Post by Rick Warder on Jan 3, 2006 10:09:34 GMT -5
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Politicians have been away from the Hill recently, mostly in order to fundraise more effectively back home. The effective stop of fundraising is in only a few days, in advance of the elections that begin Jan 8th. Both party chairs, Rep. William Reynolds and Rep. Rick McLaughlin, have been urging their cohorts to bring in as much money as possible. This will be needed to finance attack ads, organizational efforts and rallies for the upcoming elections. "We intend to fight for every vote," Rep. Reynolds told these pages in an interview. "Democrats have been quiet for too long. President Warder is bamboozling America as to the GOP's real character. The truth is behind the man's grin."
This has emerged as a consistent line of attack from Rep. Reynolds, namely that Rick Warder is an "anomaly" for the Republican Party, and that the real face of the party is that it is beholden to corporate and monied interests. Rep. Reynolds recently said, at a fundraiser, that Americans must not be "fooled" by President Warder, and that they should vote Democrat if they want real policies which favor the average American, rather than the select few. Analysts are curious whether Rep. Reynolds will succeed in driving a split down the GOP and fracturing the party. Many hold that it will depend on execution. "It's not a convincing line of attack per se," one Harvard University professor of political science said. "Saying that the Republican Party is different from its relatively popular president may not be as efficient as simply trying to discredit that president's record. In the 2012 elections, it may also furnish the GOP a lot of ammo if the Democrats suddenly 'change their mind' about Warder. He was a nice guy back in 2010, but now, in 2012, he's suddenly someone who is bad for America and who should be voted out of office - in favor of whomever the Democrats put up?"
On the idea that the Republican Party is fracturing, Rep. Rick McLaughlin said he was "not aware of any deep divisions" and that the GOP is a "big tent for everybody, not just the few who are 100% in tune with our party ideology."
The Democrats have, in particular, been trying to capitalize on the budding breakup between Christian groups, in particular the Moral Majority and the Christian Coalition, and the Republican Party. Some analysts believe that the Democrats are trying to unite organized labor, blue collar workers and small town social conservatives with the highly organized, wealthy ring of "megachurches" which support candidates such as Rep. Kenneth Green (R) and Jerry Falwell. President Warder has openly alluded to the fact, in the past, that he is seeking to unite fiscal conservatives with moral liberals, building a 'New Majority' which is concentrated in urban, coastal areas such as California, Washington, New England and Florida. These are the fault lines which will be tested in 2010.
This has emerged as a consistent line of attack from Rep. Reynolds, namely that Rick Warder is an "anomaly" for the Republican Party, and that the real face of the party is that it is beholden to corporate and monied interests. Rep. Reynolds recently said, at a fundraiser, that Americans must not be "fooled" by President Warder, and that they should vote Democrat if they want real policies which favor the average American, rather than the select few. Analysts are curious whether Rep. Reynolds will succeed in driving a split down the GOP and fracturing the party. Many hold that it will depend on execution. "It's not a convincing line of attack per se," one Harvard University professor of political science said. "Saying that the Republican Party is different from its relatively popular president may not be as efficient as simply trying to discredit that president's record. In the 2012 elections, it may also furnish the GOP a lot of ammo if the Democrats suddenly 'change their mind' about Warder. He was a nice guy back in 2010, but now, in 2012, he's suddenly someone who is bad for America and who should be voted out of office - in favor of whomever the Democrats put up?"
On the idea that the Republican Party is fracturing, Rep. Rick McLaughlin said he was "not aware of any deep divisions" and that the GOP is a "big tent for everybody, not just the few who are 100% in tune with our party ideology."
The Democrats have, in particular, been trying to capitalize on the budding breakup between Christian groups, in particular the Moral Majority and the Christian Coalition, and the Republican Party. Some analysts believe that the Democrats are trying to unite organized labor, blue collar workers and small town social conservatives with the highly organized, wealthy ring of "megachurches" which support candidates such as Rep. Kenneth Green (R) and Jerry Falwell. President Warder has openly alluded to the fact, in the past, that he is seeking to unite fiscal conservatives with moral liberals, building a 'New Majority' which is concentrated in urban, coastal areas such as California, Washington, New England and Florida. These are the fault lines which will be tested in 2010.