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One Day He’ll Learn
Balloon Juice —
... At any rate, go give him some encouragement in the comments. Someone has to save the GOP, and it damned sure isn’t going to be me. I’ve got wooden stakes, garlic, and an attitude. ...
Ideological Purity and the GOP
The Moderate Voice —
... The always worth-reading Rick Moran — even when I couldn’t disagree with him more (and this is not one of those times) — has a piece on how to make the GOP a majority party again — and it isn’t by reading the ideologically impure out of the party: ...
The Tenth Amendment Party [Darleen Click]
protein wisdom —
With today’s elections in New Jersey, Virginia and NY-23, the discussion concerning the GOP and whether or not it will become a true alternative to a statist Democrat Party or remain just an echo will rachet up even more a few degrees. Smitty at The Other McCain does an excellent job of fisking a whiney Rick Moran who is still pushing the “echo” paradigm. M. Simon presents a balanced view of a national strategy National Party will likely be around 50% libertarian even if their percent of the party is only 30 to 40%. I’m against big spending RINOs. I favor ...
The Conservative Republicans’ Quest For Ideological Purity Is A Recipe For Suicide
Below The Beltway —
... profound impact on the 2010 election landscape since they will create significant problems for moderate candidates recruited by the national party precisely because they appear well-suited to win in places that are not easily — or even plausibly — won by conservative candidates.
The tensions between the two visions threaten to limit the party’s gains in an election year that is shaping up in its favor.
Rick Moran addressed this unfolding Republican civil war in a post yesterday at Right Wing Nut House:
What is it that possesses ...
Outside looking in
Political Animal —
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.... I've read conservative blogger Rick Moran periodically over the years, and while he's very conservative, I tend to think he's someone I could at least have a reasonable conversation with. His blog is called "Right Wing Nuthouse" -- which doesn't exactly scream "sensible moderation" -- but Moran's content isn't as unhinged as the name might suggest. A post he had yesterday on " anti-reason conservatives " was especially interesting. Moran sees his fellow conservatives throwing a fit about the Republican Party, and desperately trying to drag it sharply to ...
Midday open thread
Daily Kos —
... This is the era of purges, and conservative blogger Rick Moran will likely find himself on the teabagger enemies list after writing this. ...
Conservative Declares Democratic Pick-Up In NY-23 A “Win For Conservatives”
Below The Beltway —
... and Rick Moran talked about in essays earlier this week. Scozzafava may not have been perfect and I probably wouldn’t have voted for her, but until outsiders decided to make this race a focus of national attention, she looked to be winning the race. And, quite honesty, Republicans can use all the seats in Congress they can get right now. ...
