This one coming from BreitBart.com here.
Eric Cantor, the #2 House GOP leader, – “They said, ‘Set aside the rule of law, let’s strip secured creditors, bondholders, of their rights. Take them away outside of the bankruptcy process and give them to the political cronies and the auto workers’ unions’, it’s almost like looking at Putin’s Russia you want to reward your political friends at the expense of the certainty of law?”
Well said, why is it so hard for GOP leaders to admit this? They have a tough time cutting through the fog of the fawning media, will we hear more of these kind of statements? Like I said on the Palin piece yesterday, this isn’t rocket science – GOP leaders should just stick to the basics that Americans are instictively sensing.
Cantor again – “The Democratic agenda is unraveling, my sense is by November of 2010, there will be an electorate that really wants to see a check and a balance on unfettered power.”
Now this is true as well, the media, as is always the case will be late to the party on a possible culminating backlash against the Obamanation agenda. The key is for the GOP to stand above the Left march for the State, stick to the basics and not relent. In many ways though guys like Cantor are the problem too, he voted for the initial bailouts, etc and this week voted for the tobacco bill. Not the kind of leadership that I want to see. Talk over the collective worshipping press. Point out the simple facts of the disastrous downside to the ‘smothering embrace of nanny government’ as Mark Steyn puts it here.
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"The Democratic agenda is unraveling, my sense is by November of 2010, there will be an electorate that really wants to see a check and a balance on unfettered power."
But will the GOP have the courage to provide the checks and balances? Possibly…if there are a lot of new players.
RK – I agree, I don't think that Cantor or most of the others are the solution, we simply need bold new voices that will lead
Eric Cantor I suppose has the right sentiments, but in reality, the minority party should have been offering those checks and balances 4 months ago.
Instead their are playign a dangerous game. Rush Limbaugh was kinda dumb to telegraph the GOP's punches, but the strategy as far as I can see is to see if Obama falls flat on his face in November 2010, so they can say "told ya so!" and snatch up some seats.
It is inevitbale that the GOP will win some seats back. However I strongly doubt that they are going to get the votes they're looking for.
If Obama's poll numbers resemble anything like today's numbers, all he has to say is "where were you when the world was falling apart??" Don't think for a second that because Obama is not on the ticket that his presence won't be felt. He proved that he is indeed a master campaigner, and a lack of right wing mainstream media outlets that the majority of people find "credible" will make that electcion cycle that much harder for the GOP.
What is it going to take for the GOP to realize that what we want is leadership that will not waver on principles? Last election, GOP leadership failed to recognize that it's people like Palin, Jindal, and Pawlenty that the base is looking for. Instead, they gave us John McCain. Jeez! Didn't they see that people weren't coming to rallies to see McCain? It was Sarah who was the top of the ticket for the base.
Thanks LCR! Seeing that picture of Barry has been the first time I've regretted having my vision corrected with a laser. lol
The Law – I'll go one step farther. The GOP should have been offering similiar checks and balances 4 years ago as well. I agree as well that the strategy of waiting for Obama to fall flat on his face is a losing one. Conservatives, fiscal libertarians, indepedents, capitalists, etc. need to win by putting their own postitive agenda forward and sticking to principle. That is why in this article that I point out that Cantor is not consistent.
Also, I Obama is a master campaigner but it was a campaign of non-specific rhetoric. Platitudes and rhetoric got him here but his hard-left policies are not what the public wants as a majority. Polls show that the public likes his persona but they reject his agenda in many ways. That is a strange dichotomy, do you agree? To tell you the truth, I'm not sure where it will end up, the tug between a president that –
1) The publice personally is pleased with
2) Does not approve of his economic policies
Of which I may add are a continuation of the policies of the Bush adminsistration that the public was not in favor of (bailouts, etc).
The Law said: "If Obama's poll numbers resemble anything like today's numbers, all he has to say is "where were you when the world was falling apart?" Although his personal popularity numbers remain high, Obama and his democrat congress is starting make Americans trust the GOP more; especially on economic matters, which is the the main issue right now that, well, matters. Dick Morris writes about his here: http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/06/10/obama%E2%80%99s-issues-crumbling/
Blacandgoldfan said: "What is it going to take for the GOP to realize that what we want is leadership that will not waver on principles?" I believe the answer lies in us, Blackandgoldfan. Americans can only put up with so much bullshit before we retaliate. Just listen to Gleen Beck's callers. Most of these folks had no idea that the weirdos from the left really existed before, yet they have become outraged over this administration, and current Congress. What these folks are doing, thanks to Beck, and others is educating themselves by reading books on history, economics, and becoming intimate with our constitution and the founding fathers beliefs. Check out this video I found at Eric Dondero's "Libertarian Republican" blog! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTUtLnOSqQk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Flibertarianrepublican.blogspot.com%2F&feature=player_embedded
You're going to see more and more demonstrations like this. Who cares if the MSM doesn't cover it. The (our) movement will grow exponentially on its own terms, without any help from the media.
William – I agree with everything that you say, Glenn Beck is a good barometer for what the public is waking up to, let's grow the movement right here and now….
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