GOP's identity crisis
In an essay for the website Politico, Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz argues that in the GOP's struggle to recover from November's defeats, it risks becoming the "party of political expediency."Many have argued that if Republicans pacify the Democrats and their liberal ways, Independents will naturally flow to the Republican side of the aisle. This was in part the John McCain strategy. It failed because it demonstrated that the party was rudderless on principle and had nothing unique to offer voters. . . .In fact, Chaffetz opposes a fourth congressional seat for Utah if it means that Washington, D.C., would get representation in a trade off.
Only a genuine return to our core values and principles will deliver the results voters want and deserve.
Even though my state, my state of Utah, stands to benefit, this bill is just simply unconstitutional. I support the idea and the notion that Utah [should get a fourth seat]. I still don't think you can run around the Constitution to get what you want.
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Chaffetz scored big voting against Obuckwheats $900 Billion Porkulus Package......Good Job Chaffetz~!
McCain had already won the party's core constituency, he didn't have to play to them with Sarah Palin.
The reason he lost is because he didn't reach out to the middle of the road voters who did decide this election.
McCain's litany of "the GOP and the Democrats are diametrically opposed and never the twain shall meet" is not true and divisive.
Here are the GOP "core values" in a form so simple that even Chaffetz can understand them: 1. If you are rich, please please please please let me kiss your butt. 2. If you are poor, go die in the gutter, scum!
Another edition of simple answers to simple questions...
Another part of his Politico essay said this:
"Consider my own race. I challenged a 12-year Republican incumbent in an intra-party race. I had no paid staff and I did no polling. I had no campaign office; I committed not to go into debt; and I refused to follow the tradition of purchasing meals for potential voters. In a scandal-free race I was outspent by $600,000. In spite of those disadvantages, I won by a 20 percent margin in the Republican primary and a 37 percent margin in the general election. I argued this was a race about who could do more with less. We as Republicans must return to our core conservative principles."
Does he seriously expect people to use his district as an accurate gauge of how the rest of the nation would respond to his message? His is arguably the most conservative district in the nation. He obviously didn't think his argument through or he would have realized that his district (and ergo his successful message/principles) are an asterisk on the national scene.
Great job of editing out the racists Trib.
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