Republican Observations:

I've never seen the Republican Party so splintered as it is now.   I've written extensively to this Group and elsewhere,  how the Republican Party is made up of coalitions, but we are so fractured today,  that for the first time, I think the damage might be irreparable. 

 

I'm not necessarily talking about the "Constitutionalist-LIbertarian-Ron Paul" Supporters,  as I am talking about the "Fatalist-Federalist-Strong Central Government" faction of the Republican Party,  sometimes known as the "Rockfellerian Blue Blood North East Republican"  Faction, and also sometimes referred to as "NeoCons".  The attacks on Newt Gingrich have been unjust and unmerciful.   Newt Gingrich was the face of conservatism during the 1990s, and yet to hear the likes of John Sunnunu,  Ann Coulter,  Drudge, and the liberal mainstream media talk about Newt Gingrich,  you would think that Newt was a Democrat,  clamoring for socialized medicine with the Clintons. 

 

it's my hope that after the primary season is over, and by the time we make it to my hometown of Tampa for the convention,  we can reunite and go forward as a lean,  focused party with one goal, to defeat Barak Hussein Obama. 

 

I'm not even sure I can forgive and forget......

 

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Political Futures

 

"The Republican candidates' circular firing squad now seems to be using machine guns. Whoever the eventual 'last man standing' turns out to be, he may not be standing very tall or very steadily on his feet -- and he may be a pushover for Barack Obama in the general election, thanks to fellow Republicans. Whether you are a Democrat, a Republican or an independent, this is a very serious and historically crucial time for the United States of America. ... 'The politics of personal destruction' -- as Bill Clinton called it, and as he himself practiced it -- is not the way to solve the nation's problems. It has already poisoned the well of political discourse this season and claimed Herman Cain as its first victim, on the basis of unsubstantiated accusations by women with checkered pasts of their own. Whether Herman Cain was good, bad or indifferent as a candidate, and whether his chances of winning the Republican nomination were substantial or non-existent is not the issue. Nor is this the issue as regards Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney or any other candidate. Poisoning the well of political discourse may be one of the reasons why we see such unsatisfactory sets of candidates for political office in both parties, not only this year but in previous election years as well. ... The time is long overdue to get serious." --economist Thomas Sowell

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