Republican Lessons at the End of the Bush-McCain Era

Human Events ^ | 07 Nov 2008 | Tom Tancredo

[Jordo]

“Sarah Palin at DOE or interior.”

Just out of curiosity, why should either of these cabinet agencies even exist? It seems to me that neither of them has much worth keeping.

[pissant]

Nah. Dabating Hunter is not like debating Biden.

[pissant]

Good question. I know Hunter wants to shitcan DOE.

[pissant]

As for DOI, It was Madison’s idea but wasn’t created until the mid 1800s

[fortheDeclaration]

Amen.

[fortheDeclaration]

It’s all cyclical. It seems as if conservatives lose control every 16 years, but then come back a few years later.

Because we stop being conservative.

Most stay in Washington too long and get deceived into thinking that Government is the solution and not the problem.

[fortheDeclaration]

How that will all pan out, now with missiles being placed right on our door step in the baltics.

Why are we (the United States) still even in NATO?

The EU can handle Russia.

[fortheDeclaration]

We need to alter our primary process.

End the first primary being in NH!

In fact, tell anyone who wins the NH primary that they are doomed to lose the nomination.

The first primaries should be held only in RED States, that supported the GOP.

And they should be closed.

[Convert from ECUSA]

Exactly! Primaries from Feburuary-May of the election year. Closed primaries, only those registered GOP vote in GOP primaries. Start with a red-state, not the rad-lib New England (though I know there are true conservatives/Americans in those states, but their governments are leftist to the core).

[iopscusa]

You are absolutely right that the Lefty organizations were able to coordinate with the Obama ground game and run circles around the Republicans, they built a well run hi-tech social infrastructure that made it possible for the BHO Campaign to run its own Borg without the DNC being in charge...the Mccain Campaign never even attempted to involve the base much less the conservatives. The McCain vs BO campaign was like the horse vs automobile or of swords vs automatic weapons.

[fortheDeclaration]

Exactly! Primaries from Feburuary-May of the election year. Closed primaries, only those registered GOP vote in GOP primaries. Start with a red-state, not the rad-lib New England (though I know there are true conservatives/Americans in those states, but their governments are leftist to the core).

We should reward those States which voted Republican, such as Tenn, Alabama, Tx, etc.

But NH needs to be dropped as the 1st Primary as long as it remains a Blue State.