Re: Immigration
For what it’s worth here is my take. The point is that it’s an election year, and this topic - like it or not - is an election year issue. Rick is right, it’s Washington politics and policians as usual.
The question is, “Do we send another message to the GOP” as Hewitt wants to do? Would Hillary as President be sufficient?
Not even The Gipper got it right, this is NOT an easy issue to solve but pulling election support isn’t a solution, it’s simply childish.
May 17th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
The threat of “If they don’t do as I want I’m voting Democrat” game is getting old.
Except that’s not the threat at all. The threat is “If they continually behave in a way I don’t support, I won’t vote for them or give them any money.” You may claim that’s the same thing. It’s not.
The GOP Senate has decided they like being in the minority, and plan on staying that way - why should I try and prevent this?
May 17th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
I know we need to do something. I know whatever it is, the bill will have things in it I don’t like. I’ve been lied to before, but I’m willing to listen.
But do they have to work with Ted Kennedy?
I’m going to make buttons of that picture with John McCain smiling next to Ted Kennedy and wear them around at CPAC 2008. Can any Republican presidential candidate survive a picture like that?
Should they?
May 17th, 2007 at 8:38 pm
President Bush took over the Presidency of this Country truly believing he could run the Country as he did the State of Texas. He truly believed he could reach across the “aisles” of the House and the Senate and accomplish unity and reconciliation - like he did while Governor of Texas. You’d think Pres. Bush would have learned along the way that the Dems in Congress are a whole different animal than those Dems in Texas. But, even with the way the Dems have acted regarding the War Supplemental Bill, Pres. Bush still hasn’t gotten it. In all of the years of his Presidency, this is one of three times I have been critical of him - so there is no echo chamber here with me.
But the point I’m trying to make is this. If the Republicans can find a lightning rod of a Presidential Candidate…a true leader of the GOP..that person could alone bring the forces together to make 2008 a success. But if no galvanizing candidate emerging, it will be a bloodbath.
p.s. I wish Fred! was reading this.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:58 am
I would have thought that we might have learned from the Sunni’s that abdication of the political process only leaves you marginalized. Maybe a better example would be the boycott of the elections in Venzuela by opposition party members. An act that has now made Chavez a virtual, if not actual, dictator in that country. Become more engaged in the process, not less.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Pulling election support isn’t an option? I have voted republican my whole life. But I’m tired of and will not vote for the lesser of 2 evils. The lesser of 2 evils is STILL evil. Bush has turned out to be a big disappointment in many ways. This immigration fiasco is the tipping point. If Fred doesn’t run, I’m not voting. As for the rest of the GOP, 95% of the can Go to He@#. Thats what I’ve been telling the GOP when they call looking for money for the past few years. There was a brief period when republicans were actually proud to state they were republican on their campaign literature. The republican party needs to get a backbone and quit trying to get democrats to like them. It’s not going to happen. And the next president needs to forget about being bi-partisan. Bi-partisan only means doing it the way democrats want.