Republican Backlash - some are finally coming around.

[Tripper11]

Colorado Republicans reeling after three leaders drop out

DENVER (AP) - First it was state Representative Mark Larson, a moderate Republican who decided not to run for the state Senate, citing arm-twisting by conservatives.
Then it was Senator Norma Anderson, a respected G-O-P moderate who resigned a year short of the end of her term today, saying the process is too partisan.
Hours later, former U-S Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell announced he wouldn't run for governor. He says he's lost his taste for politics because conservatives were demanding absolute obedience.
Colorado College political science professor Bob Loevy (Lee-VEE') says that in Colorado and other states, an ideological split is dividing the G-O-P. He says the moderates are opting out in a backlash from the demands of conservatives, and that split is allowing Democrats to make gains.
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Independent pollster Floyd Ciruli says the G-O-P's problems in Colorado are compounded by the fact that Republican Governor Owens is term-limited and has alienated the right wing of the party by supporting last November's successful campaign to persuade voters to ease tax limits.

[NC_Nurse]

1. Here's hoping their own divisiveness

brings them down in flames! :bounce:

[Tripper11]

2. It seems that any rationally thinking person....

would eventually see the harm the "collective" thinking is causing the GOP.
Hey, quite frankly having several schools of thought, political parties or whatever is always good. Moderate republicans can certainly have good ideas, and points of view, it's the outright radicalism that drives us nuts!

[MessiahRp]

3. It takes them awhile to become

aware of their assimilation to the borg. :)

It reminds me of the Matrix... some would rather not know reality and would rather take the blue pill and be blissfully ignorant to the truth.

The red pill is a tough swallow for some of these people.

Rp

[sandnsea]

4. Helloooo Greens!

Rise up from the left and let the Democrats pick up these disaffected moderates. Then we'll have two main parties, Green and Democrat. I think that's just what we need to move the country to the left. :)

[Tripper11]

5. And wouldn't it stand to reason that if....

...a few are willing to stand up to the many, it may actually catch, and they will tend to come around as the numbers grow. Strength in numbers and all that!