RePuke Civil War Update: Moderates to blame for GOP losses, conservative leader says

[tekisui]

(CNN) -- A conservative leader Friday laid the Republican Party's poor showing at the polls at the feet of moderates who, he argues, led the party away from its core principles.

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council told CNN that conservatives need to take back control of the GOP if the party is to return to its winning ways.

"Moderates never beat conservatives. We've seen that in past elections," he said.

Rejecting suggestions that the conservative movement was viewed as being out of touch with the electorate, Perkins says the Republican Party needs to go back to basics.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/07/conservatives.election/


I hope they destroy each other.

[Burma Jones]

1. Hey Tony, You Betcha.........

Yep, those damned Moderates with all their Book Learning, they lost you this election.....We all know Huckabee would have carried the day, that's right.....

Just keep yammering and we'll keep hammering......

[yellowcanine]

2. Hey Tony, where is Sarah Barracuda? Wasn't she going to save your ass?

[BOSSHOG]

3. Away from core principles???

Didn't work tony, pedophilia, divorce, spouse abuse, hate, the destruction of the constitution, mendacity, your conservative core values still going strong tony. Hey why don't ya get you very good friend and buddy david duke to run for public office again. He has your values.

[iamjoy]

4. Isn't It Funny

They are where we are in 2004 - significant losses in the White House and Congress, a feeling of doom, hopelessness and bewilderment...

And now of course, the internal fighting - blaming this person or that and trying to decide if it was being too extreme or not true enough to the base that made you get a whupping.

We of course, are too busy celebrating to try and put our figner on what made us win and how we can repeat that formula for years to come. Maybe a lot of it has less to do with idealogy and more to do with personality and luck (include timing as a factor under luck).