GOP wondering if it is time to give the 'christian' Right the boot

[ck4829]

Thumped in Tuesday's elections, the Republican Party faces a dilemma as it prepares for 2008: trying to claw back support in the center while keeping loyal conservative Christians happy.

Religiously motivated social conservatives are an important base for base for President George W. Bush and the Republican Party, which lost control of both houses of Congress in the elections amid voter anger over corruption, intrusive government and the Iraq war.

The Republicans tread a fine line between adopting hard-line stances on issues that resonate with conservative Christians, such as opposing abortion, while pleasing moderates who like the party's pro-business policies but not its religious moralizing.

But politically active evangelicals -- dubbed the "Religious" or "Christian Right" -- and the Republican Party are caught in a bind as they rely too heavily on each other to split up.

http://elections.us.reuters.com/top/news/usnN09487233.html

[Warpy]

1. Not a chance!

Although the party rank and file can't stand them, they provide a reliable voting bloc that has kept them in power (at a steep price) for most of the past 26 years, in one branch of government or another.

My guess is that they won't be kicked out, they'll leave in a huff and form their own party.

And that, my friends, is when the confetti will hit the street in central NM.

[AspenRose]

2. Let them form their own party.

Barry Goldwater tried to warn y'all to let them go a LOOOOONG time ago, but you wouldn't listen....

[blm]

3. Finally - the OldTime Republicans vs the EndTimes Republicans

Just as I predicted for the last 5 years.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. They can't win without 'em! Noone else likes the repuke party!

:rofl:

[Nay]

5. No one else likes the Puke Party BECAUSE the fundies so obviously

own them. If they shake the crazies loose, they can start building a Goldwater-type Pub party that won't be half bad. Like the dems, they will have to reinvent themselves.

[0rganism]

6. oh please do, make my freakin' day!

That's close to a best-case scenario, right there.

[Bluestar]

7. Let's see, first they built their "southern strategy" on racism

after LBJ signed the Civil Rights Bill. Then they started courting the Christian right who hate gays and other minorities. Isn't their whole base built on hate? A foundation that is rotten will crumble under its own weight. I say let it happen.

[Clark2008]

12. And if they form their own party, the South and the mid-West can

turn bright BLUE again.

Whew!

[Strelnikov_]

8. Oh Yes, I Definitely Think They Should Give Them The Boot

No doubt about it.




When you lie down with dogs . . .

[deminks]

9. Which group is bringing them down? The Fundies, the Corruption Wing, or the Racist Homophobes?

I don't think they know.

[blondeatlast]

11. In this election, it may well have been the Goldwater Republicans.

The anti-civil-rights measure (Prop. 107) FAILED here in Arizona, and the whole reason it was on the ballot was to bring in the RRR base.

Unfortunately, the pissed-off Goldwaterites came too and down went JD Hayworth.

I'm sooooo heartbroken... :bounce:

[alfredo]

10. I don't see how politics can be beneficial to a person's

spiritual growth. The church should return to their mission. Politics is poison to the church.

[ingac70]

13. No way.. that's 70% of the GOP....

Social conservatives own the GOP, alienate them and they can kiss any chances of returning to power goodbye.