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Home Front: Politix
Can McCain lead "Republican redemption?"
2008-09-07
(Xinhua) -- As the curtain falls for the Republican National Convention Thursday night, the newly-nominated Republican presidential candidate John McCain has formally become the person to lead the party in a fierce general election in November.

The task for him, however, is more than keeping the White House. Moreover, he is now entrusted to try to turn the tide and redeem his party's declining political brand. The question is, can he make it?

REBRANDING THE PARTY
From every aspect, the Republican Party is much weaker than it was decades ago. Although it beats the Democrats seven times of the last 10 general elections, the current picture is rather dire.

Benefiting from Ronald Reagan's success to broaden the Republican base in the 1980s, George W. Bush came to power with a very strong party base. However, as the party is increasingly tilted to the right in recent years, its base has significantly shrunk. Compounded with unpopular Iraq policy and a string of scandals, the Republican brand is losing its luster quickly.
Posted by:Fred

#5  Considering Mugabe's first name, Zimbobwe actually works.
Posted by: no mo uro   2008-09-07 12:25  

#4  zimbabwe
Posted by: Betty Grating2215   2008-09-07 11:01  

#3  blah, blah. The bottom line is that this is a choice between four more years of politics as usual v/s the entrenchment of a marxist who who will bring all of the corruption of Chicago politics to the national stage, allowing them to create even bigger pots of tax for their cronies to skim off. Government will become one giant Big Dig project where health care, education and roads get tons of money thrown their direction and yet the bridges will fall and the public schools will eventually just become empty warehouses that store un-educated and angry children and our health care will improve its wait lines to match that of the Canadians, Cubans and Brits.

We can hope that perhaps Sarah might inspire some true reform, but for the most part, it is just a matter of whether you want to live in our current declining staus quo or improve our standard of living to match that of Cuba, Venezuela, Zimbobwe or any other marxist paradise.
Posted by: Betty Grating2215   2008-09-07 11:00  

#2  lotta wishful thinking in there.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2008-09-07 08:27  

#1  "the party is increasingly tilted to the right in recent years.."

WRONG, it has tilted left and became pork ridden which is why it was losing it's base.
Posted by: newc   2008-09-07 01:28  

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