Thinning the herd
The Bear on Nov 20 2008 at 9:23 am | Filed under: Culture, Politics
Abandonment of conservative principles root cause of Republican losses….
Now what?
The Republican Party nationally, and in Pennsylvania, lies in tatters today. Having lost the White House to Barack Obama, suffered historic losses in congressional elections, been almost shut out in statewide races, and experienced further erosion in the state House, there is no doubt the GOP has hit rock bottom.
It is, most significantly, a loss for so-called moderate Republicanism. Party moderates have opined time and again that a more middle-of-the-road presidential candidate could win Pennsylvania. John McCain was touted as that candidate. He lost by 11 percent - far worse than the George W. Bush losses in either 2000 (5 percent) or 2004 (3 percent).
This election provides conclusive proof of what happens when party candidates abandon core GOP values and become Republican-in-name-only (RINO). Mr. McCain was never the candidate of conservative Republicans. His apostasies ranged from trampling free speech rights with McCain-Feingold campaign restrictions, to opposing the Bush tax cuts, to supporting illegal immigration.
The turning point in this campaign was the vote on the $700 billion economic bailout package.
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