"Conservative gathering highlights split in Republican Party"

[applegrove]

Conservative gathering highlights split in Republican Party

by Aaron Blake at the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/conservative-gathering-highlights-split-in-republican-party/2013/03/16/7bb175b2-8e83-11e2-b63f-f53fb9f2fcb4_story.html?wprss=rss_politics#.UUUD_TQORzg.reddit

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The suburban Washington gathering of the most conservative elements of the GOP this week featured speaker after speaker picking fights with other Republicans and offering criticisms — sometimes indirect and often direct — of party figures such as Mitt Romney, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), Karl Rove, former president George W. Bush and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Most of the speakers urged Republicans not to change but rather to double down on conservative principles. They included keynote speaker Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), a leader of the new generation of Republicans whom McCain recently labeled “wacko birds.”

“If standing for liberty and standing for the Constitution means you’re a wacko bird, then count me a proud wacko bird,” Cruz said Saturday. “I think there are more than a few other wacko birds gathered here today.”

Cruz also argued that the party’s new generation is starting to gain traction, pointing to Sen. Rand Paul — who had just won the CPAC straw poll — and his 13-hour filibuster this month against President Obama’s drone program, along with the spending cuts contained in the sequester that took effect at the start of the month.

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[applegrove]

1. And the nuts will win because they are so much louder and younger. And the GOP will be a much

smaller party in the future.

[northoftheborder]

2. Why can't a really liberal, far-left national convocation be gotten together?

With equal attention from the media, it would really balance out the field, showing how central/right the Dem. party in power is right now.

[LonePirate]

3. The closest even I can think of is Netroots Nation but it doesn't receive the same attention