[SShultz460]

Why do you think everyone went nuts when Bush put Martinez in there?

duh

[Joe Boucher]

The R.N.C. is run by my senator Mel Martinez. This guy makes Bozo the clown look like a genius.
I wouldn’t give the R.N.C. a nickel much less a second thought.

[pissant]

They should be attacking them. For being a liberal and being a moderate flip flopper, repectively. Alas, the RNC is worse than they are.

[Badeye]

‘The party leadership is out of touch with not only conservative Republicans, but mainstream Republicans as well.’

Yes, they are.

[mewzilla]

So what is going on at Republican Party headquarters?

Snort. The suits running the GOP hate conservatives as much as the 'Rats do.

[TommyDale]

The GOP since Ken Mehlman and Mel Martinez:

[Lazamataz]

What is the Republican National Committee doing attacking the two major GOP contenders for president, Giuliani and Romney (who have no history as conservatives) for being too conservative on illegal immigration? The party leadership is out of touch with not only conservative Republicans, but mainstream Republicans as well.

Because Bush and company are liberal Republicans.

Quite the opposite of Ronaldus Magnus.

[VictoryGal]

These RNC people call me constantly begging for money. I tell them why they are not getting a single dime from me, and the nice person on the phone usually lowers his voice and agrees with me.

We are being betrayed by our leaders.

[Antoninus]

Bull cr@p. The RNC knows they're about a popular with the party base as the Hanta virus these days. By "attacking" Rudy and Romney, they're trying to make the most liberal candidates appear to be more conservative and thus acceptable to the base. Sorry, not buying.

The RNC sucks.

Abortiani sucks.

Mitt "John Kerry" Romney sucks.

Give me a conservative or you can forget about my vote, money, and support.

That is all.

[meandog]

The Republican National Committee chairman, Mel Martinez, has come out criticizing the GOP's 2 top candidates for president, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney for their positions on resolving illegal immigration.

I dunno, but I do know that if either get the GOP nod Hillary will win the W.H. and there will be a Tsunami of immigrants instead of a flood.

[quantim]

The party leadership is supposed to represent the party, not the interests of a select few.

This is what happens when a 'senator' is put in charge of something.

[Pietro]

The RNC is best seen in the reflection of a Mr. Gleason, their rep in PA, who refused to support the GOP candidate running against pig murtha.

the RNC in PA was defacto supporter of pig murtha!

[freespirited]

What’s going on is this: Martinez appears to be completely simpatico with La Raza. Over the weekend, CSPAN covered a LaRaza panel on immigration. There were five panelists; not one, but two were members of Martinez’s staff.

One of the two was belligerent in her opposition to actions by local governments to deal with illegals. She asserted that “we” (presumably Hispanics) have the numbers to make clear that such actions are “not acceptable.”

Why has the RNC put Martinez at the top? Because of one of Karl Rove’s more ridiculous ideas. Hispanics are the fastest growing demographic. Rove decided that they are therefore crucial to the survival of the GOP. So this is part of the pandering.

It won’t work, and meanwhile the GOP is losing its base, which is presently many times larger than the Hispanic vote.

[dirtboy]

Why is the Republican Party attacking our two major presidential candidates?

Why, just being consistent with what they did to Randy Graf, Pat Twomey and other pubbies who didn't toe the RNC corporatist cheap lobby agenda.

[Plutarch]

My tagline has explained it most succinctly.

[NobleEagle2004]

After Labor Day weekend FDThompson announces none of us will be talkin this crap!
Jusy hold on for couple weeks. Jeez.

[NobleEagle2004]

After Labor Day weekend FDThompson announces none of us will be talkin this crap!
Just hold on for couple weeks. Jeez.

[taxed2death]

“The party leadership is out of touch with not only conservative Republicans, but mainstream Republicans as well.”

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Add to that 72% of the general public....both Dumocrats and Republicans.

Stuck on Stupid comes to mind....

[sitetest]

“...so why is the RNC trying to scare off the conservative base even more from supporting these realistic candidates?”

So many hidden (and false) assumptions in that one phrase. LOL.

[TomGuy]

The party leadership is out of touch with not only conservative Republicans, but mainstream Republicans as well.

But the party faithful will hang on [and the RNC leadership knows it, especially when Hillary get the Dem nomination]. The leadership expects that they will vote for the same ole slate of R's.

The faithful will vote for the same, and hope for a different result. [But a different result won't happen.]

For Martinez and Bush, et al, to further they agenda of open (erased) borders and NAU and a globalism, they may decide that they will opt for a new president they can work with in the same vein that Bush proudly touted a Congress he could work with in 06. [Translation: Maybe a Democrat president will further The Agenda more than a Republican one will, so the party leadership may be secretly/silently furthering that effort.]

Politics does make strange bedfellows. And certain special interest groups will continue to encourage comprehensive immigration reform.