Family Research Council Slams GOP's New National Council for a New America

Reader Comments

Back to blog

The Party should use the same tatics as the Dems. just attack the President until everyone believes you!

jasonV of OK 10:04AM May 12, 2009

I too am leery of the National Council for a New America. We don't need a "new" America we need to recapture, reform, and restore America, as Laura Ingram said recently. While there are some good people on the Council, many of them are also part of the problem with the Republican party lately.

I supported Huckabee in 2008, and I must say he was right on a lot of the issues. I especially like his "Vertical" approach to politics and leadership. He's not an establishment party person, but he's been very loyal supporting and campaigning on behalf of many conservatives within the party. This was good blog by one of his supporters:

http://www.huckpac.com/?Fuseaction=Blogs.View&Blog_id=2570

Brently of CO 2:24AM May 08, 2009

The reason why Republican's lost so many seats lately, is because a majority of the population consider them the Wall Street Super Rich. That's how most people perceive them to be.

They've lost touch with the majority of those on Main Street who struggle to make payments, working tons of overtime and two jobs to get by. It's not that the party pulled to the right socially, it's because the party financial leg pulled too close to Wall Street.

The GOP needs someone to bring back those Main Street folks while keeping social issues strong. And the best person to do that is Mike Huckabee. That's why Ronald Reagan was such a strong President. He pulled in the Main Street folks while maintaining the strong social issues.

Check out Mike Huckabee's fan base, it keeps growing. His Fan base already has 50 States of Huckabee Fans that span 275 counties in America. Nearly 10% of the entire United States.

http://www.huckapedia.webs.com

If the link doesnt show then Google: Mike Huckabee 2012 Fan Club

It's only been 4 months since President Obama was elected. The Huckabee Fans are working around the clock setting the bar higher everyday. The momentum is growing at a rapid pace for those folks on Main Street. Check out the link above and see which states in America have the largest amount of Huckabee Fans.

Huckapedia of OH 8:56PM May 06, 2009

"Must say I'm shocked to see an evangelical group (FRC) promote... an evangelical (Huck). How is this news?"

FRC actually didn't promote Huck in 2008 so this is big move if this is indeed what this is. It is hard to tell thought at this stage.

Huckabee in recent polling by PPP did have the highest favorable among any Republican figure...and particularly did will with Independents which he is going to need if he runs again.

Robert of CA 7:37PM May 06, 2009

"They're gonna go "social-issue right" for sure, but it's arguable whether it will help them. FRC (above) has it's position. I think they already went there in 2008 and that doing so is WHY they lost."

How many times were "social-issue right" things brough up in 2008? Maybe once or twice in any debate. It was all economy. Other than Sarah Palin being religious, social-right issues were never brought up. It was ALL ECONOMY, anti-Bush, etc. If ever there was an election cycle where social issues were not at the forefront it was this one. To say that's why the Republican lost is ridiculous. I think a lot more people were paying attention to the economy tanking in October than abortion.

LS of WA 7:11PM May 06, 2009

The Republicans have nothing else to run on but abortion, gay marriage and guns for all. That's how they "draw a crowd" with and for Sarah Palin. No one else would go to see her. And, the Godfather of Church people, Rush Limbaugh, won't support anyone else.

They're gonna go "social-issue right" for sure, but it's arguable whether it will help them. FRC (above) has it's position. I think they already went there in 2008 and that doing so is WHY they lost.

Hard to say. There are a lot of nuts in the country. My Albuquerque paper has a front-page story today saying that since Obama's election, there has been such a run on buying up ammunition that the police department is having a hard time finding bullets to buy. No kidding.

Muser of NM 4:44PM May 06, 2009

Must say I'm shocked to see an evangelical group (FRC) promote... an evangelical (Huck). How is this news?

garry of CO 4:40PM May 06, 2009

Add Your Thoughts
Your comment will be posted immediately, unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

Back to blog

God & Country

U.S. News Weekly

Subscribe Now!

Order the new U.S. News Weekly digital magazine at a special low introductory price!

Dan Gilgoff covers religion for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War, and is a former politics editor at beliefnet. E-mail Dan at godandcountry@usnews.com.

Is increasing access to healthcare a moral or faith-based cause?

View Results

Follow Dan Gilgoff on: Facebook | Twitter | MySpace

Photo Gallery

Faith Photo of the Day

See what's going on in the faith world across the globe every day.

SPECIAL REPORTS

Secrets of Islam

A guide to the world's fastest growing religion.

Sacred Places

Explore the significance, history, and enduring power of places people consider most sacred.

Women of the Bible

The "daughters of Eve" play many roles in the Old and New Testaments.