Posted on 04/10/2014 11:10:25 AM PDT by servo1969
The GOP will never become unified until is decides what it believes. Bush should run if only to force that debate over what Republicans really stand for. Part of the reason Reagan won in 1980 was the field against him was divided. The establishment favored Ambassador Bush or John Connolly or Bob Dole or Howard Baker but Reagan forced the debate and moved the party to the right, where much of it is today.
In 2016 the right of center vote will be divided among Paul, Ted Cruz, and others, just as the conservative vote was divided in 2012, allowing the highbrow Mitt Romney to win the nomination.
If an outsider wins the nomination, establishmentarians can be counted on to hold their noses and be supportive, if only to maintain their proximity to power. But if an insider like Romney wins, it will be interesting to see if they can convince the Tea Party to stick around, as Mitt failed to do in 2012. Failing that, we could see the death of the modern, national GOP. And possibly the eradication of Reaganism as a governing philosophy.
Or, if Reaganism prevails again, as it did in 1980, 84, 88, 94 and 2006, we could see the departure of the neocons from the GOP, to go back to their natural home in the Democratic Party, where they were once call Trotskyites. And see Bushism fade as a valid governing philosophy.
This coming fight for 2016 will be the Gotterdammerung for the GOP--the “dusk of the gods”-- as it will determine what it stands for, probably for a long time. No one can predict the outcome, but like Ali versus Frazier--or any contest over power--it will be utterly fascinating to watch.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Not so certain, am voting Goldwater. Time for hesitation is over.
> Well done, sir or madam!
Heh. It’s “sir”, but thanks!
:)
“I think breitbart’s being run by a liberal..”
All standing organizations eventually fall into liberal hands. The Walter Annenberg Foundation was started by a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, but funded Barak Obama and his Bill Ayers’ Chicago school indoctrination scheme. If you look at some of the TV shows they fund you’d know Annenberg would spin in his grave. The problem is liberals see money or power and the work at it until it falls into their hands.
> That would certainly count as an act of love towards America.
LOL! I know I would LOVE that!
Thank you, man!
jeb same loss. Vote like your children’s future depends on it because it does.
Whoever Craig Shirley is, I honestly couldn’t figure out what point he, she or it was trying to make. Seriously bad writing.
The major problem with Jeb Bush is that he is BIG GOVERNMENT. He was actually good as a Florida governor, at which point he seemed to be in favor of small, local government, but he has morphed since he left Florida and is now even supporting Common Core.
Say no to “Big Government” people. They want to take over your lives, live in your head, and make everything you do conditioned on directives from the Federal Government.
No thanks.
“Run off a CLIFF, Jeb, you dirty scum..!”
Now, THAT would be “an act of love”!
Jen Bush and Rand Paul can split the illegal alien vote and Cruz can skate to victory. The more libs that run the more likely it is that we can get a conservative nominee. In the last 2 elections there were too many conservative candidates and the Liberal slipped in. I’m hoping the field is filled with half a dozen RINOs and Ted Cruz.
And yes Rand Paul is a RINO.
Many of those who support Rand Paul will go to Cruz once they understandhim better. On top of that, I think Sarah Palin will come out strong for Cruz. Whatever chance Paul has will disappear when Sarah endorses Cruz.
The pattern of RINO betrayal of conservative nominees in California and Virginia belies these contentions.
Hopelessly naive. They would start backbiting and leaking predictions of disaster anonymously, which they preemptively blame on the TEA Party. The full O'Donnell treatment. The GOP-e sees grass roots organizers as a threat to their power. They would much rather lose an election than lose their power.
Hey, I see you’re in MA. I’m in NH.
If you’re in Western MA, you’re not alone. There are times I feel more at home in Western MA than I do in Southern NH.
:)
Yes...Run, Run!
Ax a matter a fact, hold the RNC (and for that matter) the DNC convention in Guinea right now! Hurry!
I posted on that subject 2 days ago.
According to "The Daily Caller," Breitbart’s CEO voted for Obama in 2008.
I went to my F.R. archives to get the link, but Free Republic appears to have deleted the story and all the Comments!
Is that report false?
“The Daily Caller” broke the story 08 April 2014.
Here's the original link:
http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/08/breitbart-news-president-and-ceo-voted-for-president-obama/
We need to come up with better systems. A boycott of ALL non-profit organizations might be a good start.
It was deleted? That’s very odd.
Breitbart has become recently infested with editorials from GOPe types willing to bend over. Andrew would not be amused.
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