The crazies are running the asylum.
Ron Paul has ended Mitt Romney’s three-year run as conservatives’ favorite for president, taking 31 percent of the vote in the Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual straw poll.
Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas known for his libertarian views, ran for president in 2008 but was never a serious contender for the GOP nomination.
As always, the greatest threat to a Republican comeback continues to be Republicans. Oy.
Oh, and by the way. Glenn Beck gave the keynote. Double OY. I agree with Jim Hoft when he says…
Beck: It’s a disease. It’s not just taxing. It’s not just spending. It’s progressivism.
I appreciate several of the things Beck says but personally I hate it when he constantly beats up on the GOP.
I do wish he would recognize that not one single House Republican voted for the gigantic Stimulus Bill, the record Omnibus Bill, and the Son of Stimulus Bill in 2009. And, only 5 voted for the democrat’s business-busting cap-and-tax bill and only one voted for Obamacare.
There is hope. There is change. Then there is the GOP.
February 23, 2010 at 1:59 am
While a fragmented Democrat-opposition vote is a real concern, we can't let that fear win out. The Republican party is full of flip-flopping-say anything to win-fake conservatives. And that type of candidate winning against a Democrat doesn't mean a whole lot.
Even if the vote is fractured in the short term (like 1992 with Perot), if the conservative movement still shows up after a potential split like that, there's a good chance it can gain even more ground and either 1) become a viable alternative party by 2016 or 2) actually reform the Republican party.
I just don't see real reform happening in the party by 2012. These RHINOS will claim to be reformed and could end up fooling the "teabaggers" into voting for them, but their true colors will always come back out.
February 23, 2010 at 2:08 am
We don't need a new "third" party – we need a new "first" party. Let the Republicans be the third party – that's where they belong.
February 23, 2010 at 7:14 am
Amen, Geronimo, amen.
After all, the Republicans started out as a third party and ended up being the first party.
February 23, 2010 at 3:56 pm
Keep in mind, Americanism is a heresy:
http://www.chroniclesmagazine.org/index.php/2010/02/22/i-gave-it-up-for-lent/