What is the republican party's next move?

[Konovalov]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Republicans need to stop acting like Democrats, get back to conservative basics. The McCaim campaign was the most poorly run since Dole.

Yep, that sums it up perfectly. Stop spending and return to fiscal conservative values.

Oh it's over for them, no more racism for them to take advantage of.

[August]

Originally Posted by OneToughHerring

Oh it's over for them, no more racism for them to take advantage of.

Go away troll...

[MothBalls]

My $0.02 (I'm going to make some generalizations, so just kill me now)

When I watched the election coverage on CNN, they had multiple live feeds and you could switch between the dem and rep receptions.

The GOP side was an indoor stuffy event. They were playing Dixieland and people singing Tony Orlando and Barry Manilow songs. It looked like a [mostly white] senior citizens convention. I didn't see many people under 40 in the crowd. Whatever happened to the young republicans?

Of course we all saw the rally in the park, huge crowd. Did you notice who was in the crowd? Young people, ethnic people, more representative of a cross section of America.

I think the media has been working hard to make it seem like the current state of the nation is because of "the ruling class" republicans have exploited all they can from the "oppressed".

I personally don't blame the republicans for the current state of things, I don't believe the press. It's a combination of things like corporate greed, derivatives, fractional reserve system, etc. There was some articles pointing out the current administration did warn of troubles looming, nobody wanted to listen and the media didn't want to sell it.

The republicans need to get up to speed. I think they are out of touch with the [new] majority of the voters. I think the voters are tired of rich senile old white guys running the country.


And, as said before, it wouldn't matter who ran for the republicans in this election. They were on the way out before the first primary started. I think it a miracle that McCain actually lead in the polls at any time.

I still wonder if the republicans really didn't want this election and asked McCain to step up and take one on the chin for the good of the country. He's the kind of guy who would do that, who would make that kind of sacrifice. Then when he started winning, they needed to make sure he didn't so they picked whatshername.

[Blacklight]

I still wonder if the republicans really didn't want this election and asked McCain to step up and take one on the chin for the good of the country.

I get this feeling too. They didn't put much of anything into their campaign and made their platforms as vague as possible. I can't help but think that it was a bit of a strategy to "throw the election" and let the Democrats into power while we're in the middle of major financial crisis and in a quagmire in the middle east thereby hopeing to make the democrats look bad and trying to ensure the win in four years because by then.. with their spin doctoring, they'll make themselves look sqeaky clean while the democrats are still struggling with the messes that eight years of George W. left behind.

[SteamWake]

Hey he said quagmire... heh

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by MothBalls

My $0.02 (I'm going to make some generalizations, so just kill me now)

When I watched the election coverage on CNN, they had multiple live feeds and you could switch between the dem and rep receptions.

The GOP side was an indoor stuffy event. They were playing Dixieland and people singing Tony Orlando and Barry Manilow songs. It looked like a [mostly white] senior citizens convention. I didn't see many people under 40 in the crowd. Whatever happened to the young republicans?

Of course we all saw the rally in the park, huge crowd. Did you notice who was in the crowd? Young people, ethnic people, more representative of a cross section of America.

I think the media has been working hard to make it seem like the current state of the nation is because of "the ruling class" republicans have exploited all they can from the "oppressed".

I personally don't blame the republicans for the current state of things, I don't believe the press. It's a combination of things like corporate greed, derivatives, fractional reserve system, etc. There was some articles pointing out the current administration did warn of troubles looming, nobody wanted to listen and the media didn't want to sell it.

The republicans need to get up to speed. I think they are out of touch with the [new] majority of the voters. I think the voters are tired of rich senile old white guys running the country.


And, as said before, it wouldn't matter who ran for the republicans in this election. They were on the way out before the first primary started. I think it a miracle that McCain actually lead in the polls at any time.

I still wonder if the republicans really didn't want this election and asked McCain to step up and take one on the chin for the good of the country. He's the kind of guy who would do that, who would make that kind of sacrifice. Then when he started winning, they needed to make sure he didn't so they picked whatshername.

It was the rich senile old guys who fought the wars so we can express ourselves right here on the forums. But, somehow that is lost in the "cross-section of America" who are intouch...with what exactly I'm not sure.....

I do not think the election was thrown but the support of fellow Republican lacked big time.