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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MJ who wrote (55549)	11/17/2008 10:14:52 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224647

Here's an interesting discussion in reference to Gov Palin and Gov Crist. Apparently the latter would prefer a moderate, McCain type as the next Repub nominee. My impression of Charlie Crist was severely damaged after he sold Mitt Romney out during the Repub primary in favor of McCain (with FL's Spanish voters). Following from redstate.com: Palin, Crist and Pawlenty by Josh Painter, Nov 16, 2008 The Tampa Tribune's William Marsh writes today that governors Sarah Palin of Alaska and Charlie Crist of Florida part company on how the Republican Party can best find its way back to success. Both argue that the GOP needs more women, minorities and Reagan Democrats to vote for its candidates, but they would appeal to these groups using different methods. The primary difference is that Crist seems more likely to want to soften the party's stance on some issues, while Palin refuses to give up the conservative principles which Republicans have incorporated into their party platform. Crist maintains that inclusiveness, bipartisanship and civility worked for him in Florida, and would also work for the GOP nationally. What he doesn't mention is that while he has been successful in Florida, that success did not translate into a win for the Republican presidential ticket in the recent election. Florida, in fact, was turned from red to blue by the Democrats. Another governor advocating moderation as the cure for the elephant party's ills is Tim Pawlenty, who wasn't able to carry his own state of Minnesota for the GOP in '08. In fact, his state's Republican senator, Norm Coleman, is locked in a political death match with comedian Al Franken, a struggle in which the Democrat continues to close the gap even before the official recount of votes has begun. With Pawlenty, Crist and the moderates lining up on one side and conservatives such as Bobby Jindal and Haley Barbour on the other, the Republican governors have drawn their battle lines. Count Palin in with the conservatives. Calling for the GOP to hold President-elect Obama, his administration and the Democrat-dominated congress' feet to the fire on taxes, health care and energy, Alaska's governor didn't seem to be in the mood for making concessions: "Now it is time for us to go our own way ... confident in the knowledge that there will be another day. We'll rise to fight again," she told her GOP colleagues at last week's RGA conference. Coming out of the conference and with the battle heating up for the soul of the Republican Party, Palin may well be considered both the Un-Pawlenty and the Anti-Crist. And that will be just fine with conservatives.