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Onward Christianist Soldiers
The Agonist - thoughtful, global, timely —
... Quite a gaggle of GOP geese are doing just that in a U.K. Telegraph article here. On one side are the apostates who have already criticized the party or even endorsed Barack Obama. This includes “intellectuals” like David Brooks, Andrew Sullivan, Doug Kmiec, and Peggy Noonan, as well as party stalwarts like Scott McClellan, David Frum, Matthew Dowd, and Kenneth Adelman. ...
GOP Preps For Civil War
Oliver Willis —
Woot.
The prospect of an electoral rout has unleashed a bitter bout of recriminations both within the McCain campaign and the wider conservative movement, over who is to blame and what should be done to salvage the party’s future.
Mr McCain is now facing calls for him to sacrifice his own dwindling White House hopes and focus on saving vulnerable Republican Senate seats which are up for grabs on the same day.
Their fear is that Democrat candidates riding on Mr Obama’s popularity may win the nine extra seats they need in the Senate ...
Inside the Curious Mind of Jim Nuzzo
The Moderate Voice —
... Jim Nuzzo was a senior aide to President George H.W. Bush and doubtless considers himself a sage voice of the Grand Old Party. Thus, it’s no surprise that The Sunday Telegraph was thrilled to sit down with him for a chat about the future of the Republican Party. I’m not sure which election Mr. Nuzzo is watching, however, because his definitions of what will constitute the GOP’s future seem a bit disconnected from reality. Apparently, in his opinion, the fate of Republicans rests squarely on the shoulders of Sarah Palin. ...
If there is an Obama landslide, how will the GOP retool?
Althouse —
Some people have moved on to that question: The prospect of defeat has unleashed what insiders describe as an "every man for himself" culture within the McCain campaign, with aides in a "circular firing squad" as blame is assigned. More profoundly, it sparked the first salvoes in a Republican civil war.... ...
Democratic Dominance on the Horizon
PoliGazette —
The British newspaper the Telegraph reports:
Aides to George W.Bush, former Reagan White House staff and friends of John McCain have all told The Sunday Telegraph that they not only expect to lose on November 4, but also believe that Mr Obama is poised to win a crushing mandate.
They believe he will be powerful enough to remake the American political landscape with even more ease than Ronald Reagan did in 1980…
If the Democrat majority in the Senate is big ...
Quote For The Day
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
There will be blood: Jim Nuzzo, a White House aide to the first President Bush,
dismissed Mrs Palin's critics as "cocktail party conservatives" who
"give aid and comfort to the enemy". I'll have an Appletini, please. Could I get a big fruity umbrella in it? And a marischino cherry? ...
"David Brooks and David Frum and Peggy Noonan are dead people in the Republican Party"
All —
Called "cocktail party conservatives" who "give aid and comfort to the enemy."
PLUS: "If McCain loses, what next for conservatives?"
Republican fears of historic Obama landslide unleash civil war for the future of the party
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... landscape with even more ease than Ronald Reagan did in 1980. The prospect of an electoral rout has unleashed a bitter bout of recriminations both within the McCain campaign and the wider conservative movement, over who is to blame and what should be done to salvage the party's future. Mr McCain is now facing calls for him to sacrifice his own dwindling White House hopes and focus on saving vulnerable Republican Senate seats which are up for grabs on the same day. . . Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection20... Works for me. [image]
Your Abbreviated Pundit Round-up
Daily Kos —
Pundit time! Financial Times: Yes, we can. And yes, we did. Telegraph (UK): Senior Republicans believe that John McCain is doomed to a landslide defeat which will hand Barack Obama more political power than any president in a generation. William Kristol: McCain is screwed, so he might as well go out fighting and take as many people with him as possible and take his medicine like a martyr. Paul Krugman: What’s happening, I suspect, is that ...
The Bloodbath
Matthew Yglesias —
Apparently some conservatives are planning a bloodbath of deviationist types:
Jim Nuzzo, a White House aide to the first President Bush, dismissed Mrs Palin’s critics as “cocktail party conservatives” who “give aid and comfort to the enemy”. He told The Sunday Telegraph: “There’s going to be a bloodbath. A lot of people are going to be excommunicated. David Brooks and David Frum and Peggy Noonan are dead people in the Republican Party. The litmus test will be: where did you stand on Palin?”
I’m actually one who thinks that ...
GOP Draws Internal Battle Lines Around Sarah Palin
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... With the GOP looking more and more set to fracture as the possibility of electoral defeat looms, the cannibals' knives are out. Consider this quote, via ...
GOP Draws Internal Battle Lines Around Sarah Palin
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... With the GOP looking more and more set to fracture as the possibility of electoral defeat looms, the cannibals' knives are out. Consider this quote, via ...
Quote of the Day
Booman Tribune —
Jim Nuzzo, a White House aide to the first President Bush, dismissed Mrs Palin's critics as "cocktail party conservatives" who "give aid and comfort to the enemy". He told The Sunday Telegraph : "There's going to be a bloodbath. A lot of people are going to be excommunicated. David Brooks and David Frum and Peggy Noonan are dead people in the Republican Party. The litmus test will be: where did you stand on Palin?"
2008: Missed Opportunity for GOP to “Retool”?
The Moderate Voice —
Pointing to this article in the UK’s The Telegraph, blogger Ann Althouse wonders, “If there is an Obama landslide, how will the GOP retool?”
My thoughts, expanded slightly from my comments there:
Although the circumstances surrounding it meant that the 2008 presidential election was and remains the Democrats to lose, this was an opportune year for the Republican Party to retool.
In fact, if they were to have any chance of victory in November, retooling was essential.
And John McCain was the ...
Social/Cultural Conservatives
ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES —
The Republican Party appears to be heading towards some internal power struggles, as discussed in these two pieces. Reading them reminded me how very much I hate the labels "social conservatism" and "cultural conservatism." There are liberals/progressives who think that cultural conservatism has something to do with flower arranging and museum visit. Oh, and gay marriages. Oh, and abortion. But can we please stay serious and discuss the real issues which are of interest to all lefties. Likewise, social conservatism sounds as if it's about ...
Is Sarah Palin the GOP's Great White Hope?
Crooks and Liars —
Gee, imagine that. A GOP bloodbath over Evita Sarah Palin:
But the real bile has been saved for those conservatives who have balked at the selection of Sarah Palin.
In addition to Mr Frum, who thinks her not ready to be president, Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan's greatest speechwriter and a columnist with the Wall Street Journal, condemned Mr McCain's running mate as a "symptom and expression of a new vulgarisation of American politics." Conservative columnist David Brooks called her a "fatal cancer to the Republican ...
The upcoming gpuke bloodbath
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... In addition to Mr Frum, who thinks her not ready to be president, Peggy Noonan, Ronald Reagan's greatest speechwriter and a columnist with the Wall Street Journal, condemned Mr McCain's running mate as a "symptom and expression of a new vulgarisation of American politics." Conservative columnist David Brooks called her a "fatal cancer to the Republican Party". The backlash that ensued last week revealed the fault lines of the coming civil war. Rush Limbaugh, the [degenerate, drugged-out lardass] of rightwing radio, denounced Noonan, Brooks and Frum. Necon writer ...
Darin Murphy: The Mad Party Of Palin
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... I'm sorry to report to Mr. Cook that someone has beaten him to the punch, namely, former Bush aide Jim Nuzzo, who was quoted in the Daily Telegraph, "There's going to be a bloodbath. A lot of people are going to be excommunicated. David Brooks and David Frum and Peggy Noonan are dead people in the Republican Party. The litmus test will be: where did you stand on Palin?" ...
AP Still Kneecapping Obama
Crooks and Liars —
... What can one say about the Associated Press these days? Rather than realize the error of their ways in becoming a conservative mouthpiece out of their D.C. office rather than an objective news source, they've apparently doubled down their bets on McCain's dying presidential campaign. ...
The 'bloodbath' is bound to get ugly
Political Animal —
THE 'BLOODBATH' IS BOUND TO GET UGLY.... About a week ago, Jim Nuzzo, a White House aide to the first President Bush, took issue with Sarah Palin critics in the Republican Party, calling them " cocktail party conservatives " who "give aid and comfort to the enemy." He predicted that, after the election, there would be a "bloodbath." Nuzzo explained, "A lot of people are going to be excommunicated. David Brooks and David Frum and Peggy Noonan are dead people in the Republican Party. The litmus test will be: where did you stand on Palin?" We ...
Erik Ose: Ten Chumps Who Helped Elect Barack Obama
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... before election night, when the depths of McCain's meltdown became evident. There's a lot of credit to go around. But every fool on this list can rest assured that despite their worst intentions, they made an invaluable contribution towards helping the best man win in 2008. ...
