Fear and Loathing in the Republican Party
by Mike on Mar.05, 2009, under Political
Ben Smith at Politico.com has written an interesting doom and gloom piece about the current turmoil in the Republican party you can see here. I have a little different view of the situation.
I would argue the reason the Republicans are taking a bath is because they have become indistinguishable from Democrats. While Bush 43 was great on national security, he was a profligate spender. How many of the 9000 earmarks in the current Omnibus Spending bill (old business) are from Republicans? Until the Republicans in office start acting like something other than the Democrats in office, conservatives are going to gravitate to the folks actually setting forth the conservative message – Rush and Newt.
The unified Republican front in the House and the nearly unified front in the Senate against the so called Stimulus Bill was a start, but there is a long way to go, such as with the Omnibus Spending bill. But until someone in office steps up and starts acting like a conservative, I’ll stick with Rush and Newt.
