The Fight Is Now WITHIN The Republican Party

[phrenzy]

Basically, the last scraps we have rests with them. Will they have the principles to stand against their official party platform?

[LiberteToujours]

1. Nah

Just look at McCain. We have to stop relying on the GOP to do our jobs for us.

[info being]

2. Dunno. But its not my problem anymore.

[ithacan]

3. too late for that

the "Christian" right has already hijacked the GOP:

http://www.TheocracyWatch.org/

Our only hope is the defection of moderate republicans from the NE to independent status, maybe join together to form a moderate conservative NE party

The extremists are in control and are not going to give up power.

[quinnox]

4. It's possible

There are some non-extreme senators still there who might join the Democrats in opposing some of Bush's ultra-right wing agenda.

[against all enemies]

5. Come on, they are too afraid of their own right wing to speak.

They are marchung in line.

[leftofthedial]

6. On paper, but not in political reality

This is a blank check for four years of corporate corruption, religious extremism, elimination of civil liberties and neocolonialism. Only if two of these pigs start fighting over the same feeding trough will there be a fight.

[ComerPerro]

7. No. They are all shills and yes-men

McCain won't even stand up for himself.

[realcountrymusic]

11. we have already decided

McCain is a prick and a coward and a liar.

I don't want to see his name except next to an insult, ever.

rcm

[Skidmore]

8. And in the meantime, while they are fighting, we need to have a

fight within our own party for our soul. It's time reclaim populism that is not just rhetoric.

[w4rma]

13. Our party is doing fine on that. Our fight needs to be towards creating

loyal institutions that will help our Party win without the support of big corporations. Our fight needs to be the same fight that the right-wing fought in creating their institutions and taking over the existing ones.

[JennC]

9. They'll all roll over to get their belly's scratched.

[City Lights]

10. They have a mandate now.

No more fighting.

[MsTryska]

12. This just dawned on me too a little while ago....

it's bascially up to the Real Republicans and Conservatives to stand up and eat the TheoCONs.


i'm not sure how confident i am that this will happen.