meci on January 8, 2009 at 6:03 PM

Not happening in Ohio, not happening in Oregon and not happening in about any other state.

Besides, she’d be eviscerated for her frequency of “misfiring” on issues. I’d bring out the popcorn and watch the comedy of her attempt.

Being an ideologue is fine if you’re under 30. If not, you’re stuck in adolescence. There’s a great deal to be said for, “At least he’s our SOB.”

Exit question one: Who’ll be the first to go bust, the New York Times or the GOP?

Suicide Pact? Like Thelma and Louise? Holding hands off the cliff?

Dems took over in the 1930s and figured out a way to keep power. Pretty easy really. Just promise people a bunch of free stuff. And it worked like a charm for 60 years. Why do you think that magically this time around Dems will only rule for 4 years?

The diferences between then and now is that in 1932 they didn’t start with an economy that was already burdened by high taxes and that had broken entitlement programs already in place.

Also, the dems weren’t for appeasing our enemies abroad and killing babies at home in ‘32.

Isn’t it obvious that there’s no market for “moderate” republicans even in states where they’ve traditionally done well?

All this “sky is falling” stuff is irrational and not very helpful.

Red State State of Mind on January 8, 2009 at 6:36 PM

The 1994-2006 period was a speed bump in history. Dems took over in the 1930s and figured out a way to keep power. Pretty easy really. Just promise people a bunch of free stuff. And it worked like a charm for 60 years. Why do you think that magically this time around Dems will only rule for 4 years?

Obama and Co. will give everyone FREE health care, FREE mortgages, FREE gas, FREE college tuition, FREE social security, FREE prescription drugs. And they will win every election from now to as far as the eye can see doing so.

Now of course nothing is free. But you also have to remember that the average simpleton American thinks that if he gets a tax refund in April that means he pays $0 in taxes.

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Given the fact that the success rate for this type of stimulus package is precisely zero, despite being tried dozens of times, I feel pretty lucky.

MarkTheGreat on January 8, 2009 at 4:47 PM

me, too. Now is the time for some new Conservatives to step forward with common sense solutions, and let’s see how the 09 Gubenatorial and the myriad of 2010 contests play out.
All this “sky is falling” stuff is irrational and not very helpful.

blue13326 on January 8, 2009 at 4:57 PM

There ya go.

Exit question one: Who’ll be the first to go bust, the New York Times or the GOP?

I’ve got GOP for $200. There is a reason why a consistent quarter in my longest-running continuous poll (Who will be the GOP nominee in 2012?) took “Nobody as the GOP will cease to exist before November 2012″.

As for the “wilderness” timeframe, there is no such thing as a “wilderness” on a Presidential scale. Of course, there is a very big difference on the Congressional one.

if the Mother of All Bailouts fails,

IF IF???

its already failed, big time…and its just going to get a LOT Worse…

carnahan will get plenty of ACORN DEAD VOTE in missouri, so she’ll win…she’s as crooked as the secretary of state in Ohio…she’s a real piece of work…

Kasich and Portman — which to run for Gov. and which to run for the senate?

Time to cull the fields and replace the old dead wood with fresh blood.

SuperCool on January 8, 2009 at 5:45 PM

Start with putting Mike Steele in at the helm of the RNC and go from there.

Time to cull the fields and replace the old dead wood with fresh blood.

In other news, I am hearing rumors coming out of Ohio that Senator Voinovich is seriously considering making an announcement next week that he won’t be running for re-election. According to my sources, Rob Portman would likely be the Republican to replace him. This also opens up the GOP gubernatorial nomination for former Republican Congressman John Kasich.

That would be the John Kasich formerly from Fox News?

If it ends up that way that would be a good deal. Voinovich was the one that voted against John Bolton for UN Ambassador before the hearing even happened, right? So he forced a recess appointment, right? Then he turned around and later said he had been wrong when Bolton term expired and had to be replaced, right?

He actually hasn’t been that much help with the GOP agenda

Rumor: Voinovich may not run for reelection in 2010

Another one bites the dust.

Exit question one: Who’ll be the first to go bust, the New York Times or the GOP?

The one hopelessly attached to Reagan’s failed ideologies. Those ideologies turned Ohio blue in search for salvation.

Ohio will turn red when those ideologies are dead.

A chair could have been governor during his term and would have been equally effective. No big crises…and he did not undertake initiatives which could have helped Ohio long-term (lower taxes, moving towards a less manufacturing-focused econ). Ohio is in only slightly better shape than Michigan now thanks to Voinovich and his successors’ utter lack of vision for the state.