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Daily Kos — ... for independence, was supposed to restore the GOP's competitiveness among swing voters. But to win the GOP nomination, McCain embraced Bush's core economic and foreign policies and then selected, in Sarah Palin, a running mate who waged the culture war with a zeal that made Bush and Karl Rove look squeamish. And I'm the guy who thought McCain won the first debate.. Gail Collins: Why doesn't Bush just resign and get the hell out of Dodge? Sophia Nelson: As a black Republican... Reeves expressed why so many of us, ...

Wilderness News
N/A — Never give up!  That last election when people voted for The Not Right Guy?  “ . . .my sense is that most people — who, after all, get a job, eventually buy a house and have to maintain it, have children, and respect the traditions of their families’ past — end up by necessity more conservative than liberal.“ Where did all those voters go? And what to do, after these last eight years of conservative rule? It’s time to pull ...

The Ineffable Sadness Of Black Republicanism
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... I would have more sympathy for the plight that is being an African-American Republican if it didn’t involve the type of job security usually coupled with having blood that cures cancer.  ...

Mary MacElveen: As a Caucasian woman: I did not leave the GOP, they left me
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION by Mary MacElveen Dear Ms. Sophia A. Nelson: After reading your article, It's My Party, But I Don't Feel Part of It in The Washington Post as it relates to African-Americans who have felt alienated by the Republican Party over the years, they are not the only ones.  As a Caucasian woman who is now 50, I could highly relate to this article.  The reason being is that I was once a member of the Republican Party and fled the party back in 1998 when the social conservatives grabbed the reins of a party I once was proud to be a member of.  I look at it ...