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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 11:24 AM
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VIDEO: Republicans Facing An Identity Crisis (lunacy isn't working out for the Party of No)

VIDEO: Republicans Facing An Identity Crisis — ‘Party Of Yes’ Or ‘Party Of Hell No?’

GOP leaders converged on New Orleans this weekend for the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. During the conference, a rift among the speakers opened up after former House Speaker Newt Gingrich urged the GOP to move away from their obstructionist label as the “Party of No.” The American Solutions chairman called for Republicans to embrace a new monicker — “the Party of Yes”:

What the left wants to do is say we’re the party of no <…> So here’s what I want to ask you to encourage every candidate that you know, every incumbent you know, every staff person you know, every consultant you know. I think we should decide we’re going to be the Party of Yes.

Gingrich can expect an uphill battle as he attempts to re-frame the GOP as anything other than the party of obstructionism, given that the right wing seems most excited about the prospect of stopping anything Obama wants to do. After Gingrich delivered the call, it didn’t take long for Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to double down on their party’s obstructionism, touting the nickname “The Party of Hell No.”

Think Progress compiled a video illustrating the Republican confusion. Watch it:

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Josh Marshall:

Death threats and epithets are so yesterday.

Tea Partiers look at how to tone down the post-March image and try to go (at least a little) mainstream.




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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 11:26 AM
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1. The only thing preventing the destruction of the Democrat's majority
is the equally divided GOP. If the Dems could pull together they could administer a blow that would last for decades, but there is too much infighting on our side for that to happen
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 12:08 PM
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2. Evidently, seeing the Republicans in turmoil upsets some people
:)

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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-12-10 01:26 PM
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3. Yes I saw that, really makes one wonder
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