GOP set to launch rebranding effort

adoo · May 1, 2009

Major said:

...What blows the whole thing up is the Congressional Leaders being involved. They are the exact opposite of all that.
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so much for the supposed rebranding.

a great eg for "putting lipstick on a pig"

mc mark · May 4, 2009

Seems like Steele's off message today --

Steele: Moderates Are Welcome To Join GOP -- But Not To Change It

"All you moderates out there, y'all come. I mean, that's the message. "The message of this party is this is a big table for everyone to have a seat. I have a place setting with your name on the front."

But, he added:

"Understand that when you come into someone's house, you're not looking to change it. You come in because that's the place you want to be."

A_3PO · May 4, 2009

mc mark said:

Seems like Steele's off message today --

Steele: Moderates Are Welcome To Join GOP -- But Not To Change It

"All you moderates out there, y'all come. I mean, that's the message. "The message of this party is this is a big table for everyone to have a seat. I have a place setting with your name on the front."

But, he added:

"Understand that when you come into someone's house, you're not looking to change it. You come in because that's the place you want to be."
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He's not the only one. But if the Republican party is going to change itself, they have to start somewhere. But I think it may take one more electoral smackdown before it gets beyond the talking stage.

mc mark · May 7, 2009

Religious wackjobs say "not so fast on that rebranding idea"

The Family Research Council press release

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will lead you there." For the Republican Party that African proverb seems incredibly apropos. In another step away from its conservative roots, Republican members of the House unveiled The National Council for a New America in hopes of recasting the Party's ailing identity. The effort only underscores the Republicans' present identity crisis, as the GOP leadership kicked off the campaign devoid of the values that once caused voters to identify with the party.

The group's priorities, which were unveiled at a pizza parlor press conference, include the economy, health care, education, energy, and national security. Notice anything conspicuously absent? Former Gov. Jeb Bush explained the values void by saying it was time for the GOP to give up its "nostalgia" for Reagan-era ideas and look forward to new "relevant" ideas. (Yes, because that worked so well for Republicans in 2006 and 2008!) Bush ignored the fact that abandoning the array of principles that Reagan espoused is exactly what got the GOP into this mess. No one is suggesting that we try living in the past, but President Reagan's principles are the ones that guided our nation from its very inception. Turning away from those fundamental truths would be a death knell for the GOP as little would be left to distinguish the Republicans from the Democrats.

Too many Republicans leaders are running scared on the claims of the Left and the media that social conservatism is a dead-end for the GOP. If that were the case, why are pro-family leaders like Mike Huckabee creating such excitement in the conservative base? The Republican establishment doesn't draw a crowd. Governor Sarah Palin does. Also, take a look at the recent Pew Research poll, which showed overall support for abortion in America has dropped eight percentage points in the last year and support for it among moderate and liberal Republicans has dropped a whopping 24%. Based on that, how can the GOP suggest that life is a losing issue? If there were a road sign for the GOP on this new journey, it would read: Welcome to the wilderness. You're going to be there for awhile.
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weslinder · May 7, 2009

The GOP didn't rebuild its image quick enough for one of its spokespersons.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/05/07/joe-the-plumber-leaving-the-republican-party/

Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, tells TIME he's so outraged by GOP overspending, he's quitting the party -- and he's the bull's-eye of its target audience.
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glynch · May 7, 2009

weslinder said:

The GOP didn't rebuild its image quick enough for one of its spokespersons.

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/05/07/joe-the-plumber-leaving-the-republican-party/

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Joe the Plumber can help rebrand the Libertarian Party. Seems like the perfect guy.

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