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Title: GOP leaders warn of election disaster
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URL Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10138.html
Published: May 7, 2008
Author: JOHN BRESNAHAN
Post Date: 2008-05-07 14:41:42 by PSUSA
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Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party’s message isn’t good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC’s money. The double shot of bad news had one veteran Republican House member worrying aloud that the party’s electoral woes — brought into sharp focus by Woody Jenkins’ loss to Don Cazayoux in Louisiana on Saturday — have the House Republican Conference splitting apart in “everybody for himself” mode. “There is an attitude that, ‘I better watch out for myself, because nobody else is going to do it,’” the member said. “There are all these different factions out there, everyone is sniping at each other, and we have no real plan. We have a lot of people fighting to be the captain of the lifeboat instead of everybody pulling together.” In a piece published in Human Events, the Republicans’ onetime captain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, warned his old colleagues that they face “real disaster” on Election Day unless they move immediately to “chart a bold course of real reform” for the country. And in a closed-door session at the Capitol, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-Okla.) told members that the NRCC doesn’t have enough cash to “save them” in November if they don’t raise enough money or run strong campaigns themselves. See Also Obama takes decisive step toward nomination Newest superdelegate skirts decision GOP loss could threaten leadership Although a top House Republican brushed aside Gingrich’s broadside as “hype from a has-been who desperately wants to be a player but can’t anymore,” the harsh words from Cole were harder to ignore. “It was a pretty stern line that he took with us,” said one House Republican. Cole, on the defensive in the wake of special election losses in Louisiana and Illinois, pointed his finger Tuesday at his Republican colleagues, telling them that they had been too stingy in helping fund party efforts. He also complained that the Republicans ran weak candidates in both Louisiana and Illinois — a charge Cole made despite the fact that, as NRCC chairman, he could have played a major role in choosing the party’s candidates if he hadn’t made the decision to stay out of GOP primaries. In his meeting with members, Cole distributed a document showing that even former Republican political guru Karl Rove had badmouthed Jenkins, according to GOP sources. It’s not clear whether Cole meant it as a criticism of Rove or of Jenkins. But Cole’s overall message was clear, said members who sat through the meeting: “If you’re not out doing your own work, and you’re waiting for the NRCC to come in at the last minute and save you, it ain’t gonna happen.” That’s how one lawmaker characterized Cole’s talk, adding that the NRCC is “not going to have the resources” to help all members “and Democrats will have a lot more money.” Republicans are suffering a crisis of confidence after the two special election losses. There’s talk that House Minority Leader John A. Boehner and other GOP leaders could be ousted if the party suffers double-digit losses in November. Gingrich’s broadside did little to calm the GOP jitters. While Gingrich softened his blow by circulating it privately to the GOP leadership on Monday — a day before it was publicly released — his language was still strong, and his message was seen as a broad attack on Boehner, Cole and the rest of the Republican leadership. “The Republican loss in the special election for Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District last Saturday should be a sharp wake-up call for Republicans,” Gingrich wrote. “Either congressional Republicans are going to chart a bold course of real change or they are going to suffer decisive losses this November.” ...continued Poster Comment: Tragic. Just tragic. Woe is me.
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#1. To: PSUSA (#0)
If the Republican Party disappears in the next couple of cycles (as is starting to look possible,) I can see the Democratic Party splitting into Obama and Clinton wings.
To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.
"It does not take a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brush fires of freedom in the minds of men." -- Samuel Adams (1722-1803)‡
I'll 2nd that. I've always felt that RP stayed with the "R"s to drive home the point once and for all just how dead that party is.
"The more I see of life, the less I fear death." - Me. "If violence solved nothing, then weapons technology would have never advanced past crude clubs and rocks." - Me.
Enter Ron Paul.
The GOP convention still has the option to throw out the delegates votes and nominate Ron Paul. I'll put the crack-pipe down now....
"Surrender means that the history of this heroic struggle will be written by the enemy, that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers; learn from Northern school books their version of the war; and taught to regard our gallant dead as traitors and our maimed veterans as fit subjects of derision." Gen. Patrick Cleburne, C.S.A.
Title: John McCain: Unfit to serve as Commander-In-Chief McCain to attend convention of 'reconquista' group WND ELECTION 2008 McCain to attend convention of 'reconquista' group Republican presidential candidate launches Spanish campaign website Posted: May 05, 2008 WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain, the de facto Republican presidential nominee, announced today he will attend the national convention of La Raza, a radical Hispanic lobby tied to the movement to reconquer the Southwestern U.S. that was part of Mexico before the Mexican-American War that ended in 1848. The convention will be held in San Diego July 14.
At one point the Reform Party was the best bet to break the Republicrat grip on America, then Pat Buchanan came along and destroyed the party so that Genghis W. Bush could win the 2000 race for the White Houuse over Weird Al Gore. Buchanan, a stealth Republican and suck poop goy, appeared this morning on the Electric Jew defending Hillary's right to keep campaigning and demeaning Obama, even though she has no chance of gaining the nomination. Morning Joe, Buchanan, and host of other deadbeat Republicans coming out for Hillary gives Obama credibility. A party that elevates a moron of the elite class to a nation's highest office does not deserve to exist. America will be lucky if the Republican party goes the way of its predecessor, the Whig Party, and ends up in the trash can of history.
Life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think.
See how the Newt is making sure that he is right, no matter what? If the GOPs experience a 'real disaster', then Newt says 'I told you so, I WARNED YOU BUT YOU DID NOT LISTEN'. If they don't experience a real disaster, then Newt can say "See? You followed my adviced and charted a bold course of real reform for the country, AS I ADVISED YOU, and thusly you avoided the real disaster."
Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'
Both "Parties" have been absorbed by AIPAC ... and our culture and government are expiring right before our eyes.
"The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation". Vladimir Lenin
Not surprising, more than a little disappointing. This bunch had potential and a window of opportunity big enough to throw a 757 through. There was a mandate in '94 that should have set the agenda for the next 12 years. Instead there were good intentions, lip service and partial victories. Those were followed by the disaster that we call the bush administration. The bush administration took everything that could be harmful to America and Americans and made it much, much worse. Fortunately the bush administration will soon end. It will wrap up 8 years of failure with a whimper and preside over the extinction the party of Lincoln. It won't even be close. This is but one component of the bush legacy.
Resist!
The infiltration of the Rs by the neocons was the final straw on the bail of hay. They eroded it from within. I wonder if those who survive the tsunami will get to keep their country club membership?
OK, but remember that the democraps have alienated their people too. It seems to me that they dont like their party any more than repubs like theirs. They too are coming to the realization that their party doesn't give a tinkers damn about them. imo it is not us vs them, but both of us against the government. I hope people can see thru this divide and conquor strategy that both parties have used, and not get caught up in it.
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The smart ruthless ones are leaving the system as quickly as they can. The country club will remain as a social event as long as it can stay afloat. A lot of the smaller ones are hurting.
I can't prove it, but it seems like the Republican media machine destroyed the party. When the machine was new, back in the Clinton years, people saw Fox News and Limbaugh as legitimate sources of information. The media machine worked so well for the GOP that they began to get careless about reality. If things didn't exactly line up for them, they could spin it. This snowballed until we ended up with Bush, a person who doesn't even try to tell the truth - and who relies 100% on the spin machine. And as the reliance on the spin machine increased, the focus narrowed to the receptive audience - the uneducated white males, the trailer parks, etc. Those that are easy to fool. Several years ago I noticed that the GOP gave up on educated and aware people and instead began to demonize them as "elites". An "elite" being someone who reads a couple of newspapers every day or maybe studies history as a hobby. The Republican Party eventually became the party of ditto heads. And ditto heads don't sell with the American people. And as the propaganda from the media machine becomes more and more outrageous, the ditto heads sell even more poorly. And that's why the core party is down to about 26% in the current polls - and it seems to be the same type of people who made up the Nixon core group. The dogmatic and unaware.
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I won't disagree with your point. However, the republicans have demoralized their base as well as turning off a huge portion of the "middle third" of the voting population who don't pledge allegiance to any party. That's why, imho the next election will be a bloodbath for the gop. I hope people can see thru this divide and conquor strategy that both parties have used, and not get caught up in it. Don't get your hopes up.
Resist!
#2. To: PSUSA (#0)
#3. To: ghostdogtxn (#2)
Well, since the GOP tossed it's best hope for a reform candidate who excites and motivates overboard, it's hard to feel sorry for them when the boat sinks.
#4. To: PSUSA (#0)
#5. To: angle (#4)
Enter Ron Paul.
#6. To: angle, PSUSA (#4)
Enter Ron Paul.
#7. To: PSUSA (#0)
Shellshocked House Republicans got warnings from leaders past and present Tuesday: Your party’s message isn’t good enough to prevent disaster in November, and neither is the NRCC’s money.
#8. To: X-15 (#7)
The GOP convention still has the option to throw out the delegates votes and nominate Ron Paul.
#9. To: ghostdogtxn (#2)
Well, since the GOP tossed it's best hope for a reform candidate who excites and motivates overboard, it's hard to feel sorry for them when the boat sinks. That said, it'd be nice to have a counterpoint to the Democrats. We've suffered seriously under one party rule. Changing the one party for another is hardly the solution.
#10. To: PSUSA (#0)
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In a piece published in Human Events, the Republicans’ onetime captain, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, warned his old colleagues that they face “real disaster” on Election Day unless they move immediately to “chart a bold course of real reform” for the country.
#11. To: Pissed Off Janitor (#3)
(Edited)
I've always felt that RP stayed with the "R"s to drive home the point once and for all just how dead that party is.
#12. To: PSUSA (#0)
GOP leaders warn of election disaster
#13. To: WhiteGuy (#12)
#14. To: WhiteGuy (#12)
#15. To: Jethro Tull (#13)
I wonder if those who survive the tsunami will get to keep their country club membership?
#16. To: PSUSA (#0)
#17. To: PSUSA (#14)
OK, but remember that the democraps have alienated their people too...
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