tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post1101309548032991284..comments2023-10-17T06:12:08.745-04:00Comments on Dan Quayle's Potatoe: Trouble in GOP Shangri-La?Sidecarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10892698757228271909noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-12448856607566833042008-10-27T12:58:00.000-04:002008-10-27T12:58:00.000-04:00Disagree. I think the non-social fundamentalist c...Disagree. I think the non-social fundamentalist conservatives were willing to go along for the ride because they thought that the governance they were getting was ultimately conservative. But that hasn't happened over the last 8 years. You may see the evangelical control over the GOP continue, but the tent will be smaller. <BR/><BR/>Where will all the George Wills, David Frums and others go?Defective Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593526918967756127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-84634611112147288552008-10-27T11:59:00.000-04:002008-10-27T11:59:00.000-04:00I'm not sold yet on the big split. I think the ha...I'm not sold yet on the big split. I think the hard-line, sanctimonious, fire and brimstone GOPers will not let go like a parasite on the thinking conservative's back and suck the lifeblood until there is nothing left.<BR/><BR/>Polls are a bit tighter today. Democrats should put down the bubbly for a second and actually vote.Warm Apple Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969961718578034655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-43910788181488058912008-10-27T10:08:00.000-04:002008-10-27T10:08:00.000-04:00I would welcome a non-fundamentalist conservative ...I would welcome a non-fundamentalist conservative party (or just for those types to take back the GOP). Why must social liberalism and fiscal conservatism be mutually exclusive?<BR/><BR/>Side note, this McCain/Palin conflict is going to get VERY interesting. It sounds like Palin is starting to buy her own hype, and may allow interviews. That would be gold - pure gold.Defective Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593526918967756127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-64409631965948453472008-10-27T08:41:00.000-04:002008-10-27T08:41:00.000-04:00I agree, DP, and actually I think it might be the ...I agree, DP, and actually I think it might be the best thing for America if it did. The "fringers" will become the American Conservative Party, with conservative social policies dominating. The low tax, small government, moderate social policy Repubs will become a middle ground party, and many moderate Dems will flock there. The rest of the socially liberal Dems will remain at the left, and Pat Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419648745977259149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-44142174884572356682008-10-25T23:46:00.000-04:002008-10-25T23:46:00.000-04:00The GOP will split after the election. No doubt.The GOP will split after the election. No doubt.Defective Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593526918967756127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-79553607067073471592008-10-25T19:19:00.000-04:002008-10-25T19:19:00.000-04:00The irony she is the future of the 2000 Rovian inc...The irony she is the future of the 2000 Rovian incarnation of the Republican Party - which makes her a figment of the past.Warm Apple Piehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969961718578034655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4619629054181832315.post-67899946062766607152008-10-25T18:44:00.000-04:002008-10-25T18:44:00.000-04:00The he-said, she-said off-the-record comments on t...The he-said, she-said off-the-record comments on this one were oozing out fast and furious today. Denials, counter-denials, and more fingers pointed than... well, a lot of fingers pointed.<BR/><BR/>What is amazing is that some GOP strategists see Palin as the future of the party, as she falls deeper into scandal in Alaska and her approval numbers sink faster than a stone in the ocean. She's thePat Batemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12419648745977259149noreply@blogger.com