The GOP...
John McCain...Charlie Crist...Arnold Schwarzenegger...
What the heck happened to it? It's a flippin' disaster right now...
Posted on 06/01/2009 2:14:44 AM PDT by Scanian
The GOP's leadership is hopelessly out of touch with not only the base, but the mainstream of America, when it comes to confirmation hearings for Judge Sotomayor. If the DC denizens default in their responsibility to expose her radical views and make the Democrats play defense, it is they who may doom the GOP to extinction.
In commenting on the National Journal poll that 64% of "GOP insiders: advise dodging a battle on Sotomayor Bill Kristol quipped in his blog
Safe rule of American politics: Two-thirds of "GOP Insiders" are never right.
Kristol offered the poll as another reason to take the stand on principal and go on the record opposing Sotomayor's confirmation. I agree. My answer to those like Peggy Noonan who say that Republicans need to "play grown-up" because Sotomayor's confirmation is a done deal is that one of the first lessons taught in law school is that over turning established precedent usually begins with the bold and well reasoned dissent.
Such dissent may also be very smart politics. A Quinnipiac poll reports that 54% approve of the Sotomayor nomination with 22% undecided. Rasmussen reported that 49% of those polled had a favorable view of Sotomayor and only 45% said they wanted her confirmed, with large numbers of undecideds. More than one commentator has noted these numbers are well below those reported to be Obama's overall approval ratings.
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The GOP...
John McCain...Charlie Crist...Arnold Schwarzenegger...
What the heck happened to it? It's a flippin' disaster right now...
Leadership? Where?
My brain box stumbled over the concept of “GOP Leadership”.
We all had the same reaction , GOP and leadership in the same sentence . What a joke.
I wrote to the GOP office in NJ here. Told them to grow some balls for a change.The USA is very quickly going down the tubes. You won’t recognize this country by next year this time.
Anyone ready to take it to the streets yet ? ........................I though so .
They should change the party symbol from Elephant to Mammoth. They are extinct. The sooner the GOP dies, the better,
Do not resuscitate!!!
They won’t do anything to displease fellow Republicrats.
While my mental capacities may not reach Sotomayorian levels, not having had the full richness of experience, I am quite sure the GOP will sit idly by while another tyrant is placed on the bench.
Yes.
Assuming there is a GOP leadership....
Yes.
Conservatives have bent, begged, and pleaded long enough. I will not support Michael S. Steele with my money or my vote.
The RNC needs to wake the f..k up. I will not accept their incompetence and appeasement any longer.
Absolutely
It already has.
"They" don't stand for anything except the illusion of the two party system.
f#@k the lot of them. Souter was a real champ, waiting for Hopey-Change to get innaugerated. But then again the GOP wouldn't have the stones to go to the mat with a conservative, cause the democrat party would have pouted and then the FBI files would have come out.
yes
next question?
The GOP is EXTINCT
Agreed. Not only will the cave, but they will embrace her with open arms ... It’s the Globetrotters vs the Generals in Washington, has been for some time now ...
Does a bear...
Yes... failure is the repubic mode.
LLS
“Will the GOP Leadership Fail on Sotomayor? “
No question. Guaranteed they will fail on this. In fact, they’re going to fail to be in power for a long time if they don’t get back to their conservative roots. What’s wrong with these people?
The GOP is an empty shell.
We don’t need a third party. We need to fill the GOP with active conservatives. We’ll only be pushing the deadwood out of those leadership positions.
If we lead, they’ll follow. That’s all they know how to do. But we need good, solid articulate conservatives to do it.
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