Posted by
Pasadena Phil on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:16:26 PM
This all started because the wise gentlemen of the elite Republican National Committee were in such a rush to pass the McCain-Kennedy Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill (scamnesty) last summer. This triggered what would eventually become a major phenomenon when many of us took valuable time out of our busy schedules to overwhelm the Senate fax machines, telephones and e-mail boxes to the point that all Senate communications shut down during the discussions leading to the vote. The bill didn't pass. Despite this unprecedented expression of voter outrage, our Senators would later make other attempts while calling the 84% of Americans who oppose amnesty bigots, xenophobes, haters and worse. Is it any surprise that the entire Republican Party now finds itself unable to raise campaign money?
The National GOP now looks just like the Massachusetts Republican Party I used to be involved with and the California Republican Party of today. A de-facto minority party serving only as a back door entrance for wealthy wannabes who can finance their own campaigns.
What kind of future can we expect for such a party? Can it even survive as a major party? For that matter, can a party that can only claim a shrinking 25% share of all registered voters even be considered a "major" party? Can it afford to continue backing a former New York City mayor who was elected as a member of the Liberal Party as their candidate for president? A candidate whose only experience as a Republican was to run for Senator of New York against his most likely future opponent for President? A campaign he QUIT trailing in the polls? What is wrong with this picture?
Beats me.
11/27/07 11.52 pm PST) Update
Washington Post reports on the growing sense of doom within the GOP establishment. The question is: do these 23 quitters represent a defeat of the establishment? Will they be replaced by one of "us"? One step at a time. The message is being heard. Let's see what happens.
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