Its time to return to reality. We have a unique set of circumstances this time around in the GOP field of candidates. There is a well funded liberal candidate running for the GOP nomination. While he has lost some support thanks to Fred Thompson`s candidacy, Giuliani has been the front runner for the last year and continues to hang on in poll after poll.
We don’t need rhetoric that works to divide social and fiscal conservatives even further. That is exactly the opposite of what Ronald Reagan set out to do starting in the mid-1970`s. That Reagan coalition has become seriously split because so many folks on the right are wanting their agenda to dominate GOP policy.
Bush43 hasn’t helped matters when you consider how his big government spending habits, expansion of the federal bureaucracy and desire for liberal immigration reform has worked to further split the GOP. Just look at the 2006 election results. If Bush was a strong conservative leader we wouldn’t have a fractured party, with a liberal front runner.
Republicans need to start uniting behind one conservative candidate, ASAP. Otherwise Rooty is gonna walk away with the nomination. Something that would please Hillary and Dems to know end.
RM, all I’m saying is that Paul deserves a seat at the table too. Some of the views he has are valid, and they’ve been ignored by the GOP for years. Now if you want whoever is the GOP nominee is to win the election, you’re going to need Paul’s support and the army of people that’s supporting him. Where are the huge rallies for Fred? The money bombs? The passionate support? AIN’T NONE, OK? Antagonizing Paul and denigrating him is counter-productive. DO YOU WANT TO WIN OR NOT??
This I've never understood. I stand behind the candidate who I know will represent my views. That was the original intent. This party voting of follow the crowd or you're not as good as we are is childish. I should vote for someone I don't believe in because why again? The 'other guy' gets in? What the hell kind of reasoning for voting is that?!?
Tell you what, you keep voting for the 'lesser of two evils' and I'll vote my conscience. I may not get as many politicians elected my way but the ones that are I know will represent my views. Watching Tweedledum and Tweedledumber every year act as if they have vast differences is getting boring.
Jonah Goldberg was right. It's disconcerting that the one man whose views represent conservatism is ridiculed while the 'mainstream' marches by on the path to socialism.
A return to the Constitution is the agenda that people are looking for, it is a return to sanity.
The GOP is either going to re-energize around the freedom message or it is going the way of the Whig Party.