Steele is a moderate so I wouldn't use it as a strong indicator but I'm looking more to see if new people are gonna be replacing Bush people.
I see no one from the last 6 years who will be able to rebuild and win in 2008 and that includes the oh so much vaunted Rudy. We need to start building up the new leadership to take over.
"I see no one from the last 6 years who will be able to rebuild and win in 2008 and that includes the oh so much vaunted Rudy. We need to start building up the new leadership to take over."
I don't see much of a starting lineup on the GOP side.
Something to remember is that GOP doesn't not necessarily equal conservative and vice versa. I think conservatives need to start playing politics a bit more and quit tying their star so closely to the GOP.
Our gunnies have been playing the politics for awhile, and I have to say gun rights are about the only place where conservatism has been winning of late. Did you notice how quickly the newly elected Democrats would introduce themselves, and then step all over themselves to insist that they weren't going to pass any gun control measures? There's a reason for that.
When political parties compete for conservative votes, we win.
The GOP better learn a lesson fast. Run a Rudi and say Howdy Madam President Clinton. ANY moderate the GOP puts up for POTUS then Hillary will run to the right of them and win. Ford lost to Carter. Bush lost to Clinton. Dole who became a moderate lost to Clinton. Bush the moderate would have lost to anyone but Gore who also ran right of Bush. Kerry stayed left which was the reason he lost. Hillary isn't that stupid though and she can talk right. The Ford/Bush era choke hold on the GOP needs to be ended. The two parties are now too close together in platform and it is politically and Constitutionally unhealthy for the nation.
I don't want to vote for any candidates who are not that far apart on issues with the mainstream DEMs and neither does most Republicans and a considerable number of DEMs who also vote conservative.