Can Moderate Republicans Recover Their Party?

Lola wrote:

very.......poor, dear original discussion........call the ambulance.......this discussion is near death...

SORRRRRRYYYYYY, my fault

ok...ummm....moderate republicans......let's see, i am not well versed in this, so i will ask some questions to do with this topic, how's that lola?

examples of moderate republicans?

She [Whitman] condemns the Bush administration for embracing "social fundamentalism," which she says wrongly tramples on the personal right of Republicans to be pro-choice, advocate stem-cell research, and support gay marriage. And she argues that right-wing ideology flouts the deeply rooted Republican ethos of conservation.

Recent revelations about Dr Rice's own views also hint at a different approach. Yesterday, US papers recounted how she had warned Israel about some of its policies towards Palestinians, most notably the construction of the security wall. Furthermore, Dr Rice, unlike her predecessor Colin Powell, will clock up air miles in pursuit of US foreign policy aims, with several transatlantic trips already planned in the next few months, including one to Tony Blair's Palestinian conference in March.

Her aides have been asking widely around Washington in recent weeks how the US can improve its image in the world.None of this means the new chief US diplomat is about to alter the course of US policy. The President himself remains clearly committed to the assertive use of American power to disarm threats and promote democracy. But she clearly seems ready to change the tone, engage more with allies, perhaps even lean a little harder on the more recalcitrant.

Yet all of this raises the second question. Will Dr Rice change the balance of power in the Bush Administration? All reports suggest Mr Rumsfeld is on his way out. But that leaves Mr Cheney. In the next few months the world will start to discover whether it is Dr Rice, now elevated to the highest office outside the White House, or Mr Cheney, quietly ensconced inside it, who has the last word in the President's ear.

cjhsa wrote:

I can assure most of you that I, as a moderate conservative, vote against democrats likely for far different reasons than you vote for them.

care to list a few ? just for the heck of it, let's not include "terror", "iraq" or "family values".

DontTreadOnMe wrote:

cjhsa wrote:

I can assure most of you that I, as a moderate conservative, vote against democrats likely for far different reasons than you vote for them.

care to list a few ? just for the heck of it, let's not include "terror", "iraq" or "family values".

One word: Gangsterism. That's why I vote against democrats.

Republicans are better looking.

Ok.

Welfare and wealth redistribution.
Gun control.
Unions over business.
The belief that government can take better care of me than I can of myself.
Nationalized health "care"
Superwealthy politicians claming to represent the downtrodden (Mass seems to produce a lot of these)
Putting criminals before victims
The belief that anyone who makes more than $30K/year is "wealthy"

I can go on.

Gingrich