Paul Laxalt's daughter leaves the Republican Party

[RandySF]

ays after Nevada's first female lieutenant governor left the GOP, a member of a notable Silver State Republican family is following suit.

The Associated Press reported Friday that lobbyist Neena Laxalt, daughter of former Nevada governor and U.S. Sen. Paul Laxalt (R), decided to register as nonpartisan.

Laxalt's decision comes two days after Nevada Republican Sue Wagner announced she was jumping ship as a "symbol" that she does "not like the Republican Party and what they stand for today."

"It’s grown so conservative and tea-party orientated and I just can't buy into that," Wagner said. "I've left the Republican Party and it's left me, at the same time."

According to the AP report, Laxalt was encouraged by Wagner's decision. Wagner also chose to change her affiliation as nonpartisan.

HuffPost Pollster's latest compilation of 57 publicly available polls shows that the Republican Party's favorable rating has decreased steadily over the past two years. Back in January 2012, 43.3 percent viewed the GOP unfavorably. As of January 27, 2014, that number ballooned to 66.4 percent.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/31/neena-laxalt-gop_n_4704296.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

[global1]

1. We Should Start Keeping A List Of Repugs Leaving The Party.....

it could come in handy for the 2014 and 2016 elections.

[LuvNewcastle]

2. I don't think the GOP has ever been a very good fit for Nevadans.

I've known a lot of people from Nevada, and they're all either moderate libertarian or liberal. Most of them are open-minded on the social issues, it's only on the economic issues where there's a difference. The Republicans have gone so far off the deep end that even the economic issues aren't enough to hold the fiscally conservative socially liberal people. Until the GOP either rids itself of the religious right or removes the bulk of their power in the party, they're going to continue hemorrhaging voters.

That is not to say that all those fiscal conservatives are going to become Democrats. Some will, but I think most will become independents. I'm not sure how the political landscape is going to shake out in the next few elections, but I don't see how fiscal conservatives and Progressives can stay in the same party. One or the other will have to hold sway, or the Dems won't get either group. We might have 4 parties for a while, with constantly shifting alliances. It's going to be interesting.

[Dawson Leery]

3. The GOP is losing alot of old guard members.

The bleeding is not going to stop. The tea party will only accelerate this act.

[Jamaal510]

4. How long will it take

before the GOP realizes that they are losing voters and that they need to move their platform back to the center?

[LuvNewcastle]

5. They'll have a long way to go. They haven't been anywhere close to the center for most of my life.

They'll have to make a hard left turn just to get away from being fascists.