08/08/2002 Archived Entry: "The look of the upcoming Republican Minority"
Rothenburg, Fate of GOP Majority May Rest on Handful Of Women Members, has a great topic this week that sheds some light on what a post-majority Republican, DeLay-led minority is going to look like. The GOP playbook, reveals what lack there is of felt purpose from which the candidates resonate. Terminally defensive to Democratic attacks, it's a stark difference from the year of the GOP Contract offensive.
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Even with all the women and J.C. Watt, the GOP put all the whites boys in the commissions they appointed in the past. One such commission was the Meltzer Commission..it was established in 1998 to study the international financial institutions. Although gender and women headed households are major issues in developing countries, the white boys in the GOP did not have the sensitivity to appoint a woman to the commission. The entire commission was white and male, and half of them do not have any knowledge of developing country problems. These include Adam Lerrick, Mr. Feulner and Mr. Huber..these characters have not stepped into any poor areas in developing countries..yet, they tried to dictate to the rest of the world about the future of the global financial institutions. As a result, the commission members recommended a load of nonsense...typical of DeLay led GOP..too arrogant and too white!
Posted by G.C. Raj @ 08/08/2002 05:55 PM PST
With Ben Gilman out, elected Jewish Republicans amount to the flaky and internally disliked Arlen Spector and RINO Mike Bloomberg. Mario Diaz-Balart would be a fourth Hispanic Republican Rep (if Henry Bonilla holds on), though arguably Cuban politicos (three of those four) are de facto whites rather than Latin Americans. Now there's a party that looks like America...in the late 19th century....
Posted by C.D. @ 08/08/2002 10:44 PM PST
Yesterday (barely ten hours ago here on the east coast) in the Charlie Rose show, Jonathan Alter of Newsweek was interviewed. It gave me an idea as to how the Washington insiders think not only about this election but about future elections of this decade. One thing they clearly assumed was that demography would be a constant and that the GOP and Democrats would fight to a standstill. This is the kind of assumption that cost the GOP California during the 1990s. Of course, Rose in his infinite wisdom did not bother to ask them about the recent articles by Dick Morris and the book by Texeira. They were essentially non-entities, including the half a million new citizens that are being added every year to this country, especially in the traditionally GOP states of Arizona and Texas. So, it is not just the GOP that thinks like we are living in the late 19th century, the majority of the Washington Press corp as well. However, what really bothers me is that they are not looking at the polls and base their forecasts on redistricting and 2000 election results (not very different from the sportscasters). Yesterday's CBS poll clearly indicates that only 45% of the electorate approved of Bush's handling of the economy. Alter specifically says that the economy does not matter anymore, but cultural issues do. I think in good times as in 2000 economy may not matter as much. But, in hard times senior citizens who lost a ton in the stock market would turn out and vote. After all, you cannot eat culture and values.
Posted by G.C. Raj @ 08/09/2002 06:25 AM PST
CBS News Polls
http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/home/main100.shtml
Posted by G.C. Raj @ 08/09/2002 06:27 AM PST
Bonilla I'd bet goes down to defeat, due to the massive GOTV campaign in Larado and E. of El Paso. However, Nunes of of Portuguese descent I believe, so he may say he's Latino, it's slim, for sure.
Posted by myDD @ 08/09/2002 08:39 AM PST
I haven't taken a look at the numbers yet, but if Harris, Musgrave, and Blackburn all win in November, alongside Morella and Johnson losing, the GOP women are becoming more extreme and partisan as well as becoming fewer.
Posted by myDD @ 08/09/2002 08:44 AM PST
Mydd:
Perhaps of the kind recruited from trailer parks who sleep with guns by their side.
Posted by G.C. Raj @ 08/09/2002 09:15 AM PST
G.C -Raj
If I understand your 8/9 9:15 posting correctly, it is a perfect example of impression the Dems gave and why Gore could lost TN in '00.
Posted by jimGA @ 08/09/2002 02:21 PM PST
Convesely that may be the reason why Clinton carried most of the north including traditionally GOP states such as Ohio and New Hampshire. Gore lost because he wrote off Ohio and New Hampshire long before the conventions (two states that Bill Clinton won decisively in 1996). True, Clinton won TN as well, but TN was trending GOP for a long time, as did rest of the south, and with demographic changes, Texas and Florida would move in the other direction.
Posted by G.C. Raj @ 08/09/2002 03:02 PM PST
Pretty soon we would need guns to hunt in order to survive, because as in TN, here in Michigan and throughout the country, GOP policies may not leave us much of a modern economy!
Posted by Yankee @ 08/09/2002 03:03 PM PST
I think the GOP put up a Hispanic canidate in the 60% Hispanic but heavily conservative new district in California.Am I wrong? Im not sure if he is Hispanic or Latino,probabilly is best to look for whether the person is Latino."Hispanic" could mean some white from Spain or Portagul.Just a caviate.
Posted by MLM @ 08/11/2002 09:10 PM PST
I believe Nunes, being Portuguese, is technichally Hispanic but not Latino. Same with Cardoza, Condit's replacement (who has said he will join the Hispanic Caucus.)
Posted by AVADem @ 08/12/2002 06:56 AM PST
My bad. Today's RollCall featured Eric Cantor, The Jewish Republican. (No mention of Arlen Spector- I wonder why....) Funny, but by appearances and spouting of doctrine Eric and John Sununu seem nearly enough clones. Oh wait, we're speaking about Republicans, andy saying that is quite redundant.
Posted by C.D. @ 08/13/2002 02:40 AM PST
"Funny, but by appearances and spouting of doctrine Eric and John Sununu seem nearly enough clones."
I thought Sununu was as anti-Israel as anyone in the House except Cynthia McKinney. Anyway, it doesn't much matter, since he'll be gone come January, beaten in a Senate primary as his seat goes Democratic. On the other hand, Cantor, not only the only Jewish House Republican once Gilman leaves but, along with Martin Frost, only of only two Jewish congressmen from the South outside Florida, is a GOP rising star, and will be in the House as long as he wants (for a Jewish man to be elected from the 7th District of Virginia-really any VA district besides the 8th or 11th, for that matter-you have to be doing something right)-though his re-election bid against Cooter, even if it won't be too close, should be very entertaining.
Posted by AVADem @ 08/13/2002 07:13 AM PST
When was the last time someone with out any southern roots won the PreZ? Reagan and Ford are the two I think of.
Speaking of Reagan, though a grim thought, if he passed away between now and Nov, does anyone think that could change any elections? It would no doubt flood the airwaves with Pro-Reagan retros. Even those critcal of him whould most likely not stomp on the grave, as Clinton did not jump on Nixons grave, nor did most of the media.
Posted by JimGAGOP @ 08/13/2002 10:55 AM PST
Ford was not elected and lost to Carter who had southern roots. Reagan had midwestern roots and the senior Bush had yankee roots. Nixon had California roots. A better question would be when was the last time a non-Daughters of American Revolution become the US President. Perhaps two: Eisenhower and Kennedy. As long as the DAR controls the Presidency, not even an Italian or Greek American can become US President let alone someone of East European ancestry or a minority.
Posted by G.C. Raj @ 08/14/2002 10:11 AM PST
