Posted on 12/26/2008 11:55:52 AM PST by Al B.
A power struggle that will determine the future leadership of the Republican Party has broken into the open as dissatisfied Republican leaders pushed for a meeting early next month that they hope will be the first step toward ending Washington-based control of the party.
In a move seen as a backlash against years of control of the Republican National Committee (RNC) by allies of President Bush and their District-based consulting firms, several senior members of the party's governing body are working to call an extra meeting to hear from all candidates for national chairman three weeks before the election for the post is scheduled.
The effort is seen by party insiders as an attempt to allow all six candidates for chairman to have an equal shot at the job, rather than giving an edge to the incumbent chairman, Robert M. "Mike" Duncan.
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Explain to us how you are going to go from zero members in Congress to a majority.
If you don't have a the majority, you are just another stumbling block.
I find your comments insightful, yet I need to go back and see why you are still (possibly) affiliated with the Democrat party...But that’s beside the point, and you can certainly FReepmail me at your convienience...I am not at all attacking you in anyway...
I can tell you that I believe there is a movement to to do one of two things...Clean house, or start that party (I’m not even going to call it a third party) that is holding the line on conservative values...
I see a lot of Republicans jumping party to that one real quick...And let the moderates and RINO’s stay with the Titanic...
And I see the new party being much stronger and principled in its procedures, platform and leadership than the original...
If anything it will better define people and their personal beliefs...
Because I have always believed that it is the party that needs to agree with the people affiliated with it than the people needing to agree with the party...
That way the focus is going in the right direction...
Just my opinion...
I would agree with you. The problem is that many members of the Reagan coalition (especially the Reagan Democrats) are now pushing daisies in the boneyard. American has changed, the components/interest groups have changed.
This is the BEST post I have seen on this thread. You have encapsulated everything I have been thinking about the "Reagan Democrats." Speaking from my own extended family's experience, upward mobility (and assimilation into the "sophistication" of the northeast coastal states) has made them much less socially conservative. Moreover, the hot button issues that drove white blue collar (often Catholic) Democrats to vote for Reagan are no longer, well, issues (bussing, neighborhood integration, AA, etc.).
Those children who didn't go to college often wound up in government work, especially here in New Jersey. I really don't see the "Reagan Democrat" phenomenon replicating itself as most of the Reagan Dems (especially in the northeast and midwest) went back to the Dems with Clinton, and are now dead or near dead.
Have we ever had perfection? I don't think so and besides how can we get everyone to agree on what perfection means to them? While I believe what you say is noble and good, I do not believe it is realistic. I believe we have to do the best with what we have here on earth and wait for perfection in heaven.
Mike Steele would give the Party some cred and some NE boosts too and as a conserv, unafraid of the faux Messiah, could recruit some new younger Reaganesque reps , if it is still possible. There is a guy in ND who wants to choose the next RINO. There is an unknown website which can connect with this guy, but I cannot find it to complain of his McCainian sentiments. Can anybody get that site and email so Freepers can nail this guy with public opinion?
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But Reagan gave us Bush, James Baker, A. Kennedy, S. D. O’Connor, and King Day. Not a bad amount of work from a liberal’s perspective
The Democrats are extremely confident in TX even though they again lost all statewide offices in 2008. They must know something is coming.
So that means no Jebbie in your future. Don’t buy the line that he is the “one conservative” among the Bushes.
That was my view. What power? It is so bad they even lost their solitary seat on the DC city council in a vote that is rigged to ensure that at least one non democrat be on the city council [yet them's the rules here in DC arcane as it may seem, despite which the pubbies still lost the seat].
The only power they have is sucking up to Paulson for their cut on $700B of bailout money.
That’s just incredible! They seem to be crumb catchers, bottom feeders, parasites almost. What’s even more perplexing is that from what I have seen, they seem to be in a race to see which RINO can continue this despicable behavior the fastest.
He was forced to take Bush; I don't know about the circumstances surrounding James Baker. The two justices had to be confirmed by a Democrat Senate.
Which just shows that socons are only about power and control. For if they actually gave a rat’s @ss about things like abortion, flag burning, and gay marriage... they’d be all for bringing those issues back down to the state, county, or town level.
Which is a major part of libertarianism... reducing the size and scope of the federal government.
Makes one wonder, sometimes.
Huckabee provided McCain with a firewall of sorts. That's why McCain won the nomination.
And tell me which from the GOP field would have done better than McCain in the general?
ROFL you're kidding right. McCain didn't get blown out because of Palin. I think the other Republican candidates besides Giuliani would have eeked out a victory over Zero.
I think the biggest problem with politicians of any stripe is that they feel obligated to ‘earn’ their keep. That they must work for their pay.
And what kind of work do politicians do? They make laws.
Maybe if we made it so that for every law passed by Congress, a set percentage of all the lawmakers’ pay would be deducted. Let’s just say for the sake of argument... 4% per law passed.
That would mean that Congress could only pass 25 laws per year before the politicians ended up earning nothing.
I think that this would help for our politicians to limit their innate desire to meddle.
Gee, you are starting to sound like a broken record.
There will not be another viable party, so just like the Dems did 8 years ago, we need to pull our party (GOP) back to its roots. To try and form another party will just split our forces.
I do believe the GOP has a natural affiliation with Libertarians—if the GOP would stick to a smaller central government theme and policies.
Very good points....
If we get another RINO this country is toast. It may be too late already.
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