Comments on: Will Republican “Blue” wins help the nation?

By: D E

D E — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:21:34 +0000

Their strategist’s are being rather open about their desire to tap into the Tea Party “anger.” As if they weren’t just as much its target as everyone else.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:19:35 +0000

here’s hoping. I think they hope they can suborn the Tea Party folks. I know the local Republicans do. Some of them are true tea party types, but some of the “pros” are just as conniving as the Democrats.

By: D E

D E — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:10:23 +0000

The Republican party doesn’t appear to have had real conservatives running it for a very long time. Its not that they compromise their principals, is that they don’t HAVE conservative principals.

I am hopeful that the Tea Party can pull off their big talk.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8498688.stm

I would absolutely love to see Tea Party candidates in the midterms. I think the Tea Party has a decent chance of producing real conservative candidates. Even if they don’t pull it off, they may scare the Republicans into at least acting like they have the interests of a free, just nation in mind.

By: Ken

Ken — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:18:49 +0000

Teddy Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover, Both Bushes.

I’m not looking for saints. I just don’t want progressives willing to compromise. I’d rather have what we had post stimulus this year – nothing happening.

Maybe progressives should change, since it is proven their ideas don’t work and have killed hundreds of millions?

By: Carl Nelson

Carl Nelson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:38:41 +0000

The kind of saints you’re dreaming of aren’t going to get elected in many places.

BTW: what is your idea of a “progressive Republican”? Teddy Roosevelt? Where in our polarized politics will we find any such creature surviving the Republican primaries?

Maybe conservatism should re-define itself to have realistic objectives.