Quote of the Day
May 9th, 2008 by 
Kevin
Winning for the sake of winning is an excellent short-term tactic, but a lousy long-term strategy. Just look at the consequences of the 2006 congressional elections, when the GOP lost control of both houses of Congress.
A Republican majority is only as useful as the policies that majority produces. When those policies look a lot like Democratic ones, the base rightly questions why it should keep Republicans in power. As the party gears up for elections in the fall, it ought to look closely at the losses suffered under a political strategy devoid of principle. Otherwise, it can look forward to a bad case of déjà vu.
- Pat Toomey, President of Club for Growth
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May 11th, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Dear Mr. Toomey,
So, what’s your SOLUTION?!
May 12th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Wouldn’t you agree that the first step of getting to a solution is admitting the problem??
May 12th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Absolutely. I have the good news and the bad news. The good news is that the message may be sinking in, certainly at the State level, maybe at the National level. The bad news is that every election is another “short term” situation, n which our politicians forget whatever long-term strategies they may have crafted. Seems to me that we have to a) craft that strategy, b) convince, by good-cop, bad-cop tactics, our GOP leadership to adopt it, and c) get behind it and push. Candidates don’t elect themselves, and they can’t advance the agenda if they don’t win.