something also seen in Christie, McCain, Graham, Rove, etc) get the better of him.
To: dforest
Paul is ruining any chances he had. He wants it too much and that is why he is corrupting himself. Are you really that obtuse? Paul just about broke his neck for KC, for crying out loud.
To: Olog-hai
That’s good because Christie requires an immense amount of room. But I think what it really shows is that NJ loves a sleeze ball.
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posted on
11/06/2013 5:22:14 PM PST
by
outofstyle
(Down All the Days)
To: SoConPubbie
The simple refutation to Rand’s postulation is the number of wins by “moderate” republicans in the last two presidential elections. The GOP and Rand can do whatever the hell they want, I will only vote Conservative, I no longer have a use for the Republican Party.
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posted on
11/06/2013 5:28:14 PM PST
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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