[Bratch]

It appears the GOP-e are trying to stack the deck against conservatives.

[LouAvul]

It’s easy. Get rid of the RINOs or else.

[JRandomFreeper]

It appears the GOP-e are trying to stack the deck against conservatives.

I thought they did that at the convention.

/johnny

[Buckeye McFrog]

NOW do you all believe we’ll be forced to go Third Party?

[Gaffer]

The GOPe does have a primary problem. I, for one, am going to vote for any same-party challenger to my two Senators, even my representative if he votes for anything in the way of a debt ceiling increase without a 1:1 reduction in spending. I’d sooner see a Democrat in those spots if they are going to act like Democrats.

At least I’ll then have something tangible to blame instead of a bunch of no-ball spineless bastard RINOs who have the gall to call themselves ‘Georgians’ while living it up 99% of the year on the DC high of being second in power.

[Major Matt Mason]

It appears that the GOPe have identified the enemy, and it is the tax-paying, law-abiding, constitution-revering citizens they are targeting. In the end, they just want to make deals with the Democrats as they continue dismantling this country and our freedoms.

Sorry, but it is time for a new party.

[mrsmith]

What a twisted view from POLITICO (of course).

If the RINOs and conservatives in the Party don’t start working together for their common good there won’t be a Republican Party.

[Jim Noble]

The first two things, without which nothing else can work, are:

1) Only registered Republicans, who voted in the last two elections AS registered Republicans, can vote.

2) No more “winners” by plurality. “Winner” in the primary context means 50% +1, or more. In the event that every candidate is below 50%, NO delegate bonuses, NO rewards for “winning”. I would also set a threshold of 20%, below which no delegates are awarded.

[Servant of the Cross]

The day that jourNOlister Jonathan Martin at Pollutico has something of value for the GOP is the day ...

[Proud2BeRight]

The days of me picking the “least liberal” to vote for is over. I have taken a personal pledge to never vote for or support another establishment/RINO/moderate/liberal/limp-wrist Republican again. If a candidate does not pledge, support and demonstrate he/she is a Tea Party conservative, they will not get my vote. Period!

[Truth29]

So the GOP would rather fight conservatives than the Democrats. Lessons not learned from the last election and setting up for debilitating primaries. Well, Boehner’s reelection and now this really looks like the GOP is preparing for loss of the House and further losses in the Senate. The powerless honorable opposition is maybe where the party is most comfortable.

[bmwcyle]

Removing Conservatives is its primary problem.

[LibLieSlayer]

Hey gop/e Nazis... you cannot... in any way... regardless of what you do... win elections without the base... and we are NOT with you. Do this and I can guarantee you that you will go the way of the Whigs. Check out state registration... your party is shrinking... and it isn't progressives that are leaving in droves... it is us... CONSERVATIVES!

LLS

[Sybeck1]

I smell a pig nosed bastard that wears glasses.

[Eagle of Liberty]

It appears the GOP-e are trying to stack the deck against conservatives.

YEP! They want us out and I, quite frankly, am already out!!

[taildragger]

Did I scan it wrong or was their no mention of closing the Primaries to non R voters?

If this is isn't done it is way beyond time for us to move out...

[Terry L Smith]

The GOP Establishment fogies should be tried for treason, because of their actions to attempt to steer the election, they, in effect, buggered all of us!

[Vendome]

The article and its premise are just so much baloney.

Unless GOPe told him that. Then its just the excuse. They pushed fine candidates off ballot(West) tried to bury others(Michelle) and foisted a pathetically weak candidate on us for the Presidency, who by al tall tales didn’t really want to run.

[zeugma]

If they really want to fix the primaries, here's how it should be done...

1. Close the primary to non-republicans.
2. Put the names of all states in a hat. Draw state names for the order of the primaries. Front-loading the most liberal states is not helping the GOP win elections.
   1. A slight change that could be made to this procedure, would be to give each state that actually voted republican in the last presidential election 2 names in the hat to give them a higher chance of being front-loaded. If the state is drawn a second time, it would, of course, be discarded.
3. Disallow the party to financing to any campaign until after the voters have chosen their candidate during the primary.

 

[G Larry]

The GOP “problem” is NO GUTS!

Nobody is willing to stand up to the media critics and their own media consultants.

They need to learn:

to tell them to stuff it
to tell them they’re wrong
to tell them WHY they are wrong

And they need to learn to do these things in SHORT SENTENCES!

Do NOT go on the defensive!

Protecting INNOCENT LIFE is RIGHT!
To KEEP AND BEAR ARMS is a RIGHT!
Causing dependence on the state is WRONG!
Public expressions and displays of Religion, is NOT “establishment of Religion?

[AdaGray]

They are so clueless it’s comical. The more they try to stuff RINO’s into DC, the faster the party falls apart. I for one will NEVER vote Republican again unless they put up a true fighter. They can just kiss it all good-by.