GOP panel backs flexible candidate litmus test

[UpInArms]

Source: Washington Post

HONOLULU -- A Republican Party panel on Thursday strongly backed a proposal that would require party officials to determine whether GOP candidates "wholeheartedly" adhere to the party platform before they can win financial support.

The Republican National Committee's resolutions panel supported the measure as an alternative to another, more rigid proposal that would have forced GOP candidates to agree to a litmus test of 10 conservative principles before receiving party campaign dollars.

Party Chairman Michael Steele and state GOP leaders strongly opposed the litmus test proposal, which was sponsored by lawyer James Bopp, an RNC member from Indiana.

But Bopp said he supports the measure backed by the resolutions committee. He asserted it is "unprecedented" that the party will, if the resolution is enacted, force some ideological discipline among its candidates.

"I wanted some mechanism to hold our candidates accountable," he said, adding that adherence to the GOP platform is just one of the factors party leaders would have to consider.

"Republicans at their peril deviate from conservative principles," Bopp added. "I mean, we just nominated the poster boy for the moderates in (U.S. Sen.) John McCain (of Arizona), and he got defeated."

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/28/AR2010012804213.html

[cstanleytech]

1. Wow, Bopp is really an idiot because what killed McCain

was his nomnination of an ultra conservative idiot as his vp choice.

[Jefferson23]

2. Yep, and let the idiots continue to destroy themselves with this..the

Independents will likely leave them in the cold as a result.

[Lasher]

8. Well that too, but mainly Bush killed McCain. n/t

[No Elephants]

9. Well, that and Bush and the economy.

It was the perfect storm in terms of a Democratic win.

McCain was getting low info independents because he was just so dang mavericky (not to mention so dang white). But as Crooks and Liars proved, he changed every single one of his mavericky positions after Dummya trounced him in the primaries. However, the media went really light on him about that and low info indies don't read stuff like Crooks and Liars.

As to Sarah, though,, it was not so much the ultra conservative part as it was the idiot part. As an ultra-conservative, she energized his base, which formerly was not at all excited about him.

I think after low info indies understood that someone that dumb and uninformed was going to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency, they forgot how dang mavericky he was and how dang spunky she was and got terrified.

[SlingBlade]

3. Now If Only Democrats ...

Would follow their lead and throw those fucking Lieberman Liberals, Asshole Blue Dogs , Rahm Emanuel and the rest of the Corporate Clintonites to the fucking curb we might actually get somewhere here.

Don't criticize the Re-Pukes for doing something WE KNOW WE SHOULD DO OURSELVES.
Let them fill their fucked up Party with Tea Bagging Assholes and WingNuts

We should be cheering those DUMB FUCKS, Not Criticizing them. WTF

[boppers]

4. Yeah, if we got rid of 'em, we might have a majority in the house, senate, and the white house.

Waitasecond...

[SlingBlade]

5. How bout we keep em, That way ...

We'll have a Majority in the House, The Senate and control of the W.H

Oh, Wait

Change You Can Believe In, Huh

[depakid]

6. Might be wise to read what's in there

since the way things are going, the Dems inability to stand up and fight for any cohesive set of principles themselves is resulting in a Republican resurgence.

[sakabatou]

7. Is that the same litmus test that would have kicked out Reagan?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xsz2S3-dcY

[No Elephants]

10. "Republicans at their peril deviate from conservative principles,"

While Democrats make excuses for Democrats who deviate from their Democratic principles and slam any Democrat who doesn't do the same.

Yeah, Republicans are just so stoooopid. Not smart like us.

[indypaul]

11. And the next item on the agenda is

setting a date for the "night of the long knives."

[defendandprotect]

12. "10 Conservative principles"???