Comments on: Dick Armey: Conservatives Lost Their Way

By: The Republican Civil War: Who Wins, Who Loses? at QueerTexan.com

The Republican Civil War: Who Wins, Who Loses? at QueerTexan.com — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:55:51 +0000

[...] Andrew Sullivan urges the GOP to return to conservatism in his new book, former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R) refers to the evangelicals who influence his party as “thugs,” Kansas Republicans switch parties to run for office as Democrats — all of this begs the question: if Republicans really lose big time in three weeks, will there be an Civil War (of sorts) for control of the Republican Party between evangelicals and traditional conservatives? And, if the Jesus crowd wins, will moderates move en masse to the Democratic party — essentially turning the “party of the people” into the “establishment” party? [...]

By: jaggai

jaggai — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 12:56:59 +0000

[...] Dick Armey: Conservatives Lost Their Way – I wish both parties would swing back towards the middle instead of going to extremes to force voters to choose solely on hot-button issues. [...]

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:53:09 +0000

I was really impressed with what Rep. Armey had to say. He makes some excellent points.

By: alexking.org: Blog > Around the web

alexking.org: Blog > Around the web — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 01:10:43 +0000

[...] Dick Armey: Conservatives Lost Their Way – I wish both parties would swing back towards the middle instead of going to extremes to force voters to choose solely on hot-button issues. [...]

By: Polimom Says » Dobson’s gang of thugs

Polimom Says » Dobson’s gang of thugs — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 16:49:39 +0000

[...] (h/t Donklephant) [...]

By: m.takhallus

m.takhallus — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:44:37 +0000

You read things like this and you start to get that tingle, that longing for a third party that brings together libertarian Republicans and fiscally conservative Democrats. Such a nice, fat, juicy middle. And no one seems able to corral them.