Va. GOP has figured out the problem... NOT THEM :-)

Va. GOP debates direction to take
Party's conservatives and moderates disagree on why Senate shifted to Democrats

Now what?

Coming off Tuesday's losses in General Assembly elections, Virginia Republicans are looking for a road back to dominance but don't agree on which one to take.

"You can't be elected by a minority," said state Sen. John Watkins, R-Powhatan, a centrist who was unopposed in the June primary and in last week's general election. "You have to put up a big tent and get elected with the consensus Virginians are looking for."

Conservatives suggest the challenge for the party is geographic and demographic -- that vote troves, such as the fast-growing Washington suburbs, are cycling Democratic, but, in time, will return to natural Republican moorings.

"While Republicans continue to run very strong in most parts of Virginia, we clearly have some work to do in our state's most populous region, Northern Virginia," said Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, an all-but-announced candidate for governor in 2009.

One of his likely rivals for the GOP nomination, Attorney General Bob McDonnell, rejected suggestions that the party has become too conservative.

"This was a perception foisted by the Democrats and others," he said.
:bounce: YES! keep it up!!!

In Northern Virginia, he said, an influx of newcomers has tipped the region to the Democrats. But in Hampton Roads, a stable population in a relatively prosperous military region appears to be rejecting the Republican governing philosophy, Kidd said.

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2007-11-11-0277.html

that never-ending involvement in war is not nearly as glamorous as they were led to believe ...

I've lived in both the middle of the state and Northern Virginia ~ and have also recently attended a military funeral in the Hampton Roads area. It's a complicated mix and changing all the time. Who knows what'll happen there in 08?!

but the quotes imply that they want to scapegoat someone, want the process to differ, and/or want to get someone younger into the leadership roles. Whether they are moving in the wrong direction-- failing to represent the views and/or to respond to the needs of constituents--doesn't seem to be something any of the Rethugs is considering.

Sorry no link to that but basically it was the same:

stick with the program
it's not the program's fault it is people not sticking to the program
rinse
repeat

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/10/AR2007111001471.html

Do you need any more evidence of how out of touch these people are??? And, the apparent contradiction between thinking Felix will ride again, and the need for "new blood", went unnoticed among these mental giants.

and diverse it will magically become more Republican once again ...

:rofl:

These people really have a shaky grasp on reality, don't they?

:hi:

We can just feel the waves of redness passing over us. You betcha!

It's the Red Tide! Beware! :o



:hi: Hope you're having a good Autumn!

They seem to have solved that problem, if only temporarily, in Florida and Ohio. But I'm all in favor of Republicans who think the way out of their quagmire is more quagging and harder miring.