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Lindsey Graham on NY-23 fallout: Leave the RINOs alone!
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... How RINO is too RINO for Graham? It’s unclear. Even he’s sour on Scozzafava, but apparently only because she was too far left for the “mainstream” in NY-23, not because she was too far left, period. Like Ace, I’m happy to help build a bridge ...
Quote of the Day: Lindsey Graham on conservatism and the GOP
The Reaction —
... Every once in a while, the somewhat eccentric Republican senator from South Carolina says something that makes a lot of sense. Like this: ...
Lindsey Graham Runs with the Moment -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez
The Corner on National Review Online —
Via Politico:
The morning after Republicans lost an upstate New York House seat, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned that conservative activists will bring destruction to the Republican Party if they drive out moderate candidates across the country.
“To those people who are pursuing purity, you’ll become a club not a party,” Graham told POLITICO in the Capitol Wednesday. “Those people who are trying to embrace conservatism in a thoughtful way that fits the region and the state and the district are going to do well. Conservativism is an ...
Lindsay Graham (Still) Has Issues With Being Conservative
Pirate's Cove —
... Quite frankly, one of the last people in the Republican Party who should be discussing the direction of the Republican Party is old Mr. Amnesty himself ...
Lindsay Graham (Still) Has Issues With Being Conservative
Stop The ACLU —
... Posted on November 5, 2009 Quite frankly, one of the last people in the Republican Party who should be discussing the direction of the Republican Party is old Mr. Amnesty himself The morning after Republicans lost an upstate New York House seat, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned that conservative activists will bring destruction to the Republican Party if they drive out moderate candidates across the country. “To those people who are pursuing purity, you’ll become a club not a party,” Graham told POLITICO in the Capitol Wednesday. “Those people who are trying to embrace ...
Compromise and ideological purity
MNpublius.com —
... One of the reasons for the Democrats’ recent success has been their willingness to embrace more conservative candidates in more conservative districts. Conservative activists have been pushing the GOP in the opposite direction lately with aggressive challenges from the right. That’s certainly their right, but I think in the long run it will damage the Republican party.
There’s at least one Republican out there that agrees with me, and that’s Lindsay Graham:
The morning after Republicans lost an upstate New York House ...
Will Conservative Democrats Follow Graham’s Lead On Climate Policy?
Think Progress —
... to the fact that Lindsey Graham’s split on global warming and other issues highlights a rift in the Republican Party. While that’s true, another more important development has not been pursued: Graham’s departure from right-wing orthodoxy highlights the potential for conservative Democrats to follow in his footsteps. ...
In News from GOP HQ
Shakesville —
... Lindsey Graham warns GOP against going too far right: "The morning after Republicans lost an upstate New York House seat, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) warned that conservative activists will bring destruction to the Republican Party if they drive out moderate candidates across the country." ...
Does Lindsey Graham hear footsteps?
Power Line —
Sen. Lindsey Graham offers the least cogent commentary about New York-23 I've seen. Graham told Politico:
To those people who are pursuing purity, you'll become a club not a party. Those people who are trying to embrace conservatism in a thoughtful way that fits the region and the state and the district are going to do well. Conservativism is an asset. Blind ideology is not.
There's some unintended irony in Graham's "conservatism that fits the region and state" argument. Graham's state, South Carolina, is about as ...
Armey throws Hoffman under the bus: ?He didn’t pay enough attention to the local concerns.?
The Hollywood Liberal —
... to the fact that Lindsey Graham’s split on global warming and other issues highlights a rift in the Republican Party . While that’s true, another more important development has not been pursued: Graham’s departure from right-wing orthodoxy highlights the potential for conservative Democrats to follow in his footsteps. Many conservative Democrats have questioned President Obama’s clean energy agenda. Now, a Republican is breaking with his party to talk sense. In a press conference yesterday with Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), the author of the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power ...


