Conservatives v. Republicans in New York 23 Race

Kevin of OH & Wake up people of MD:

You'll take the cake for even pretending to be informed citizens, but your denial of Republicans being a dwindling minority mocks the majority who voted out the Republicans last year. It almost sounds like plain old anti-democratic rhetoric and maybe you'd feel more at home in Iran where dictators tell you what to think, say and believe.

What a croak: "conservatives are the majority in this country" ...

The country rejected the reactionary conservative values of McCain/Palin last year.

Its old news. The mere 23% percent of the country still Republicans anymore keep peddling their addiction to misinformation. Being socially conservative and fiscally liberal is more rightwingnut dribble we don't need to revisit since we all know what kind of mess Bush left us.

Clue: Lots a people watch Pro Wrestling on TV, too, but at least most those viewers realize its all fake. The some measly market share of dumb TV and radio shows is nothing compared to the majority of Americans who elected the current Democratic Congress and Democratic Administration.

Sounds like someone needs to turn off the boob tube and take a time out.

Darin of KY 5:42PM November 04, 2009

Wow, I've discovered another unbiased media source!!

You should really check your facts; there is a second congressional race going on in CA 10th CD next Tuesday between another constitutional conservative and a left-leaning democrat.

Regarding Conservatives vs Republicans, you simply need to go back and read the founding documents to understand that what Conservatives want from the Republican & Democrat Parties. They want the politicians to stand on the princibles upon which this country was founded. It is quite a simple formula and the only one that has historically worked well.

A 3rd Party: when you say "rejecting all ideas except their own;" are you talking about the ideas they'd like to bring to the table in Cogress where they are shut out of any and all discussions by this "transparent, bipartisan, open-door" administration?

All Politics are Local: check your facts too; the conservatives are the majority in this country. You can check that fact not only by examining the polls, but look at the market share of Fox and conservative talk radio. Liberals will never be a majority.

I Don't Vote: I doubt God believes we should have anarchy on earth. BTW-The definition of principle is a truth or general law. Conservative principles are based on God's law. What are you talking about?

BTW-Mr. Schlesinger: I see another story above about CNN going the way of Fox like MSNBC. Are you kidding? If you watched Fox News, you would know how balanced and FACTUAL they are in their reporting. They actually do research and bring on people with different points of view. How sad it is that our media today doesn't have a clue about what true journalism is. The state of our country today rests partially on the shoulders of the media. I don't know how any of you can look yourselves in the mirror.

Wake up people of MD 12:30AM October 29, 2009

If conservative values and the party are on the decline then why is it that polls show something different? Is it because you tell the news, but tell it slant? Concern for length, I've only include a sample from the Harris poll:

The Harris Poll also found that conservatives continue to outnumber liberals by 36 to 18 percent but that the largest number of people think of themselves as moderates (41%). The remarkable thing about these numbers is how little they have changed over the past 30 to 40 years. Harris Interactive data over four decades show that the average numbers of moderates have remained at 40 or 41 percent, and that conservatives have only varied between 32 and 38 percent, while liberals have remained at a steady 18 percent since the 1970s.

However, the long term trend for party identification has changed over the last 40 years, with the Democratic lead declining from 21 percentage points in the 1970s, to 11 points in the 1980s, seven points in the 1990s, and (so far) five points in this decade.

I believe that moderates tend to be more conservative leaning than liberal leaning. Meaning that, independents tend to lie more on the periphery of conservative agendas than liberal agendas.

So to take a "Henny Penny" approach to say the Republican sky is falling is to obfuscate facts.

The last Presidential election was not a referrendum for liberal idealogy. As Pelosi, Reid, Obama, Geithner, et al are loathe to recognize. Rather it was a referrendum about career politicians and Washington. That, and media duping society with a carefully crafted machination of Obama in sheep clothing.

So, considering the article. The GOP is throwing weight behind a true GOP candidate rather than see another Benedict Arnold like Olympia Snow or Arlene Specter elected. Why should that raise eyebrows? I would think Dems would do the same.

david of ID 5:54PM October 27, 2009

The conservatives are painting themselves into a corner and anrrowing their party by rejecting all ideas except their own. It does make you wonder if their party will split into the "liberal" republican and the "conservative" republican party.

Jim Chavez of CO 12:04PM October 27, 2009