Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Tzalaran — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:14:37 GMT

ummm, wasn't Reagan a decade or two after the hippies?

anyway, He's right. you can't win elections by ignoring the issues and having no new ideas to address them, and instead bashing your opponents and branding them as socialists, commies, liberals, martians, or terrorist sympathizers.

get a broad policy platform, get the people involved, and work to progress america forward, no longer looking back to her past greatness.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

pat huntington ny — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:14:50 GMT

And nix the opposition to gay marriage rights, and guess what! There's another 10% of the population who'll support you! IF, of course, you also acknowledge that global warming is a real man made threat we are feeling right now, and if you stop carving up the country into real americas and unpatriotic americas.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

The Herc — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:15:46 GMT

It won't take much to get the Republicans back in power. A couple years of Pelosi, Reid, and The Choosen One, will sober up the country fairly quick.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Vee Vee — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:17:28 GMT

Anyone ask Pawlenty how a nitwit like Franken gets votes?

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Arin, Buffalo, NY — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:21:20 GMT

Populism Pawleny?! As the motto goes, if you want to live like a Republican, you should vote for a Democrat. Your audience Pawly boy will never accept standing up for the poor. Your platform contradicts GOP philosophy... you are right though, Reaganism is dead. Pray tell how will Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Buchanan ever come to grips with this concept? My guess is never.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Jamie, Elmwood Park, IL — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:23:19 GMT

Hey Governor Pawlenty - are you channeling an Arkansas Governor from some years ago? Congratulations, and welcome to the "moderate" democratic party.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Съешьте Меня — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:23:23 GMT

Oops - looks like Obama just hired another lobbyist. First thing Barack should do is get rid of all our nukes. I learned Russian a few years ago, and I figured I could fit in well with the new world order once that little job is finished.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Ron Indiana — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:23:56 GMT

"Turn to our values" Whatever they are?? Those values are no longer defined. Using a football analogy: You can have a playbook that shows you how to score touchdowns. But you have to have execution by a teammates working together. Now there's the problem! The republicans are about, "Me First" not "Country First." They are about conservatives wanting the power, rather than sharing the power. They will flop around like a fish on the ground.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Pete - Albany, NY — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:24:45 GMT

Hmm...

Call me crazy, but maybe all you bitter Rebpulicans in this room screaming and cursing and foaming at the mouth about the way your beloved Sarah was treated should stop for a moment, take a deep breath and listen to what Governor Pawlenty has to say.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Pat, Boston, MA — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:25:47 GMT

Ronald Reagan was over-rated. Hippies????? Children in this country got spat on by Reagan's policies.

This is the deal. The bus is leaving for the 21st Century. Either climb aboard or be miserable and continue to wallow in your narrow thinking & intolerant views.

To anyone who is interested:

The bus will be leaving the station on January 20, 2009 @ High Noon. And what a journey it's going to be.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Dan Grange — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:27:23 GMT

If the am radio talkers have anything to do with it guys like Pawlenty will be demonized as "RINO'S" and the Rep. Party will veer hard right and take more azz kickings.

Redistricting after 2010 will drive their margains in many State Houses, and nationally, even lower.

Its fun watching as a Democrat. Just over 2 years ago every --- including the big name, high paid pundits --- were making fun of us Democrats for being no where politically. I remember leading up to the 006 midterms we were taunted as being ready to "snatch defeat from jaws of victory." Republicans had been talking about a "permanent majority."

All I can say is thank you Jack Abramoff, Mark Foley, Tom Delay, George W. Bush, and John McCain. You're the BEST!

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Peebles, NC — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:31:56 GMT

pat - And nix the opposition to gay marriage rights, and guess what! There's another 10% of the population who'll support you! <------

That's correct. Government is all about what it can give you, and that's how you should make your voting choice.

Ask not what you can do for your country. Ask what your country can do for you. - Barack H. Obama

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Diane from Illinois — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:32:23 GMT

The GOP is going to drown in their own puke for quite a few more years...at least until the old, white men of the 1950s either die or give up their racist, we're in for the rich folks attitudes. This country is changing and they need to seriously take a look at all the exit poll numbers and see that they LOST to the majority of the country that includes, women, hispanics, african americans, asians, gays, etc. They are the Party of EXCLUSION and until they figure that out, they will continue to lose big in coming elections. And I've got news for them....Sarah Palin is NOT the answer. But, as a Democrat, PLEASE make her the new face of the GOP....that'll guarantee Democrats will hold office for many years to come!

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Bill, Philadelphia, PA — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:35:13 GMT

Herc- You mean "Chosen"? If you're gonna mock the next leader of our country, at least do you're research and spell it right.

Republicans need a new strategy that doesn't consist of these cynical, divisive tactics. If they could reduce their need to pander evangelicals and come up with real solutions to today's problems while relaxing their grip on traditions, there could be a future.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Cee Bee Mayton, Atlanta — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:35:19 GMT

Pawlenty - "Don't talk about it (health care)?" he said, referring to Republican candidates' aversion to addressing the issue. "It's one of the most pressing needs for our country -

Government should take over health care. Lets hope they run it just as well as either the post office or the DMV.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

kirsch59, salem,ct — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:35:25 GMT

Any type of Republican reform starts with the end of Rovian fear and smear politics.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Why Wash DC — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:36:46 GMT

To The Herc,

This is why the Republican Party is failing, instead of relying on others to fail, offer up solutions!

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Carol, Long Valley NJ — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:37:31 GMT

Now him I could almost vote for. How long will it take for Rush/Shawn/Ann to throw him overboard?

Just thinking.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

jawillie, Philadelphia, PA. — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:37:40 GMT

All of these Republicans being interviewed, and not one of them has the guts to say what they really need to do: END THE CULTURE WAR! Why should the average person care who is sleeping with whom, or what a woman chooses to do with her body? I don't want government telling me through religious institutions how to live my life (you know, like the Taliban). Jettison the evangelicals and the gun nuts and the outright bigots from your party and you may be invited back to the grown-up table.

69 Days Until Inauguration Day!
http://jawillie.blog.com

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

The - Democrat Soldier — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:43:29 GMT

AUH - whatever Republicans - you guys are divided amongst yourselves.

Let see! - Moderate, Conservative and Neo - conservative.

Sounds like three different groups - trying to claim one party.

Maybe you guys need to fix that - then you can try and to take the white house in 2024.

Thank you and GOD BLESS AMERICA

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Heather, WA — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:45:49 GMT

I have a suggestion, do what your party is best at, kicking the can down the road. Take the next century to figure out where your party went wrong and get back to us.

In the meantime, the opportunity is ripe for a third party (i.e., Green Party, Libertarian Party, Constitution Party, etc.) to move into the froefront of American politics.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Pamela, Charlotte — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:50:20 GMT

The Republican party is not just a party of the rich, it's already a party of the Sam's Club members. Paulenty's speech exemplifies the problem with the Republican party--they don't know who their base is and who it is not! It's mainly those folks like Palin who don't read and aren't very well-educated that you can tell anything to, evidenced by our current president. Part of the party wants the government to stay out of their business (the rich) unless it concerns reproductive rights. What the Republicans have is a failure to understand their own conflictions...they're a mixture of the rich, the ignorant, and the holier-than-thou. They'll have a time figuring out which one wins out. Take your time, you'll have eight long years to get it together.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Pete Boyer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:55:44 GMT

I forget the MSNBC interviewer of Pawlently today but she asked if the GOP might be better served if moved toward a more intellectualism basis. Those "dumb" Christians are losing you political power, eh? Time to change, eh? You're in left field, don't you know? If you don't think like MSNBC, you're lost, right? I'm an important news reporter, see? I'm smart, see? I know what's wrong w/ the GOP, see?

Give me a break girl. Go pound salt!!

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Dave in Omaha — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:57:34 GMT

Gov. Pawlenty is channeling Rick Pitino. (When he was coach/GM of the Celtics) "Larry Bird is not coming through that door..." If the GOP ever wants to be relevent on a national level again, they're going to have to realize that Ronald Reagan is NOT coming through that proverbial door. I'm of the belief a Crist/Jindal ticket in 2012 might work; however, I don't know if they want to be sacraficial lambs to a likely Obama re-election.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Diana Owens, Tacoma, Washington — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:07:31 GMT

The Republican should be called the Republican Pharasee party, after the old Pharasees in the Bible in Jesus time. They have simular ideas, they believe in the letter of the law, oppose to the spirit. God sent Jesus to save us from them, maybe Obama will be "the one" who will save us from them, since they have been resurrected, or maybe Jesus will come again, and free us from them. Hurry up, before they re-invent themselves into something stonger, like a Palinologist.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Tom, Minneapolis, MN — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:21:17 GMT

Pawlenty's prominence on the national stage is hollow -- empty buzz begetting more empty buzz. He's not really all that popular in Minnesota -- his survival is completely predicated on an extremely inept state-level Democratic machine. These are the same Democrats who nominated opponents that couldn't take Ramstad's open seat in the House, couldn't dethrone Representative Michele Bachmann after she performed self-immolation on Hardball, and couldn't replace a very unpopular incumbent senator in Norm Coleman. And all that with Obama's coattails at play!

In my opinion, Pawlenty wouldn't even carry Minnesota in a race in four years against an Obama of equivalent popularity as today. His "popularity" is a total smokescreen.

Pawlenty calls for a more diverse GOP

Jilli, Houston, TX — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:24:40 GMT

What, you mean being 99.9% caucasion isn't what the gop considers diversity? They do have .1% minorities somewhere, don't they? Rich, white and old - at this rate attrition will take care of the gop for us.