[goldstategop]

I'm in favor of establishing a new Conservative Party here. Republican sounds like a boring label. Let's be proud of being conservatives!

"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 Palelologus

[teg_76]

I agree....rename it the Conservative party and let what’s left the Republicans decide where they want to be...

[Impy]

If they did that in the 30’s (or 10’s 50’s whatever though civil rights would be a major sticking point in after WW2) it might have helped Southern dems defect faster. An official attempted at a merger and purging of liberal Republicans would have made sense then.

“Oh look we’re a new different party, not the one your grandfather died fighting in the civil war”.

I wonder if such a change today would appeal to idiots who call themselves conservative (still over 40% of the electorate I think) that vote for fauxcon labor rats.

[jveritas]

I heard Bob Bennett on Radio the other day and he was saying that the doom and gloom that the media and even some conservatives pundits are saying about the Republican party is way over exxagerated. He mentioned that the situation of the Republican party in 2008 is still much better in 1976 after Carter won and democrats had a 2/3 majoritiy in Congress. He said that back then top Republicans were thinking of changing the name of the party because they feared that the name Republican was too dangerous in politics. And then we all know the rest of the story.