What is there to analyze? How far out of touch is the GOP?
Via Washington Examiner
It’s only natural that a who’s-up-and-who’s-down leadership struggle would consume House Republicans after the stunning primary defeat of Majority Leader Eric Cantor. There’s a big hole in the party’s top echelon, and it’s got to be filled.
But after a new majority leader is selected, and the leadership slate finished, GOP lawmakers will have to figure out what Cantor’s loss means for the Republican agenda. Right now, they have no idea.
That’s because they don’t know why Cantor lost. Sure, there have been dozens of stories purporting to explain the vote, but for the moment, it’s all just guesswork.
The fact that Cantor lost by 11 points in a race in which his campaign pollster projected a 34-point lead is pretty clear evidence Cantor did not know what was going on in his district. He didn’t know how many people would go to the polls — turnout was far higher than in Cantor’s primary in 2012 — and he didn’t know what motivated them.
Explanations for the loss focus on a mix of policy and politics. “We have some theories, but we have no clear proof of which one of those theories is correct,” says a well-connected Republican strategist. The operative then went down four of the most popular:
1. Cantor was on the wrong side of voter sentiment on immigration.
2. Cantor paid too much attention to Washington insiderdom and not enough to voters in his district.
3. Cantor’s ads attacking opponent Dave Brat backfired, raising Brat’s name recognition and hurting Cantor.
4. Cantor did not know how to campaign effectively because he misunderstood the electorate.
There’s no reason all of those couldn’t have played a part. But until Republicans do some research, until they talk to voters in Cantor’s district, they won’t know.
Quote: Eglman wrote in post #1What is there to analyze? How far out of touch is the GOP?
How out of touch? Well a couple a years ago they spent a ton of money to find out why a RINO loser like Romney lost and came up with the grand idea it was that illegal aliens didn't like him. 'Nough said.
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ZitatGOP Agenda On Hold Until The Party Analyzes Eric Cantor’s loss
Oh really ... I guess that's why the push to replace Cantor with Kevin McCarthy.
Personally, I think this is more of a strategy session on how to neutralize those pesky tea partiers in the next election, rather than to actually meet and move the party to its historical roots of limited government and actually do what their base desires them to do.
They will never move to the right -- it would cut into their profit and power margin too much.
ZitatGOP Agenda On Hold Until The Party Analyzes Eric Cantor’s loss
Oh really ... I guess that's why the push to replace Cantor with Kevin McCarthy.
Personally, I think this is more of a strategy session on how to neutralize those pesky tea partiers in the next election, rather than to actually meet and move the party to its historical roots of limited government and actually do what their base desires them to do.
They will never move to the right -- it would cut into their profit and power margin too much.
I totally agree. We have the best government that global finance and corporate can buy.
ZitatI totally agree. We have the best government that global finance and corporate can buy.
True that. But I'm wondering how - - and if - - they've factored those wacky terrorists who are about to take over Iraq into the equation.
As Rahm Emmanual famously said 'Never let a crisis go to waste".
I don't see the citizens of the world being caught flat-footed. Remember their minion Zero provided, at minimum, arms to ISIS.
Thus far the global PTB have shown themselves to be very patient and flexible. Their forte seems to be fear mongering and providing solutions to crises that they directly or indirectly provoked. Inevitably these solutions result in further loss of liberty and transfer of wealth, mainly to the same global PTB and their buds.
I can see several benefits from the current chaos in Iraq:
rising cost of energy world wide further depressing the living standard of the first world middle / working class, extermination of the remmanents of Christianity that survived the new government created by 'regime change', further justification for the surveillance state further instability in the Middle East further demoralization of the US military further disenchantment of US citizens with the are federal government and political class in order to retain power and wealth, the political class will push back against 'radical right wingers', i.e. average Joes
There are probably more benefits, but reality is calling.
ZitatI totally agree. We have the best government that global finance and corporate can buy.
True that. But I'm wondering how - - and if - - they've factored those wacky terrorists who are about to take over Iraq into the equation.
Addendum to answer above:
I'm certain they did. The current situation in Iraq was discussed and predicted way back when GW decided to spend our blood and treasure on regime change and nation building in Iraq.
I had several interesting analyses with links that I wanted to include in my response, but they seem to be locked away on an external hard drive that ironically had a reader failure as I was creating a backup.
In essence it was pointed out that although Iraq was all Moslem it was split along three tribal lines: Sunni , Shia, and Kurd.
The nation of Iraq was an artificial creation when it was colonized. There were those suggesting that to prevent civil war, Iraq be partitioned into three states along tribal lines and the oil money be equally shared among the three.
Here's an article from 2006 that discusses the tr-state idea: Three Strong Federal States Comprised of Kurds, Shiites and Sunnis Are Needed Now in Iraq with a Division of Oil Income – or a Bloody Civil War Is Unavoidablee http://www.worldsecuritynetwork.com/Iraq...-Is-Unavoidable