Comments on: Quote of The Day: The Battle Over The Lieberman Vice President Option http://themoderatevoice.com/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 15:28:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: JSpencer http://themoderatevoice.com/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/comment-page-1/#comment-145237 JSpencer Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:48:32 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/#comment-145237 JG : "If this is true it’d be yet one more indication that the Bush faction of the Republican party has worked to create the antithesis of what many moderate and independent voters have sought from both parties: parties that truly seek and cater to a wider tent"<br><br>Agreed. If there is any extra width to the Bush faction of the GOP tent, then it's made of the same material the emperor's new clothes were made of... which certainly doesn't mean it won't be imagined to provide shelter by many not so well informed R's. JG : “If this is true it’d be yet one more indication that the Bush faction of the Republican party has worked to create the antithesis of what many moderate and independent voters have sought from both parties: parties that truly seek and cater to a wider tent”

Agreed. If there is any extra width to the Bush faction of the GOP tent, then it's made of the same material the emperor's new clothes were made of… which certainly doesn't mean it won't be imagined to provide shelter by many not so well informed R's.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/comment-page-1/#comment-145236 DLS Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:09:11 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/#comment-145236 McCain needs to choose a real conservative to appeal not only to that "base" but to offer a true alternative to the Dems. Choosing Lieberman makes him even more a Dem Lite and may simply be a max-effort attempt to poach Clinton voters if one wants to be extra cynical about it. Otherwise, Lieberman _is_ a natural match for McCain (and a friend). To me the "real" choices are either to go with a real conservative (Thompson, Brownback), something similar in Huckabee in an appeal mainly to the Religious Right and less so broadly conservative, or to instead go with Lieberman.<br><br>Romney is what most people expect to be his choice but is simply a numbers game (in a way, like Obama taking Clinton as VP -- logical, strong, but not necessarily the best). McCain needs to choose a real conservative to appeal not only to that “base” but to offer a true alternative to the Dems. Choosing Lieberman makes him even more a Dem Lite and may simply be a max-effort attempt to poach Clinton voters if one wants to be extra cynical about it. Otherwise, Lieberman _is_ a natural match for McCain (and a friend). To me the “real” choices are either to go with a real conservative (Thompson, Brownback), something similar in Huckabee in an appeal mainly to the Religious Right and less so broadly conservative, or to instead go with Lieberman.

Romney is what most people expect to be his choice but is simply a numbers game (in a way, like Obama taking Clinton as VP — logical, strong, but not necessarily the best).

]]> By: lotusflwr http://themoderatevoice.com/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/comment-page-1/#comment-145235 lotusflwr Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:06:34 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/#comment-145235 McCain's VP pick is going to be a major indicator on whether or not he has truly flipflopped from a maverick Republican or embraced the dark side of the Grand Ol Party. Either way it will certainly be an bellwether of the degree of change he would actually bring to the republican party, White House and fundamental shifts in policy.<br><br>As a person torn between the two candidates, it will have a huge impact on the way I view McCain as a candidate going forward. As an optimist who hopes this election could represent real changes on both sides of the party line and two worthy candidates and a lively election season, McCain choosing an independent leftist VP would be a bit of a thrill to watch, if nothing else. McCain's VP pick is going to be a major indicator on whether or not he has truly flipflopped from a maverick Republican or embraced the dark side of the Grand Ol Party. Either way it will certainly be an bellwether of the degree of change he would actually bring to the republican party, White House and fundamental shifts in policy.

As a person torn between the two candidates, it will have a huge impact on the way I view McCain as a candidate going forward. As an optimist who hopes this election could represent real changes on both sides of the party line and two worthy candidates and a lively election season, McCain choosing an independent leftist VP would be a bit of a thrill to watch, if nothing else.

]]> By: GeorgeSorwell http://themoderatevoice.com/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/comment-page-1/#comment-145234 GeorgeSorwell Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:54:36 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/politics/bush-administration/22130/quote-of-the-day-the-battle-over-the-lieberman-vice-president-option/#comment-145234 <blockquote>George Bush proved to a President <em>of the base, by the base and for the base</em>. </blockquote><br>And McCain has to be the same. <br><br>No mavericky Veep selections allowed!

George Bush proved to a President of the base, by the base and for the base.

And McCain has to be the same.

No mavericky Veep selections allowed!

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