http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/ 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 21:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-169108 Other Places, Other Faces – The Politics of Scrabble Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:03:47 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/#comment-169108 [...] The RNC Electing a New Chair [...] [...] The RNC Electing a New Chair [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-168807 Contact John Mccain News and Information | News About John McCain Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:15:57 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/#comment-168807 [...] The RNC Elects the Chair, But the Base Decides the Future - The Moderate Voice As the RNC goes through the motions of finding a new (or perhaps not so new) leader, many Republicans may be thinking the same thing as CNN : all hope rests on this decision. While I don’t disagree that the leader of the Party is an important post … [...] [...] The RNC Elects the Chair, But the Base Decides the Future – The Moderate Voice As the RNC goes through the motions of finding a new (or perhaps not so new) leader, many Republicans may be thinking the same thing as CNN : all hope rests on this decision. While I don’t disagree that the leader of the Party is an important post … [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-168793 americansilentmajority Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:43:51 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/#comment-168793 John McCain, for most of his political career, might have been considered a friend of the American Silent Majority. He was a solutions man. He tended to be less interested in ideology or party and more interested in how to fix a problem. In his 2000 campaign he talked about “building a bigger Republican Party”. That was code for dragging the wingers kicking and screaming toward the moderate middle. He backed his dream of a more inclusive Republican Party with his rhetoric. McCain called Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson “the agents of intolerance.” With Russ Feingold, a Democrat, he wrote sweeping campaign finance reform legislation. In 2001 and 2003 McCain voted against his party and George W. Bush on tax cuts that our grandkids would have to pay off. Being one of the two Republicans who voted against the cuts he said, “I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of the middle-class Americans who need tax relief.” He ran a principled campaign in 2000 that made him sleep really well at night. But, George W. Bush and his right wingers beat the crap out of him. However good or noble he felt, he lost. John McCain, for most of his political career, might have been considered a friend of the American Silent Majority. He was a solutions man. He tended to be less interested in ideology or party and more interested in how to fix a problem. In his 2000 campaign he talked about “building a bigger Republican Party”. That was code for dragging the wingers kicking and screaming toward the moderate middle. He backed his dream of a more inclusive Republican Party with his rhetoric. McCain called Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson “the agents of intolerance.” With Russ Feingold, a Democrat, he wrote sweeping campaign finance reform legislation. In 2001 and 2003 McCain voted against his party and George W. Bush on tax cuts that our grandkids would have to pay off. Being one of the two Republicans who voted against the cuts he said, “I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us at the expense of the middle-class Americans who need tax relief.” He ran a principled campaign in 2000 that made him sleep really well at night. But, George W. Bush and his right wingers beat the crap out of him. However good or noble he felt, he lost.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-168790 casualobserver Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:56:40 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/#comment-168790 Zzzz- so I will conclude you are either an authoritarian or you have no factual knowledge base of any of this but will spew forth bandwidth-wasting bs nonetheless. Zzzz- so I will conclude you are either an authoritarian or you have no factual knowledge base of any of this but will spew forth bandwidth-wasting bs nonetheless.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-168757 Zzzzz Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:31:56 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25497/the-rnc-elects-the-chair-but-the-base-decides-the-future/#comment-168757 Yes and no. Most Republicans these days are authoritarians. So, yes you are right that the base has to approve of their leader before he is in office. However, once he has passed that test, the decisions are top down and the base will support him right or wrong, like they did Bush. Yes and no. Most Republicans these days are authoritarians. So, yes you are right that the base has to approve of their leader before he is in office. However, once he has passed that test, the decisions are top down and the base will support him right or wrong, like they did Bush.

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