Originally Posted by Rebellion

You might have a leg to stand on if the dems were the party of fiscal responsibility or were at least talking that way. Problem is they have not and their actions show they do not have any such intent. They have tons of spending plans on the table with no money to pay for it. Hypocrisy will once again rear its head as dems trip all over themselves trying to invent excuses for dem spending and fiscal irresponsibility.

Originally Posted by AuH2O

This "Republican with a clue" is a staunch conservative, as well as Newt. The type of politicians that the Dems do not want in Congress; the type that actually fight for their conservative principles. And the self-serving, corrupt morons that got voted out of office were a bunch of watered down Democrats, bi-partisan (code for politicians without convictions) Republicans that were always compromising and giving into the Dems wishes.

This quote was from the RGA, where all the participants were agreeing that the Republicans need to return to the fundamentals of conservatism. What alot of leftists are not wanting them to do.



I agree that the Republicans in Congress did abandon their principles; in fact, most conservatives have been saying the Republicans have been abandoning their conservative principles for some time. I think that most Republicans are taking responsibility (hence Jindal's quote from the RGA), it is the moderates that aren't. They think that we need to do more of the same (pander to the left, spend more) in order to gain trust, and win elections again. I argue the opposite. The return of the Republican party is going to come from the state level, so far the states run by Republicans are doing well, and if they continue to stick to conservatism, they will win elections and gain back control of Washington.

Originally Posted by siddhartha

I agree that the only place they can go for new leadership is the state governors. Federal reps have no credibility any more. They blew it. I don't believe most are taking responsibility. You only have to look at the daily news and this forum to see evidence of that.