Posted on 11/07/2013 5:44:54 AM PST by jimbo123
Leaders of the Republican establishment, alarmed by the emergence of far-right and often unpredictable Tea Party candidates, are pushing their party to rethink how it chooses nominees and advocating changes they say would result in the selection of less extreme contenders.
The push comes as the national Republican Party is grappling with vexing divisions over its identity and image, and mainstream leaders complain that more ideologically-driven conservatives are damaging the party with tactics like the government shutdown.
The debate intensified on Wednesday after Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the deeply conservative Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, lost a close race in which Democrats highlighted his opposition to abortion in almost all circumstances, his views on contraception and comments in which he seemed to liken immigration policy to pest control.
The party leaders pushing for changes want to replace state caucuses and conventions, like the one that nominated Mr. Cuccinelli, with a more open primary system that they believe will draw a broader cross-section of Republicans and produce more moderate candidates.
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Bullsh!t
And he wasted an opportunity to point out that it was the Democrats who shut down the government (actually a 17% slowdown) as they have done 18 times before in recent decades.
54% of white woman in VA voted for Cuch.
Open primaries are why we have the McCains. We had all better put a stop to this or we will be over run.!
I liked what I heard.
No, it's WAY past time to take it back!
Which of the other 53 "third parties" would you prefer? Or would you start a trivial 54th?
The RNC stopped the funding of Cuch on Oct. 1 the first day of the shutdown.
Just as many people in Virginia blamed Obama for the shutdown.
What we have here is the GOP-e being exposed for sacrificing an elections and creating a false meme all to purge their base voters.
I don’t either.
Because John McCain and Mitt Romney are a sure 7#25ing thing.
I just dont see how to reconcile this.
Over the next year, once the RINO purge is done, the GOP might very well be US.
G.O.P. Weighs Limiting Clout of Right Wing Continuing Political Suicide
Fixed it.
The Founders were extreme. They made a nation that was extremely good.
Do you mean the CPUSA, the SPUSA, and The Green Party...or did you mean the Democratic Socialists (DSA) and the National Socialists?
(of course that's way more than two)
Santorum was a Bush clone, if you liked Bush then you’d love Santorum. I would not vote for another Bush named Santorum.
Holy Cow! So that was Santorum that sent a tingle up my leg? Geez! I’m glad you figured that one out for me!
I’m base, and Santorum did not excite me not his pro union stances, his global warming stances, his attacks on other Republicans no, takes more than being right on abortion to excite the educated base.
And FTR, his recent attacks on Cruz prove he is still an Arlen lover and yes, I know, you hate when that is brought up but RS did it to himself just a couple weeks ago.
By defunding and deriding them. Only donate directly to candidates you like.
I can’t read these posts ..the NYT - scared to death that in the after math of Virginia, where the GOPe is embarrassed as their tactics failed that there won’t be enough fighiting inside the GOP .feeds the trolls with this one.
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