GOP struggles for a plan to reunite party

San Diego Union - Tribune ^ | 11/12/06 | Finlay Lewis - CNS

[NormsRevenge]

tees it up...

have at it.

[cardinal4]

said Jack Pitney, a political scientist at Claremont McKenna College.

Isnt this the school where the prof vandalized her own car and claimed it was a hate crime?

[roses of sharon]

LOL, who needs unity, for Republican and Conservative voters, its much easier to bitch in the minority.

[staytrue]

Here is what we need to do to achieve a filibuster proof conservative US Senate in 2008.

We have to do is to get rid of the following rinos, Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, Warner, Lamar Alexander, Libby Dole, Smith from Oregon, that bridge to nowhere Stevens guy, Chuck Hagel, and Sununu, Domenici and McConnell in the republican primaries, then we need to hold all 21 of our seats

Then we need to win 11 out of the 12 democrat seats (Arkansas: Pryor (D) Delaware: Biden (D) Illinois: Durbin (D) Iowa: Harkin (D) Louisiana: Landrieu (D) Massachusetts: Kerry (D) Michigan: Levin (D) Montana: Baucus (D) New Jersey: Lautenberg (D) Rhode Island: Reed (D) South Dakota: Johnson (D) West Virginia: Rockefeller (D) )

That makes 60 for us !

[Intolerant in NJ]

With their control of Congress ended decisively by voters coast to coast...20 House races decided by less than 2% of the vote, 2 races which would have left the Senate in control of the Republicans decided by less than a total of 5000 votes - "decisively"......

[RodgerD]

Ought to be a cinch to pull that off!

[Vision Thing]

We divided ourselves and were conquered.

[Zakeet]

Dear Pubbies:

Repeat after me until you drill these three simple things through your thick heads ...

1. Cut spending
2. Secure our borders
3. Overhaul the tax system

And again

1. Cut spending
2. Secure our borders
3. Overhaul the tax system

And again

1. Cut spending
2. Secure our borders
3. Overhaul the tax system

This is by no means everything that needs to be done, but it's a nice start and it will win elections.

So repeat after me ...

[Taxman]

Great post!

IMHO, Conservatives win and Moderates/LIEberals lose. Moderate& LIEberal Republicans have been chipping away (successfully [for the Dimocrats?], it turns out) at the Conservatives ever since we retook the Congress.

Recall when the present-day Governor of Mass was running against Senator Kennedy a few years ago? He was ahead in the polls as long as he hewed to the conservatve line; he moved to the "center-left" near the end of the race, he lost because Mass residents already had a LIEberal Senator in WDC. Why change FRom one LIEberal to another?

IMHO, had the Party (and the Republican Representatives and Senators) stayed true to conservative principles these past 12 years, they would still be in charge.

Of course, it helps if one is not caught up in some sort of scandal or another. Or, if one happens to be involded in scandalous behavior, to be a Dimocrat, a la Dingy Harry and "Cut and Run Murtha."

I am concerned that until and unless the Republicans gain control of their senses and purge the Dimocrats & RINOs, etc., etc. FRom their ranks, we are in for some dark days ahead!

[NormsRevenge]

That's a pretty hefty chunk of work to chuck all those but I like it and I am game for it. Glad to have you at my side.

sounds like a job for Tom CRuise and the Mission Impossible team.. but ya never know..

[papertyger]

LOL, who needs unity, for Republican and Conservative voters, its much easier to bitch in the minority.

Nonsense.

There's nothing easier than figuring out why friends won't support you when you betray them on their core issues.

[brydic1]

Why worry about a filibuster proof senate, we need to be able to filibuster. The democrats control the agenda in the senate only so long as the republicans cannot muster 41 votes. We must use that weapon at every available opportunity to keep socialist and amnesty legislation from passing. The liberals used that weapon to stop hundreds of bills in the last 6 years, now its our turn. We will see if they will result to the so-called nuclear weapon cloture that they and the press indicated would destroy the republic. I would not doubt but that when the shoe is on the other foot they will somehow find that it is necessary to do so to preserve the republic. The total hypocrits that they are.

[JaneNC]

Repubs were outstrategized ....
They acted like pansies.

Simple as that.

[Mikey_1962]

Not that hard: "What would Reagan do?" should be the mantra.
(with the notable exception of immigration)

[EagleUSA]

They acted like pansies.
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Impotent, paranoid pansies living in total fear of the MSM and the Dem attack dogs.

[Omega Man II]

LOL, who needs unity, for Republican and Conservative voters, its much easier to bitch in the minority.

Indeed it is. We can be an ideologically pure party and remain in permanent minority, or we suck it up and allow for a certain number of RINOs from the more liberal partys of the country. The Dems certainly had no problem running Blue Dogs in GOP-leaning districts.

[RodgerD]

Apparently the plan is to massively increase the number of citizens in this country who vote 7-3 Democrat over Republican (Hispanic voters).

[Cacique]

btt

[FreeReign]

The few GOP moderates left standing after Tuesday's election were not willing to back down and cede the rebuilding to the party's conservatives.

LOL! We lost few moderates and many more 80% or above conservatives.