(State Sen.) Raggio (R-Nev.): Republicans need to move away from the radical right

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

Republican Bill Raggio, the longest-serving state senator in Nevada history, says his party will lose elections if its doesn't move away from the radical right.

In an interview on radio station KUNR's "Beyond the Headlines" show Friday, the 84-year-old said he thinks the party's leadership has moved too far to the right and seems to kick out those who don't totally agree with its positions.

"I think the present leadership of the Republican Party is a little too radical and has been taken over by what I think is a radical element," the Reno lawmaker said, one day before he retires from the Senate seat he has held since 1972. "The party has to reshape itself or it won't win general elections down the road."

... Raggio's support of Reid over Angle angered the more conservative wing of the party and led to a challenge for his leadership post. Raggio served as GOP caucus leader for 28 years before he stepped aside in November after the challenge was launched.

Read more: http://www.rgj.com/article/20110114/NEWS/110114019

[DFW]

1. Too late

That's like saying the nation's capital needs to move away from Washington, D.C.

The Republican Party IS the radical right.

[davidinalameda]

2. RINO!!!!!

wanted to get that out of the way

[Journeyman]

3. ". . . one day before he retires . . ." Useless bullshit. . .

The deathbed confession of a "sinner" seeking absolution. Worthless.

[davidinalameda]

4. he endorsed Reid over the nutbag

that's worth a bit

[Jack Rabbit]

5. 5...4...3..2..1..

Limbaugh reads him out of the GOP . . .

:nuke:

[pnorman]

6. This is the element within the Republican Party, that Obama is trying to appeal to.

Likewise with his own Blue Dogs, of which Gabrielle Giffords is a praiseworthy example. Please think that all over.

[sakabatou]

7. I have a feeling he's not going to get reelected.

[AndyTiedye]

12. He is Retiring

[onehandle]

8. Lotsa luck there. nt

[saras]

9. Yes, but where?

Where are they going to move to? The Democrats have the rest of the right wing pretty much handled.

[RoccoR5955]

10. So he's going to become a Democrat?

After all they are only a little bit to the left of the extreme right.
There are only a couple of Dems that I would say are "Leftist." Senator Sanders, and Congressman Kucinich.
Other than that, there is no real Liberal Left in this country.

[JohnnyLib2]

11. "All politics is local" --

my relatives in Nevada say that his opinions matter there.

[kestrel91316]

13. Raggio to receive teabagger death threats in 3...2...1...

Hell, Angle will personally call him and threaten him. Betcha.