Posted on 11/18/2012 5:13:08 AM PST by vmivol00
Senate Republican leaders, frustrated by losing winnable seats, are preparing to play a more assertive role in primary races, in consultation with the Tea Party and other conservative activists. The strategy reflects a change from the 2012 election in which they took a relatively hands-off approach to party primaries, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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If it wasn't already dead to most conservatives, this should finish the GOP off.
In the article I found this statement: “...Strategists cite five such races in the past two election...”
STRATEGISTS? Any time you hear that word in politics it means “PROPAGANDISTS.”
Keystone cops. Oops, should have done that before the election.
Since you guys didn’t listen to me for the last six months or longer, perhaps now you will. Santorum/Bachmann. Oh sure you all think that is too radical but I see you guys are really picking winners. We need to do a huge change and having two 100 percent conservatives on the ticket is as big a change as I have ever seen. Don’t listen to me or say they are too conservative, then you can just watch another one of your losers, lose the election. Get off you butts and start to pay attention to my posts and take action!!! Because you guys follow the GOPe, my tagline will probably end up happening.
I believe that the “winnable” seats were stolen by the Democrats and unless they can neutralize the vote fraud, the next [mid term]will cost them more seats.
This otta be good given the congress is so good at shrinking the government and balancing the budget. I am assuming this is a joke.....
In the last two elections the “party strategists”
1) worked against tea party candidates in the primaries
2) if the tea party candidate won the primary, the party strategists worked against the tea party candidate in the general election (by either giving zero support, or in some cases denouncing the tea party candidate who won the primary)
Now they want to work with the tea party? Which probably means they want to co-opt the tea party.
Same thing I said about Romney.
They need to lose the yes men (strategists) and start listening to the conservatives who don’t like them much.
Time to change registration!
A-men, naps. A-men. With you 100 percent of the way!
How about a core sense of moral values based on scripture?
It never ceases to amaze me that people will not attend church, nor listen to good, Godly preaching, but will be amazed that the world collapses around them and they think they can correct "wrongs" or "evils"
All politicians need to do is get saved, be converted and govern/legislate with the mind of scriptural morality and righteousness.
Really ... bible wisdom is not at least equal to world;y 'knowledge' ?
Bible wisdom is superior to worldly 'knowledge' !!
If the GOP starts planning and strategerizing, I can only expect abject failure for its efforts.
If Senators think their activities and presence is going to be some sort of asset to a future candidate, I expect the same failure .. their voice and presence a kiss of political death.
If nothing else, I see the president we have a judgement of God on America because we allowed our nation to mave away from God and payed lip service to returning and revival.
Yeah, right. After all their sneering and backstabbing, they now come with hat in hand wanting to consult with the "Tea Party" and Conservative "activists"?
Take a hike McConnell.
Time for them to start learning the difference, and to remember that the Tea Party got its start and its greatest momentum as a coalition of Republicans, independents, and Reagan Democrats who are concerned about spending and debt.
We gave away two layup seats to Akin and Murdock. There seems to be some strange hang-ups with some so cons and woman’s sexuality. Until some of these guys spend spend some time in a rape clinic or something they are going to drag down the whole party.
Well I think they lost because Republicans would not get behind these two patriots. What they said was 100 percent accurate and should be been said to the American people. Instead the GOPe and faux conservatives said they need to lose. Stupid!!!!! If I was the RNC Chairman, I would have put both of them at the front and say “this is the GOP”. Why not have someone completely 180 from the democrats. That is why Romney lost because he was the same as Obama. Why change when you aren’t changing anything?
Bingo!
“Senate Republican leaders” = Oxymoron(s).
May they all choke and die on a Pelosi sandwhich.
After the Kerry 2004 loss, the RATs sounded just like the GOP today.
What had been previously a minority POV -”Go hard Left and the mushy middle will follow” won the day, and look at what’s happened.
There are more rightists than Leftists in the country. F*** the “center”. Slap ‘em hard and they’ll wise up. They are the people who follow the strong horse.
There’s only one way forward (one peaceful way anyway), and that’s to go hard, hard right.
Santorum is not a hard man. And he’s a multi-loser. There are no second acts in politics.
The only “Senate Republican leader” I know of is Jim DeMint (R-SC). Shame he won’t run again and apparently has no desire for a different office.
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