Who is in charge of the GOP?

[MattusMaximus]

Howdy all,

I just found this on the Air America site. Mike Papantonio provides some interesting insights and poses a good question: Who is in charge of the Republican party?



I haven't listened to AA for quite some time, but if they can get more people like Papantinio on the air, I might just become a regular listener.

Cheers - MM

 

[DavidJames]

Howdy all,

I just found this on the Air America site. Mike Papantonio provides some interesting insights and poses a good question: Who is in charge of the Republican party?



I haven't listened to AA for quite some time, but if they can get more people like Papantinio on the air, I might just become a regular listener.

Cheers - MM

This guy...

...will update the GOP’s image by translating it to "urban-suburban hip-hop settings....we need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.

No mention of changes to their ideas, because as we all know, the reason McCain lost was because he failed to reel in the hip-hop and one-armed midget vote.

 

[mismatchedsocks]

The Illuminati control the GOP.

 

[gdnp]

The Illuminati control the GOP.

Obviously not. If the Illuminati controlled the GOP then McCain would have won. The Illuminati-supported candidate always wins.

 

[WildCat]

The GOP needs to dump the religious right if they ever want to be relevant again. For every vote they gain by courting to those nutjobs they lose 5 fiscal conservatives who either don't vote or hold their noses and vote Dem.

 

[Hittman]

The GOP needs to dump the religious right if they ever want to be relevant again. For every vote they gain by courting to those nutjobs they lose 5 fiscal conservatives who either don't vote or hold their noses and vote Dem.

I think Palin proved that. McCain was doing OK until he nominated her. Then he started sinking and never stopped.

The GOP is at a crossroads. Their pandering to fundy whack-jobs has served them well for twenty years, but anyone with more than two functioning brain cells has said "enough." They can either keep pandering, and become a minority party, or they can really become a small-government party (instead of paying that principle lip service and growing the government even bigger than the dems). The fight is on, and the fundies, of course, want to keep control. If they do, though, the GOP is doomed.

 

[tomwaits]

I think it was more the economy than Palin. Once the economy went into the tank, McCain's chances were over.

 

[MattusMaximus]

No, Palin was a real big factor, maybe not as big as the economy, but big. I know at least a dozen people who were seriously considering voting for McCain right up until he chose Palin as his running mate. After that, they wouldn't even think about voting for McCain - and that took place before the economy started to really tank in late September.

Choosing Palin knocked McCain off balance, and the bad economy was the finishing blow. After that, McCain and the GOP were down for the count.

As for the GOP and Steele's comments, I just cannot wait for this "hip-hop" GOP campaign to get started. That, and the inevitable fight between the religious right & the moderates, will lead to some kind of interesting implosion of the GOP. I cannot see this strategy going over well, at all, in the South, and the South is a must-win region for the Republicans.

 

[dudalb]

The economy was the deciding factor, but Palin sure as hell did not help McCain any.
I think McCain probably would have lost anyway, but the electorial college vote might have been closer, and the GOP might have taken one or two of the battleground states, instead of losing every single one to the Dems.
I too knew people who were leaning heavily toward Mccain, but got one look at Caribou Barbie and held their noses and voted for Obama.

 

[Allen773]

Officially:Michael Steele, Mitch McConnell, and John Boehner

Unofficially: Talk radio

 

[Cobalt]

Unofficially: Talk radio

You can't possibly be serious.

 

[NotJesus]

The GOP needs to dump the religious right if they ever want to be relevant again. For every vote they gain by courting to those nutjobs they lose 5 fiscal conservatives who either don't vote or hold their noses and vote Dem.

You're either seriously underestimating the religious nutjob vote or seriously overestimating the disenchanted fiscal conservative vote. Possibly both.

 

[Toke]

How about Palin and Petrarus 2012.

That would get the fundies and some terror and fearmongering.

 

[dudalb]

Comparing Palin and Petreus is grossly unfair to Petreus..except in the world of the Euro lefty.

 

[Toke]

I am not comparing them at all.
Just sugesting that they might complement each other.