Comments on: Meghan McCain: The New Face of the GOP?

By: TheMaineView

TheMaineView — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:12:34 +0000

I'm sure this has been talked about here before, but I think now is a good time to bring it up again.

Are we moving toward having one large viable third party? The repubs are boarding on a "civil war", mostly over social issues. Dems are in a similar situation, except over fiscal issues. Will the social liberal/fiscal conservatives in each party break tradition and join each other?

While I don't think this is likely, it makes for some interesting speculation. What would a three party US look like? What would that do to the political structure of this country? Political financing? What would this alternate history look like?

By: Don Quijote

Don Quijote — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:39:13 +0000

Perfect face for the GOP: The grandchild of a multi-millionaire, a woman who has never missed a gourmet meal in a entire life, a woman gorn with a diamond encrusted golden spoon in her mouth and doesn't even know it.

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:35:24 +0000

pdx3632

The moderates in the Democratic Party are almost as irrelevant as the entire Repubican Party. The blue dog Democrats have been shown to be liars. They have voted in rubber stamp fashion for the liberal agenda of the Obama Administration. NOw that they Democrats have 60 seats in the Senate, people like Tester and Webb are voting along with the liberal Democrats in the Senate.

By: pdx632

pdx632 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:46:21 +0000

Thanks for making my point

By: superdestroyer

superdestroyer — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:18:14 +0000

If Meghan McCain is the future of the GOP, the the Republicans should just go out of business today. It is easy to figure out what Meghan McCain's positions are, they are identical to what the average urban upper class white Democratic thinks is hip. The Democratic-LIte idea is just one method for the Republicans to commit suicide. The Democratic-lite idea has been tried in New England and has been found to be a total failure.

I have read what he said and read her campaign blog in the past. Meghan McCain is devoid of original thought and is just as incapable as her father of thinking of the long term consequences of her policy positions.

By: pdx632

pdx632 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:06:07 +0000

Meghan provides the light at the end of the tunnel. Maybe the time has come for you to realize that your party is no longer what you want it to be and at it's “base” doesn't want to change. I believe that the moderates of both parties could easily join forces and lead this country to its greater potential.

By: DaGoat

DaGoat — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:49:19 +0000

Meghan McCain is spelling out how the GOP can survive, but also is a reflection of why it may not survive. From what I've read at Hot Air and other conservative sites, many GOPers have the same regard for McCain that liberals do for Ann Coulter.

I think her suggestions are spot on, and that the GOP cannot prosper unless it eventually softens on social conservatism. I just don't see that willingness existing in the GOP though. I read through the comments thread on Meghan at Hot Air a few weeks ago and over half the comments were calling her a fat cow and worse. Besides the fairly obvious inconsistency in criticizing people because of their weight (I mean I can't think of any other prominent conservatives with weight problems you know), there was an almost complete unwillingness to consider her views. The mantra that the GOP needs to be more conservative was repeated over and over.

This mirrors what I'm mostly seeing on other popular conservative sites as well. The only chance for Meghan McCain is the eventual formation of a moderate third party, and with Obama's popularity I can't see that happening any time soon. Still one can never underestimate the ability of Democrats to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory so who knows.