And his Eleventh Commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican."
Its violation helped defeat Goldwater in 1964, and assured our loss of both House and Senate in 2006.
Someone needs to tell Dick Army, Danforth, christine todd whitman, and the other moderates to stop ragging on the conservative base.
You are spot on with this point; we lost the elections ourselves. Newt can blame Rummy and Bush, but I recall on several occasions Newt was on MSM bashing Bush and Rummy. When conservatives turn on their own, we lose. Newt had an opportunity to show he is still a leader, and in my opinion he failed. He is a great idea man, but he is NOT the right messenger. McCain, Hagel, and others are equally as guilty. McCain can forget the presidency, he will never get the base. I don't know who will come up and take the mantle of leadership for the republicans. Bush looks so rejected in all his latest appearances; he needs to get back on message soon. Frist needs to kick Chafee off the committee that is holding up Bolton and we need to get him confirmed next week. This will help, and I hope it happens. Bush and all republicans need to start fighting back and stopping the message of old media that this country rejected the Iraq policy.