In the frenetic reaction to the drubbing the GOP experienced this fall at the polls, more than one person has made suggestions on how the GOP can rebound. If we're not vigilant, the GOP will continue becoming Democrat-lite. That couldn't be any more evident than with people like Christy Todd Whitman chiming in about "remaking" the GOP. I didn't need to read the article (but I did!) to know that what she proposes would destroy the only chance our republic has - namely a conservative revival.
See, I read this crap so you don't have to. Believe me, it's painful to have her communicate such a twisted and LOSING philosophy. Crap like this:
If Republicans continue to look solely for purity on a host of social issues, we are destined to be the minority for the foreseeable future. Let’s face it – the Democrats captured the hearts of the younger generation in this election. They did so with a promise of hope and opportunity. Those should be benefits that the Republicans have to offer – the promise of smaller government, reduced taxes and balanced budgets are Republican issues as is the protection of our environment. Sadly, our party has lost its course in recent years and those values are not what the electorate envisions when they hear the word Republican. Surely anyone who looks at the party’s losses in 2006 and 2008 can recognize that more of the same – or moving farther from the center where most voters are comfortable – is not the way to reverse this trend.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. The Dems kicked GOP butt the last two elections ('06 and '08) precisely because they DID demand ideological purity from their team. They weeded out people like Zell Miller and Joe Lieberman, tossing aside those senior Democrats like used paper towels when they dared stray from the party line.
Because of this, 45 Dems can pretty much beat 55 Republicans every time. Why? because the GOP has become a very loose coalition of anyone willing to throw an "R" after their name. The Dems have become a very tightly disciplined ideological unit, able to peel off a GOP vote here and there to lay claim to "bipartisanship." It's the reverse of 1994... and we're paying the price.
The GOP's inattention to policing their own ranks became obvious this past year, when, only 20 years removed from the Reagan administration, we had a national election with two liberals running against each other. We'd better wise up fast, or the GOP will be a minority party in perpetuity. Maybe that's what RINO's like Whitman and McCain want.
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