[SmithL]

Free advice from the Comicle.

[dfwgator]

Here is the crux of the problem. We've got guys that have no core convictions, they just try to guess what will get them elected.

[Biggirl]

The GOP must get back to its conserivitive roots bigtime.

[meg88]

Mitt Romney in 2008.

[goldstategop]

We need to return to conservatism and ignore the media's advice to go moderate. That is a sure path for the GOP to go the way of the Whigs.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

[F-117A]

This should work, but someone like Hagel will probably spoil any attempt!

[Dixie Yooper]

Some planks for our platform.

New law to end earmarking bills
Balanced budget
Pay down the national debt
Repair the military (The Dems will leave it in tatters)
Finish the fence

[Vaquero]

Here is the problem as I see it. These Bozo's will see the election as move to the left. What it actually is, is a move by conservatives away from the left that has become the Republican party.

They will then attempt to remedy the solution by moving further to the left.

a clusterf#*& if there ever was one.

[Dead Corpse]

Start here.

Stop with the last sentence. Trim off anything that does fit within.

[layman]

this is not a loss where you can just repackage the same agenda and move ahead

The agenda isn't the problem. The problem is the lack of intestinal fortitude when it comes to advancing the agenda. For the past six years the Republicans have been the mail carriers and the Democrats have been a pack of yapping dogs nipping at their heels. Mail carriers with intestinal fortitude mace the little bastards, not throw doggie treats to them in an effort to buy their affection. Item number one on the agenda should be, 'grow a pair!'

[moondoggie]

Hindsight is 20/20.

We wouldn't be talking about "starting over" if our guys hadn't lost their principles in the first place.

If we're not willing to dump the guys who led us astray, we'll be in disarray for years to come.

We can't be successful unless everybody is on the same page.

[Ikemeister]

I think a new party rule should be to ban anyone with the last name of 'Bush' from ever running for President again. Just like his father, dubya has led us to electoral disaster.

[Sunsong]

"We need a major course correction, and some of us have been making that argument for quite a while."

Stating the obvious.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

immigration reform

I find this phrase infuriating. What the Hell is there to reform ? Immigration laws are already there, but nobody gives a damn about enforcing them.

[sphinx]

The real agenda hasn't changed: social security reform, health care reform, school choice, tax reform, controlling the borders, balancing the budget. Everything else is window dressing.

We need to elect people who aren't afraid of their own shadows. This is a classic Newt moment. Where Gingrich always excelled was in finding positive ways to frame the message. That's the skill that is so sorely lacking right now.

[quack]

Just keep telling American voters that they're lazy and that "hard workers" have to be imported.Yeah,that'll get the votes in.(sarc)