The return to the GOP stalwart is a retreat by the electorate because their hopes were never achieved.
I remember when Sarah Palin first appeared as the great GOP hopeful and then proved herself too incompetent to lead, the initial reaction by many, including Democrats and Independents, was "Yes!." In that exclamation was a clear understanding everyone was looking for a paradigm shift from the standard "Wall Street Sponsored" politician.
Catalina Camia, USA Today
WASHINGTON — Maybe the GOP (click here) establishment has figured out the Tea Party.Voters sided with business-oriented, mainstream Republicans in key states Tuesday night, picking nominees who have a better chance of winning in November than some Tea Party insurgents of he past. By doing so, the GOP is fielding a team that could help the party reclaim the power that eluded them in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
Some lessons learned from the most consequential primaries to date...
The retreat by the voters in the GOP primaries was due to the realization that extremism was worse than what existed before and Mitch McConnell is the prime example. He has been in the US Senate since the dinosaurs and he is more "Inside DC" than Richard Nixon.
By George Lardner Jr.
and Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, October 30, 1997
I remember when Sarah Palin first appeared as the great GOP hopeful and then proved herself too incompetent to lead, the initial reaction by many, including Democrats and Independents, was "Yes!." In that exclamation was a clear understanding everyone was looking for a paradigm shift from the standard "Wall Street Sponsored" politician.
Catalina Camia, USA Today
WASHINGTON — Maybe the GOP (click here) establishment has figured out the Tea Party.Voters sided with business-oriented, mainstream Republicans in key states Tuesday night, picking nominees who have a better chance of winning in November than some Tea Party insurgents of he past. By doing so, the GOP is fielding a team that could help the party reclaim the power that eluded them in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
Some lessons learned from the most consequential primaries to date...
The retreat by the voters in the GOP primaries was due to the realization that extremism was worse than what existed before and Mitch McConnell is the prime example. He has been in the US Senate since the dinosaurs and he is more "Inside DC" than Richard Nixon.
By JILL ABRAMSON
Published: October 16, 2010
By George Lardner Jr.
and Walter Pincus
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, October 30, 1997
While presidents (click here) have long bestowed U.S. ambassadorships on big campaign contributors,
Richard M. Nixon put a specific price tag on the practice.
Richard M. Nixon put a specific price tag on the practice.
"My point is, my point is that anybody who wants to be an ambassador must at least give $250,000," the president told White House Chief of Staff H.R. Haldeman on June 23, 1971, according to a newly transcribed tape.
"Yeah," Haldeman agreed, and then proposed a minimal donation threshold. "I think any contributor under $100,000 we shouldn't consider for any kind of thing."
Nixon pointed out that "we helped" Fred J. Russell, a millionaire California real estate baron and Republican donor who would soon be named ambassador to Denmark. "But from now on," the president continued, "the contributors have got to be, I mean, a big thing and I'm not gonna do it for political friends and all that crap."...
Yes, indeed. Money from individuals for ambassadorships so they can wheel and deal with the international crowd. Money from corporations to protect their foothold of control over the American populous and it's powerful economic clout. Today, the corruption is not only recognized but touted as a status symbol. The Koch Brothers are proud of their influence to rule the three branches of government to completely corrupt the country and not simply hiding it as 'money under the table.'
The players may be different than from the Nixon years, but, the game is worse than it's ever been and the people are left with STILL 'choosing the best of the the worst' to legislate their country.
The facts are sad but true, the right wing conservatives are disillusioned by their own priorities and the defeat of Tea Party candidates is proof. The GOP electorate is measuring it's success at the polls against the success of their agenda. The extremist turn under the Bush/Cheney administration which resulted in conservative activism, even to the extent of the Supreme Court, has the conservatives wondering, "What the heck are we doing by putting all this stupid stuff in our party's platform." In stepping back from the tragedy of Iraq going forward those that identified with right wing candidates are now looking at their own sad realities post 2008 and re-evaluating their paths.
The even sadder truth is the candidates chosen in the primaries aren't that much different from their Tea Party opponents. They are so close a match the Tea Party threw in with them immediately with endorsements for November. The right wing is walking back to the left, but, their steps are far slower than they actually would like them to be. Sincere extremism still lives in the GOP and their base still holds a majority of those extremists as those they can motivate.
The Democrats best focus is to bring the electorate up to speed on what a sincere economy is and what it is not. What a healthy nation looks like and what it does not. The truth that Democratic morality is still the driving force of this country and it works for aspects of our government.
Yes, indeed. Money from individuals for ambassadorships so they can wheel and deal with the international crowd. Money from corporations to protect their foothold of control over the American populous and it's powerful economic clout. Today, the corruption is not only recognized but touted as a status symbol. The Koch Brothers are proud of their influence to rule the three branches of government to completely corrupt the country and not simply hiding it as 'money under the table.'
The players may be different than from the Nixon years, but, the game is worse than it's ever been and the people are left with STILL 'choosing the best of the the worst' to legislate their country.
The facts are sad but true, the right wing conservatives are disillusioned by their own priorities and the defeat of Tea Party candidates is proof. The GOP electorate is measuring it's success at the polls against the success of their agenda. The extremist turn under the Bush/Cheney administration which resulted in conservative activism, even to the extent of the Supreme Court, has the conservatives wondering, "What the heck are we doing by putting all this stupid stuff in our party's platform." In stepping back from the tragedy of Iraq going forward those that identified with right wing candidates are now looking at their own sad realities post 2008 and re-evaluating their paths.
The even sadder truth is the candidates chosen in the primaries aren't that much different from their Tea Party opponents. They are so close a match the Tea Party threw in with them immediately with endorsements for November. The right wing is walking back to the left, but, their steps are far slower than they actually would like them to be. Sincere extremism still lives in the GOP and their base still holds a majority of those extremists as those they can motivate.
The Democrats best focus is to bring the electorate up to speed on what a sincere economy is and what it is not. What a healthy nation looks like and what it does not. The truth that Democratic morality is still the driving force of this country and it works for aspects of our government.
