Many republicans agree in their staunch opposition to efforts by by President Obama and Democrats to enact major health-care legislation, but a new Washington Post poll also reveals deep dissatisfaction among GOP voters with the party's leadership as well as ideological and generational differences that may prove big obstacles to the party's plans for reclaiming power. There is broad frustration among Republican voters about the party's direction, detachment from its congressional representatives and a schism over its priorities.In the Washington Post's own poll, fewer than half of the republicans say that the party is going in the right direction.A third tell that the republican representatives in Congress are not focusing on the parties core values.It has also been found that the republican party does not a clear leader.Recent polls have found that people give different answers to who is the leader. In a recent Republican governors Association meeting, party officials told that not having a leader is the not main issue, but it is more important for the party to resist Obama's domestic agenda. Overall Republicans are divided amongst themselves.
I think this is bad news for the Republican party. Personally I feel that it is very important for a party to have a specific leader. That leader then could help guide the party in a positive direction. A party cannot be as efffective if its own members are divided.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
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I agree with you devin, in order to create a planned attack against the health care legislation, Republicans must have a leader that can help cordinate attacks or what not. The Republican party is clearly not headed in the right direction because there is no one leading the way. They need someone to step up.
Ultimately, if you don't agree with Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Mark Levine and the like then you're not a "true" Republican. I listen to KSFO 680 AM every day and these guys are way too radical. They sound so stupid sometimes, it's just an embarrassment. They won't even let people debate with them if they have a different POV. Pathetic if you ask me. Now it's about how much further can my ego grow as opposed to where is my party, ideologically and politically, headed?
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-Andrew Oxendine 3°
It appears that the only thing uniting the Republicans is their quest to defeat Democratic legislation. But is that enough? Given the recent Senate vote along party lines to open the health care debate in the Senate, I think so.
-Julia B.
I agree with all of you. Republicans will never be able to sort everything out unless they have a leader that is able to guide them through it. Without a leader, the Republicans will remain lost within their own party.
The Republican party is continually becoming more extreme as the conservative media talking heads are becoming more radical. This has created a lot of disagreement within the party which has hurt their unity that has been a trait of the GOP. The only upside for the Republicans is that the Democrats aren't united either, but if they do become united, it could be bad news for the Republican party.
-Derek White
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