By 2012, it’s likely that Obama will have been demasked and displayed for the empty suit that he is. But then, there will probably still be people on this site noting how Barack just has not had time to give an ear to the gay community.

After saying, “he’s almost gone,” during the Bush administration – I find myself thinking the same towards Obama.

Will they not learn? “social conservatism” is NOT conservative. It doesn’t fit in the party–telling people who to sleep with and when to have babies…this is LIBERAL big government. Big spending and war mongering with money we don’t have is not conservative. Turning the executive branch into a theocracy is not conservative. Teri Shiavo affairs are not conservative.

It seems Mr. Cannon is the right type of Republican…they need to talk to him.

If the GOP wants to resurect itself, they need to run from Palin’s brand of bigotry and religious nuticism as fast and far as they can.

This would save the party:
-a true commitment to fiscal responsibility.
-A celebration of science and intellectualism. No more Dover school board, no more stem cell research bans, no more initiatives defining two cells as a human.
-a thorough, committed and pointed rebuke of the religious right. Throw them out and leave religion at governments doorstep.
-Forming coalitions with libertarians…the only true conservatives I’ve seen in this election.
-Restating party platforms to include respect for individual choice and freedom, including abortion rights, marriage equality and respect for separation of church and state.
-Working with the Blue Dog Democrats, giving them the filibuster power they don’t have as they have no caucus in the senate, to be the fiscal watchdog and the pending run away spending party we are about to witness.
-Provide true value to the country by respectfully countering the dreams of Obama’s administration, enabling him to succeed in his goals without bloating the welfare state or the federal debt.

Republicanism and Conservatism have not always aligned and they certainly do not in the current manifestation. Getting rid of the religious influence will free them from the stupid anti-morality binge they’ve been on and being the reliable, professional and bi partisan watchdog against the excesses we are sure to see from the left will improve their credibility.

Believe what you want, but if you are an earner, you are going to see more of your earnings given to the takers in our society. While many of the things that Obama wants to do will help this country, bloating the budget, raising taxes moving away from personal responsibility are not amongst them.

If they remain the liberal social policy standard bearers (control everyone) while allowing the dems to outspend them (I know, seems impossible with what Bush and his ilk have spent) they will not have a future and they will succeed in changing the definition of conservatism.

This world is very upside down, but I truly believe there is a desire for the center to rule, and that is why Obama won. As a professed liberal he won the center, because he is more to the right than the existing Republicans.

They sold out to the “religious right”, went on a spending spree and systematically tore down our freedoms in the name of executive power.

We centrists need to reclaim morality! Since when is discrimination a moral value? I may be villified here but the “right” has a role in this government, I’m glad the left didn’t get a filibuster proof majority and I’m delighted we have the Blue Dogs. We now have a president that cares about his people and country more than power and a legislature that can work with him but keep his ambitious spending in check. We are in for a very prosperous time, and Republicans can have a positive role if they choose.

If Prop 8 taught me nothing else, we have to work together…I see way too much polarization on this site, let’s not lose this incredible opportunity to come to the center and succeed.

News reports are saying that she was at odds with McCain staffers for much of the campaign, didn’t know the three countries party to NAFTA, and wasn’t even aware that Africa is a continent. As a VP candidate, she was a walking punchline, and that’s going to stick with her in any future national campaign.