You can take
the Republican out of the Party, but you can't take the misinformed, backwards ideology out of the Republican.
To vote
Republican out of party loyalty alone would be to endorse a candidacy that I believe has exploited anger, grievance, xenophobia and racial division.
Not exact matches
Both men pointed
out to West that, yes, Abraham Lincoln was a member
of the
Republican party, but it's a little more complicated than that.
McConnell stayed on the attack, sending
out word that the National
Republican Senatorial Committee, the conference's campaign arm, was effectively blacklisting an outside consulting firm that had done work for the SCF — a move designed to send a shock wave
of fear through the
party's vendor class.
But as that occurred before the advent
of the Tea
Party, which was sparked in large part
out of concern over the government's profligate spending, such an effort this time around would likely run into greater resistance, particularly from rank - and - file conservative House
Republicans.
Trump is currently leading the
Republican party with 458 delegates having won 15 primaries
out of a total 23.
Before continuing, let's get this
out of the way: A number
of industry sources believe the lead buyer is Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate and
Republican Party mega-donor who will be hosting Tuesday's GOP presidential debate at his Venetian Las Vegas property.
If you don't follow the warning signs that the
Republican Party ignored, you could find yourself in the same situation — at the mercy
of forces that are completely
out of control.
Tony Fratto, a former official in the administration
of Republican George W. Bush, criticized Trump as
out of step with the
party.
«Rand has always said that he wanted to be a leader on the message
of the
Republican Party, and that means talking about old ideas that were part of the party's original message, and introducing new ideas that might help the party broaden its appeal to groups that may have been left out of the conversation,» Doug Stafford, Paul's Senate chief of staff, told Business Ins
Party, and that means talking about old ideas that were part
of the
party's original message, and introducing new ideas that might help the party broaden its appeal to groups that may have been left out of the conversation,» Doug Stafford, Paul's Senate chief of staff, told Business Ins
party's original message, and introducing new ideas that might help the
party broaden its appeal to groups that may have been left out of the conversation,» Doug Stafford, Paul's Senate chief of staff, told Business Ins
party broaden its appeal to groups that may have been left
out of the conversation,» Doug Stafford, Paul's Senate chief
of staff, told Business Insider.
But given Trump's unwillingness to stake
out clear positions on taxes and spending, and his enthusiasm for threatening trade wars with China and Mexico, supporting Trump could risk elevating the populist, protectionist wing
of the
Republican party over the significant chunk
of Republicans who believe in cutting spending and promoting free trade.
In the category
of «Well, that... didn't... work
out,» leading Tea
Party Republican Ted Cruz, who has been at the forefront
of the shutdown and debt ceiling offensive, commissioned a poll.
As the U.S. businessman has gone from long - shot
Republican presidential candidate to the
party's nominee for the White House, fears that Mr. Trump will act on some
of his campaign statements — like renegotiating the North American free - trade agreement and pulling the United States
out of the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade agreement — have spooked some Canadian small - business owners with U.S. interests.
In 2017, for example,
Republicans largely voted along
party lines to do away with an Obama - era regulation designed to keep guns
out of the hands
of some people with severe mental illness (
Republican senators were joined by four Democrats in this vote).
The decision to label Cohn a «globalist» on his way
out the door is, at a minimum, a suggestion that he lost not a specific policy argument about steel but a much larger argument about the overall direction
of the
Republican Party.
Democratic congressional candidate Regina Bateson said she'd drop
out of her race to replace
Republican Tom McClintock if the state
party endorsed someone else.
Senator Dick Durbin (D - IL) told CNN's Jake Tapper on State
of the Union on Sunday that
Republicans» refusal to allow the Democratic response to their memo to come
out is yet another example
of a
party that is «just bound and determined to continue to find ways to absolve this president
of any responsibility.»
If the
republican party doesn't figure
out how to blend with more
of mainstream society, the
party will go up in smoke and I would suggest you go find your utopia elsewhere.
I would like very much for the
Republicans to kick the Tea
Party out of their party and make them form a third p
Party out of their
party and make them form a third p
party and make them form a third
partyparty.
I know Romney performed better than McCain among evangelicals, but I still think it's much easier for the
Republican Party to win a presidential election with a candidate with fervent evangelical support (this requires the rather delicate trick
of not scaring the daylights
out of everyone else in the country).
Republicans, the former
party of entrepreneurialism morphed into the
party of bailed
out corporations to big to fail.
I can not WAIT till election day... so I can watch all those Christian fundamentalist, redneck, anti-Obamacare, anti-science Tea
Party fanatics try and wiggle their way
out of voting for a pro-Obamacare, Mormon, flip - floping, Liberal
Republican Romney.
I don't really trust anyone from the
Republican party who is overly religious to keep their religious views
out of their political decision making process.
The neocons left the Left in the «70s, gravitated to the Reaganite
Republican Party in the «80s, faded in the «90s when the
Republicans were
out of power and then reemerged with the election
of George W. Bush.
The
Republican Party is most vulnerable because the Religious Right, a substantial voting bloc, is adamantly against gambling, This was evident recently in an Alabama gubernatorial primary race, when the challenger said that he «would not rule
out new gambling rules» and lost, while Governor Fob James agreed to almost all
of the right's social agenda, and won renomination.
The
Republican Party was new, dedicated to the principle
of keeping slavery
out of all the new territories
of the United States.
The
Republicans better get their head
out of the sand, they are not going to get a whif
of the whitehouse anytime soon until they rid their
party of the Christian Taliban!
This is because the New York
Republican Party is so successful that it can afford to drive
out many
of its natural constituencies.
Since Super Tuesday and Trump's successes in a number
of states, the
Republican Party establishment is mounting an all -
out effort to discredit him and to prevent him from becoming the GOP nominee.
But the Missouri Senate candidate who claimed that women could prevent conception in cases
of «legitimate rape» opened a rift in the
Republican Party, with GOP chieftains pressuring him to drop
out while some powerful conservative Christian activists rally to his defense.
Now, before some
of you exhibit the
republican knee - jerk effect (and in all fairness the dems have their own version), exclaiming how I blow the things
out of proportion, or that equating economic sanctions with abortion is not only wrong, but evil, or how easy it is to just play the race card, remember this: You do not serve a political
party, but God.
I don't think they had a good response, though, to the pathology
of the present presidential race for the
Republican nomination: The
party has run
out of plausible candidates before anyone has even voted.
I DID «NT KNOW THAT THERE WHERE SO MANY IN THE
REPUBLICAN TEA
PARTY WHO HAVE SCREWS LOOSE MEANING MORE THAN ONE!!!!! GOOD GRIEF!!!!! WHERE DID THEY ALL COME FROM?????? WHAT HOLE DID THEY CRAWL
OUT OF SO SOMEONE CAN FILL IT IN??????
This was an era when American evangelicals hitched their wagon to the
Republican Party and set
out to wage a culture war for the soul
of America.
Yes we indeed supports
Republican candidate for this reason until now, that the Tea
Party (haters
of President Obama) came in, with some look warm Christian joined, they were so strong, they voted
out the person as a true Christian that I thought would be the next Christian Presidential Candidate for
Republican.
people in general need to pull their collective heads
out of the sand both
parties can continue to do what they want if we keep calling ourselves
republicans and democrats instead
of americans!
I'm a libertarian, which means I tend to vote
Republican almost entirely on the basis that I really just don't trust the government to do almost anything right and always tax the hell
out of us so they and their friends can get rich, which is what the Dems love to do, but the
Republican party is making it harder and harder for me to continue voting for them with asinine statements like this.
HE IS PUT TO HELP THE FROGGIN RICH GET EVEN RICHER ON THE BACKS
OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR
OF AMERICA... VOTE ALL
REPUBLICANS AND TEA
PARTY MORONS
OUT IN 2012.
There were no political
parties during the Revolution... and few were speaking
out against slavery then... the outspoken critics
of slavery, the abolitonists
of the early and mid-1800's, were the Radical
Republicans.
I do not think it will play
out this way; in fact, I think that the
Republicans» collective hope that Obama will self - destruct is the most pernicious delusion in the sorry history
of the
party of Lincoln.
The
party was formed after the 2014 election by
Republican nominee Rob Astorino
out of the Stop Common Core ballot line.
Also on the
Republican internet campaign front, check
out Dave Weigel's coverage
of a Tea
Party - oriented candidate Twitter debate, which he calls «the most dignity - shredding, IQ - lowering pseudo-event
of the campaign so far,» and Kate Kaye's look at
Republicans» online ad spending.
Check
out Kate Zernike's piece in the Times today for a glimpse
of how the
Republican establishment is «shaping tea
party passion into [a] campaign force» — or at least, how they're trying to.
When nothing came
out of the New Yorrk
Republican Party?
Long couldn't help but get in a bit
of a parting dig at state GOP Chairman Ed Cox (without specifically calling him
out by name), saying the «dysfunction
of the
Republican Party, and with happened with leadership... cutting Rick off at every turn» gave Paladino an opening through which to mount a long - shot petition drive to force a primary — and win.
Therefore, the
Republican Party needs to talk less about getting government
out of the way and more about how it can work better in empowering individuals and communities.
Also published on The Huffington Post Check
out Kate Zernike's piece in the Times today for a glimpse
of how the
Republican establishment is «shaping tea
party passion into [a] campaign force» — or at least, how they're trying to.
Every
Republican Party leader, operative, and activist who looks at the trajectory of the primary will have to consider whether the drawn - out contest is undermining the party's prospects in the
Party leader, operative, and activist who looks at the trajectory
of the primary will have to consider whether the drawn -
out contest is undermining the
party's prospects in the
party's prospects in the fall.
In recent weeks, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney has slowly built support among New York
Republicans, rolling
out endorsements from the
party's top state - level official (Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos) along with a wide array
of current and former electeds, operatives and county GOP leaders.
The
party still remains
out of power in the chamber, with Sen. Simcha Felder backing
Republicans.