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“McCain owes GOP a second concession speech”
protein wisdom — At least, so argues J. Parisi at the Washington Times , who helpfully writes it for the Maverick Senator from AZ:“My Friends, Regrettably, I belatedly realize now that “me-too,” half-a-loaf Republicanism is not the recipe for presidential success I long thought it would be, because the voters and special-interest groups that favor big-government programs aren’t going to settle for half a loaf when they can have the whole loaf. That formulation never had any chance of winning over the votes of the Democrats and independents I so long played to, while it only served to turn off ...

The speech you’ll never hear
Cold Fury — ... off the Republican base; so it was truly a “lose-lose” proposition. For the last eight years, we’ve tried being Democrat-lite, massively growing the federal government — just not as massively as the Democrats would have — and what did it get us November 4th? An electoral “whooping” and diminished minorities in both the House and Senate, that’s what. Parisi makes so many good points in this piece that I won’t bother excerpting any more, although it would surely give me great joy to. Just go already . (Via ...

I Wonder Why?
Daily Pundit — Washington Times - PARISI: McCain owes GOP a second concession speech Likewise, I now realize, sadly, that I reached across the aisle on issue after issue to liberal Democrats — with Ted Kennedy on immigration reform; with Russ Feingold on campaign-finance reform (which ironically proved to be my own undoing in the campaign); with Joe Lieberman on cap-and-trade climate legislation (which by Obama’s own admission would bankrupt the coal industry); the Gang of 14 on judicial nominees; and more — and what do I have to show for it? As I said repeatedly ...