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The Next RNC Chair: Captain Of The GOP Titanic?
The Next RNC Chair: Captain Of The GOP Titanic?
The steadily growing number of prospective candidates for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee share a collective dream: that 2008 will be a repeat of 1992, when a newly-elected Democratic president, backed by strong majorities in the House and Senate, stumbled, producing an ...
Quit It Kathleeen
corner.nationalreview.com — To my friend Kathleen Parker -- This act is getting really old. As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit. Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D. I'm bathing in ... (more) Quit It Kathleeen
Rove: The GOP's Path Back to Power | Newsweek Politics
newsweek.com — Yes, we lost the election. But in a year when all currents were running against Republicans and our campaign was lackluster and erratic, Barack Obama received only 3.1 points more than Al Gore in 2000 and only 4.6 points more than John Kerry in 2004. ... (more) Rove: The GOP's Path Back to Power | Newsweek Politics
No Room for RINOs
No Room for RINOs
online.wsj.com — South Carolina's Mark Sanford is one of three GOP governors now being widely mentioned as potential saviors of the Republican Party between now and 2012. All are conspicuous for calling on their own party to live up to its principles. Most notably, ... (more) No Room for RINOs
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The Next RNC Chair: Captain Of The GOP Titanic?
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truthFrom Tom Edsall at Huff Post: GOP aspirants [to head the RNC] face the possibility of a nightmare scenario: taking the helm of a party so weighed down by doctrinaire hard-liners and hectoring moralists that no one, especially an RNC chair, will be able to change course and avoid a tsunami of culturally disinhibited, secularizing 'creatives,' Hispanics, African Americans, and a young netroot-savvy demographic cohort larger than the Baby Boom.... The single largest block of Republican votes is made up of conservative white Christian evangelicals, who cast 4 out ...

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