rightwingnews.com - 11/11/2008
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David Brooks, who can pretty much be counted on to love any idea that loses elections for Republicans, lays out the fight for the soul of the Republican Party as he sees it , It's only been a week since the defeat, but the battle lines have already been drawn in the fight over the future of ...
rightwingnews.com - 11/17/2008
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Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their Favorite People On The
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rightwingnews.com - 11/13/2008
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Right-Of-Center Bloggers Select Their Least Favorite People On
The Right (2008 Edition) Right Wing News emailed more...
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Gingrich, Steele, and the RNC Chairmanship
Stubborn Facts —
... , that we should follow the lead of Britain's Tory party; hard to overstate what a mistake that would be, and John Hawkins shreds Brooks's theory here.) They should get together and reach an arrangement privately; we can benefit from either of them, but what's best for the party is both of them working together in ways that compliment their respective strengths. That may well mean Steele chairing the RNC as the organizer, Newt focusing on American Solutions as the ideas man, and Palin hovering in the background as the soul of the party and standard bearer in waiting. The ...
More Reformist Confusion
The Corner on National Review Online —
Thursday, November 13, 2008 [image] More Reformist Confusion [Ramesh Ponnuru] More evidence that the "reformist" vs. "traditionalist" labeling obscures more than it reveals comes from John Hawkins's response to the Brooks column. David Brooks refers to the moderates as "reformists." But, what exactly are they really reforming, when their ideas have been the ones dominating the party for years? Bush is a "compassionate conservative." Bush and the Senate GOP were strong advocates of big government and amnesty. John McCain was the most moderate nominee since Richard Nixon and ...
David Brooks Writes Another Useless, Gassy Column
Ace of Spades HQ —
David Brooks Writes Another Useless, Gassy Column Which John Hawkins debunks. I object to this column on a lot of levels. For one thing, it's a typical lazy effort, setting up a "Reformist vs. Traditionalist" fight without actually providing much by way of detail as to what policies Brooks wants to pursue. I have an idea. Why be coy about it, David? Why not just advocate for the positions you favor, rather than vaguely alluding to the idea that change is needed? What change? You want the party to be more liberal. We get that. How about writing columns about the actual ...
My Party, Right or Wrong
Flopping Aces —
This is a long, link-heavy, almost “stream-of-consciousness” jumbled post. So be warned….
There seems to be a civil war going on. Hard to the right Conservatives who reluctantly jumped aboard the straight talk express- not because they were for McCain so much as they were against Obama (and for Palin)- are now angrily throwing McCain under the straight talk bus.
A small camp of conservatives blame the Palin pick. She rejuvenated the base but turned off independents, whether through legitimate concerns of competence, or fabricated, pro-Obama media irrationality. Nevertheless, by Sept ...
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