Friday, October 06, 2006

The 'Human Events View' is also my view...

Republican Majority Merits Re-election - GOP Needs New LeadersRepublican Majority Merits Re-election
GOP Needs New Leaders
... [T]oo many of the good things House conservatives forced through on their side of Capitol Hill never became law because they stalled in the Republican Senate. This was due in part to the defection of moderate Republicans in that chamber, but also to the weak and vacillating leadership of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R.-Tenn.) — who is not running for reelection.


too many of the good things House conservatives
forced through on their side of Capitol Hill
never became law because they stalled
in the Republican Senate.


... Republicans in Congress must not attempt to just push the current leaders up the succession ladder. There should be an open, public process, over at least a month, in which the party’s grass-roots supporters have the opportunity to voice their values and preferences for party leaders, and in which newly elected members have a chance to meet and seriously evaluate the leadership candidates.


Republicans in Congress must not
attempt to just push the current leaders
up the succession ladder.


The GOP became a majority standing on the sturdy three-legged stool of Reagan conservatism: limited government, traditional values and a strong national defense. The party teeters now to the degree it has compromised on these three principles. The non-negotiable qualification for all future GOP congressional leaders is that they must be forceful, unapologetic - and proven - advocates of the full Reagan vision.
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