Former Republican representative Tom Davis: Voters see Republicans as extremists

[wyldwolf]

"With the heavy lifting out of the way, we indulged in more trivial pursuits – and this led to trouble," Davis writes. "We talked to ourselves and not to voters. We became more concerned with stem cell policy than economic policy, and with prayer in schools rather than balance in our public budgets and priorities. Not so long ago, it was easy to paint the Democrats as the party of extremists. Now, they say we’re extremists, and voters agree."

"What we can’t do is go back. I’ve heard much talk of going back to our conservative roots, to the issues that helped us win in 1980 and 1994. That issue matrix has changed so much as to be nearly unrecognizable now. The voters who dealt us our electoral disasters in 2006 and 2008 did so because they thought we were all too true to our roots."

http://www.riponsociety.org/forum109a.htm

[YOY]

1. THEY ARE. Most of the mainstream Republicans are starting to see it.

And we're the big tent left over...

[Gman]

2. Wow!

Makes me wanna go over to FR to see if this is posted and to watch them rake Davis over the coals! Davis is 100% correct but that won't stop the nuts that want Palin in 2012 because she's true to their roots.

[AspenRose]

3. Someone give Captain Obvious a cookie

What did y'all expect when you have the likes of Limbaugh, Coulter and Savage speaking for you?

[wyldwolf]

4. here's another devestating paragraph:

We’ve long-since given up on the African-American vote. We’re forfeiting the Hispanic vote with unwarranted and unsavory vitriol against immigrants. Youth vote? Gone. We ask for nothing from these idealistic voters, we offer little except chastisement of their lifestyle choices and denial of global warming, and we are woefully behind the Democrats in learning how to connect with them.

[cliffordu]

6. I couldn't have said it better myself. Nastier and with more swearing,

but I couldn't have said it better.

They should keep up the great work.

[Jennicut]

5. Rethugs screwed themseleves when they decided social/moral issues were top

issues for them to focus on. They forgot about balanced budgets and spent like gangbusters. A few wars, tax breaks for the wealthy, a system out of control. They deserved to be kicked out on their collective asses but we said this 4 years ago and some Rethugs are finally getting it now...hello!

[GreenTea]

7. Great we turned the word "republicans" into what they truly are, lying, hateful, greedy, elitist and

extremist!