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diane — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:29:42 GMT

Maybe a democrat can view what might be the problem in the republican party.
I've long seen that there are no real leaders in the party. So many followed along with the Delay style of politics that they all ended up as corrupt and lacking any real vision or purpose.
Newt many be many things, but, vision he had. He seems to have the ideas and focus and the purpose, but is too flawed to be a candidate.
Once he left, however, and the era of Delay and bush came in, I think republicans lost their way and failed to develop or find any real leaders.
they first need to purge their party of the remanents of Tom Delay and his cronies and politics before they can rebuild and regain respect and focus.
One thing they can take heart in. the Democrats went through a similar 'in the wilderness' period. In the 90s the party lost the focus of what democrats were, moved to right and lost their spine. We are trying to still find their spines and shove the party back to the left where they are suppose to be. But, at least we have some true leaders to emerge from the wreckage of the 90s like Howard dean and Barack Obama and john edwards.

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Darryl Schmitz, St. Johns, MI — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:37:24 GMT

I don't think the Ron Paul campaign is in disarray. I was very pleased to see the series of segments from an hourlong interview by John Stossel at ABCNEWS.com and a similar question and answer session with Howard Fineman of Newsweek.com. Would MSNBC be willing to invite Ron Paul to do such an interview? I think that Dr. Paul's candor and focus on the issues rather than superficial, shallow sniping sets a very mature example for all of the candidates from both parties.

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John B, Eds Moines, IA — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:51:00 GMT

Republicans have mostly been running the government for the last generation. It hasn't worked out. Time to move on.

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Garrett Gebhardt — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:33:28 GMT

When people say things like "Republicans have been running the government for the last generation," and it's "Time to move on," to what is the person suggesting we move on to? The Democrats?

Third parties are not particularly viable due to the major parties making it very difficult for them to make a viable run. If one is suggesting the Democrats replace the Republicans, you are merely asking for another head of the hydra, two faces of the same beast. Big government neoconservatives or big government liberals aren't far apart ideologically. They fell from the same tree. If you want real change you need to look at principles before party platform.

Only Ron Paul has a consistent ten-term record of abiding by the Constitution. Only Ron Paul believes that the people are supposed to be protected from the government, not the other way around. He is the "one exception to the gang of 535" and the man even John McCain once referred to as, "...the most honest man in Congress."

If you're ignoring his run for president, you're ignoring the one candidate on stage who not only has never been bought by special interests, but whose entire campaign has been built completely by ordinary American people spreading his message and donating their hard-earned money to the tune of $18 million this year. Ask yourself why every time you see any candidate on the campaign trail, from Giuliani to Obama, there are people with Ron Paul signs there to meet them. It seems freedom really is popular!

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Pacheck, Huntington Beach, Ca. — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:11:15 GMT

Are there any Republicans left? Those that are not under some type of investigation or should be don't leave to much to choose from.

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kenn — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:22:17 GMT

What do mike vick and george bush have incommon besides their brutish behavior well they both helped to destoy the team they were on .And the people they hurt hte most ,thier supporters are backing them anyway so you see in a nutshell,THANK GOD FOR BUSH HAS DESTOYED THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND HAS TAKEN THEM TO A PLACE OF NO RETURN>

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kenn — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:31:53 GMT

Wow what brain work um rudys fall is because he is filthy with scandal and fox news can hide it no longer

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Blue state baby — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:46:31 GMT

There will be more dirt coming out about Rudy the Rat, because he is dirt bag crimminal.

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Joey Palmotte, Allentown PA — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:11:14 GMT

John B, Eds Moines, IA === Republicans have mostly been running the government for the last generation. It hasn't worked out.

Well, year, except for when Johnson, Carter, and Clinton were President, 40+ years where the HofRs was run by Democrats, and of course now when the Democrats run both houses of congress. But other then that, sure, you're right.

|| Time to move on.

Maybe you should. I hear Cuba is nice.

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Grimley, San Jose CA — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:16:00 GMT

Are there any Republicans left?

That is an excellent question Pacheck, and yes there are. And its a good thing too, else, who would tell the Democrats what to do?

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--nsmsnbc — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:31:09 GMT

"He [Giuliani] would use government incentives instead of mandates."
--Why not both, wouldn't that be a better sign of leadership and taking the environment seriously?

[GIULIANI: the whole section]
--He is nothing but a joke, and thrives on deception, half-truths and lies.
--Hillary's politics a Bush-Cheney-Lite. Giuliani's politics AND policies are Bush-Cheney and Bush-Cheney respectively. I mean, the man is literally a carbon copy of Bush (only with some liberal positions). He can not win and aside from 9/11, 9/11, 9/11, 9/11--sorry broken record--he was in large part a failure as someone with executive experience. Why does anybody support this nut? No wonder Faux New loves him disproportionately.

"McCain's use of Michael Bloomberg yesterday in an answer about education during the debate."
--So yesterday it was Gore, today McCain, huh media? I promise you that Gore is out. For one thing, he won't play second fiddle to someone else again. For another, he came down hard on the U.S. in Bali today. He's absolutely correct, but it makes the U.S. not appear unified, and would be easy to unfairly twist his words as unAmerican. This would be McCain's for the WH, but why would he take a VP slot? He's too old to run for Pres. after.

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Scraggs Donavon, Atlantic City NJ — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:44:12 GMT

There will be more dirt coming out about Rudy the Rat, because he is dirt bag crimminal. ////

Hillary got ahold of his kindergarden papers too? I sure what ever is in those papers will be crimminal.

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John B, Des Moines, IA — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:15:02 GMT

Joey Palmotte, 5 of the last 7 presidents have been Republicans, they've controlled at least one house of Congress almost continuously for the last 20 years, and held all three branches of government for several years ending last year. If there are problems why didn't they solve them? Incidentally, if you think someone needs to move that's going to have to be you. I'm an American and I'm busy trying to save my country from the GOP.

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Joey Palmotte, Allentown PA — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:17:22 GMT

I'll be staying here Johnny B. The Republicans have done a lot of good for this country and have made it the great country it is today. And as you admit, the people of this country have elected the Republicans because they know they can get the job done. It's the whiney Democrats like you that continue to tear down everthing good about this country and want to contribute nothing to making it better. Please reserve your ticket to Cuba early, then you can avoid the rush. I'm certain the rest of your type will follow you when the Republicans roll to another huge win next year. All those moves south will go a long way to saving this country. For that, the rest of us will be thankful, because you would have finally made a great contribution to this country.