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aceventura3 · 11-10-2009, 08:40 AM

One thing I don't understand about the concern regarding the future of the Republican Party and the degree that the "base" will exclude moderates is that John McCain the last party nominee for President was moderate (at least in my opinion) and he did not even get an endorsement from another moderate like Colin Powell. Powell endorsing Obama had nothing to do with the "base" in the Republican Party, whatever his issue was, it was with another moderate but when you listened to him he talked about the extremists in the Republican Party, I don't get it. And given that the party nominated a moderate when there were more extreme right alternatives, what is the deal with all the concern about the "base" being in control - they are not and have never been. Bush had to play to the middle to get elected and re-elected. He toned down his "social positions" and he catered to domestic spending to the degree that he lost popularity with the "base". so, again what is the deal? Sara Palin, as much as I like her, is not going to be the 2012 nominee. The odds are it will be a moderate or a person who down plays their conservatism. So again what is the deal? I don't get it. Seems to me that Democrats are as splintered or more splintered than Republicans, especially given their current control of both Houses and the executive branch and their inability to get things done.

11-10-2009, 08:40 AM	#49 (permalink)
aceventura3 Junkie Location: Ventura County	One thing I don't understand about the concern regarding the future of the Republican Party and the degree that the "base" will exclude moderates is that John McCain the last party nominee for President was moderate (at least in my opinion) and he did not even get an endorsement from another moderate like Colin Powell. Powell endorsing Obama had nothing to do with the "base" in the Republican Party, whatever his issue was, it was with another moderate but when you listened to him he talked about the extremists in the Republican Party, I don't get it. And given that the party nominated a moderate when there were more extreme right alternatives, what is the deal with all the concern about the "base" being in control - they are not and have never been. Bush had to play to the middle to get elected and re-elected. He toned down his "social positions" and he catered to domestic spending to the degree that he lost popularity with the "base". so, again what is the deal? Sara Palin, as much as I like her, is not going to be the 2012 nominee. The odds are it will be a moderate or a person who down plays their conservatism. So again what is the deal? I don't get it. Seems to me that Democrats are as splintered or more splintered than Republicans, especially given their current control of both Houses and the executive branch and their inability to get things done. __________________ "Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch." "It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions on vegetarianism while the wolf is of a different opinion." "If you live among wolves you have to act like one." "A lady screams at the mouse but smiles at the wolf. A gentleman is a wolf who sends flowers."