Absolutely. Here we go again. Factionalism. None of the above will bring the party together. Look to the Reaganites.
I posted this comment on another thread but it fits on this one too:
You know, I don’t understand this love affair with Sarah Palin as a potential GOP Prez candidate. She was willing to go on a ticket headed by John McCain. She says she is just like him, a maverick. I never liked McCain, why should I want as a Prez someone who says she has the same values as McCain? That she enjoys going up against members of her own Party, that she is eager to work with the other Party (the Dems), and that she doesn’t adhere to Party ideology but wants to work with everyone “to get the job done”. I don’t want a John McCain clone, not anyone who is even vaguely like him. I don’t want someone who is eager to stab his/her own Party in the back. Someone that frequently seeks out making deals with the other side (the Dems), especially since those deals always seem to end up favoring the Dems’ point of view. I don’t want someone who doesn’t have a strong set of conservative principles to fall back on.
The reason many of the Pub base like Palin is because they think she is an Evangelical and because of her stance on abortion. I’m not even sure what her stance is on gays. Sounded like she wanted to work with them too from some of her comments. In other words, too many of the base back her, once again, on a single issue over all others, her abortion stance. No wonder those Pubs who want other issues to have equal prominence when it comes to affairs of the Nation are wary of her. Plus Evangelicals seem to want to dominate the Pub base way too much. There are other religions in the Pub base, Catholics, Lutherans, Protestants in general, Jews, etc. But it appears Evangelicals only want someone like them in as Prez. A natural inclination I suppose, but not good for the Party as a whole.
All good candidates need consideration. I don’t want any one group to take over the base of our Party. I want fiscal and national security interests as well as foreign affairs to hold equal sway along with social issues. They are all important. I don’t want a Party that is seen by too many as a fundamentalist Party. Not a good image.
Then who will? Who is this Reaganite you’re talking about?