Posted on 01/13/2013 7:33:08 AM PST by EternalVigilance
Official Washington hailed the deal to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff as a significant bipartisan accomplishment. However, voters around the country viewed the deal in very partisan terms: Seven out of 10 Democrats approved of it, while seven...of 10 Republicans disapproved.
Just a few days after reaching that agreement, an inside-the-Beltway publication reported another area of bipartisan agreement...while Washington Democrats have always viewed GOP voters as a problem, Washington Republicans "in many a post-election soul-searching session" have come to agree. More precisely, the article said the party's Election 2012 failures have "brought forth one principal conclusion from establishment Republicans: They have a primary problem."
As seen from the halls of power, the problem is that Republican voters think it's OK to replace incumbent senators and congressman who don't represent the views of their constituents. In 2012, for example, Republican voters in Indiana dumped longtime Sen. Richard Lugar in a primary battle.
This infuriated establishment Republicans for two reasons. First, because they liked Lugar and the way he worked. Second, because the replacement candidate was flawed and allowed Democrats to win what should have been a safe Republican seat.
So, according to Politico, the Washington team is gearing up a new effort to protect incumbents and limit the ability of Republican voters to successfully challenge establishment candidates.
That makes sense to those whose sole goal is winning a majority in Congress rather than changing the course of government policy. Seen from the outside, though, it sounds like the professional politicians are saying that the only way to win is to pick more candidates like the insiders. Hearing that message, the reaction of many Republican and conservative voters is, "Why bother?"
That's why more than two-thirds of Republican voters believe GOP officials in Washington have lost touch with the party's base.
(Excerpt) Read more at rasmussenreports.com ...
Oh this will work out well for the GOP establishment.
Hello Whig Party....
Just how many liberal and moderate gop senate candidates lost?
Talk about old news, decades old news...
That does it...I’m registering as an Independent. Screw the GOP.
So, according to Politico, the Washington team is gearing up a new effort to protect incumbents and limit the ability of Republican voters to successfully challenge establishment candidates
It’s been done for a while now. That’s how we got Mutt as a candidate.
Lots and lots.
The Republican voter base is in an abusive relationship with the GOPe. It’s time for the base to file for divorce. And a restraining order.
Snowe, Brown and Lugar were replaced by Cruz, Flake and Fischer.
They hate that!
Rove and Romney and Boehner are NOT satisfied
with ruining TWO elections and placing the Tyrant
in office.
The GOP is the enemy of Conservatives.
Good riddance to them!
We have anarchy now!
Time to End the anarchy and form a new
party!
Good point.
What more can the GOPe do?
They have already successfully shoved mcLame and then milt down our throats.
Of interest PING!
I used to believe that our only option was to reclaim the Republican Party. Now, I think we'd have about the same chance taking over the Democrat Party. Hence, our best option is another Party.
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Isn't that the whole purpose behind "government of the people, by the people and for the people" or am I missing something?
Besides, all they do with the majorities we hand them is to continue our march off the cliff, or else cave and surrender. Who needs the GOP elite when they can't win the game with the players we send in?
Screw 'em. We'll keep throwing out bums and losers, again and again and again, until we get results, dammit!
Problem is that the GOP-E is trying to rig the primaries so that we can't do it anymore. That's the point of the original story referenced by Rasmussen:
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