Tom Delay: It Will Take Years To Rebuild The Party
By
pparets
on June 9, 2008 at 04:49 am
Tom Delay, former republican power-broker in congress, says the GOP and conservatives failed to adapt to the new realities of the McCain/Feingold campaign laws, while the democrats and liberals did.
Delay believes that republicans have not hit bottom yet following their losses in ‘06 and that it will take years to rebuild the party and it’s base.
Delay argues that the left has mastered the art of using independent groups, while republicans lag far behind, still focused on a party-based strategy that can’t compete.
Delay will spearhead an effort to bring together different conservative groups, but admits the process will be slow and new leaders will have to emerge.
Delay will vote for John McCain but says his wife may vote for Bob Barr, Libertarian.
In short, while conservatives cursed the McCain/Feingold legislation, liberals sat down, studied it and learned to adjust. The GOP and conservatives failed to adapt to the new realities, are losing the war of words and ideas and must find new ways to package their message.
http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jun/09/delay-warns-gop-faces-long-rebuilding-process/
Delay believes that republicans have not hit bottom yet following their losses in ‘06 and that it will take years to rebuild the party and it’s base.
The conservatives refuse to accept that the left is cleaning thier clock and until you hit some bottom, wherever that is, to where it says, “Well, maybe we aught to do something different, little or nothing is going to change.”
Delay argues that the left has mastered the art of using independent groups, while republicans lag far behind, still focused on a party-based strategy that can’t compete.
They’re living with 10 - 15 year old technology. They still believe if you raise enough money, go on television enough, you’re going to win. Those days are over.
Delay will spearhead an effort to bring together different conservative groups, but admits the process will be slow and new leaders will have to emerge.
Delay will vote for John McCain but says his wife may vote for Bob Barr, Libertarian.
In short, while conservatives cursed the McCain/Feingold legislation, liberals sat down, studied it and learned to adjust. The GOP and conservatives failed to adapt to the new realities, are losing the war of words and ideas and must find new ways to package their message.
http://www.washtimes.com/news/2008/jun/09/delay-warns-gop-faces-long-rebuilding-process/
