GOP Establishment on Townhall

• Russell Kirk Mon Apr 15
  Jack Kerwick
  The name of “Russell Kirk” is heard seldom, if ever, in conservative circles today. This is tragic, and maybe even a bit scandalous, for as William F. Buckley—a person whose name is well known—once said, it “is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant conservative movement in America without [Kirks’] labor.” ... more
• Self-Flagellation Republican Style Tue Mar 19
  Mona Charen
  The Republican National Committee is out with a 100-page analysis of how the party can revive its sagging fortunes. Doubtless many of the recommendations are good ones -- more outreach to minority and women voters, better candidate recruitment, fewer debates during the primaries, openness to immigration reform, competing with Democrats in absentee and early voting and much more. ... more
• Words Search: New Names, New Stories, New Journalists, New Songs Tue Mar 5
  Marvin Olasky
  Once more the hills are alive with the sound of musings. Maybe that’s because so many Republicans have fled the plains since the November drubbing and sought solace from political oracles: <i>National Review</i> recently had in its pages one of the greatest gatherings since Delphi. ... more
• The GOP Establishment Should Think Twice Before Trying to Undermine the Tea Party Wed Feb 27
  Daniel J. Mitchell
  Even though it changed the terms of the political debate, thus giving them a majority in the 2010 elections, many in the Republican establishment deeply resent the Tea Party. ... more
• Rove Vs. the Tea Party Wed Feb 6
  Ben Shapiro
  During the 2012 election cycle, Tea Partiers were told by their supposed betters that their ignorance of everyday politics meant that they should take a back seat to the Republican Party establishment. ... more
• Karl Rove Vs. the 'Far Right' Wed Feb 6
  Brent Bozell
  If I were launching a new conservative venture, the last venue I'd choose for the announcement would be the New York Times. Karl Rove has gone to the Times to announce that he has created a new "conservative" entity "to recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts." ... more
• Get Rid of the Republican Establishment, Once and for All Thu Dec 27
  Matt Towery
  Here's a New Year's wish I would love to see come true. However it is defined or however many people are part of it, it is time to send the giant never-ending "GOP Establishment" made up of some professional politicians, some moneyed nouveaux riche who -- by virtue of their contributions and the faux friendships it buys with politicians -- consider themselves political landed gentry and the endless scam artist consultants they support packing. ... more
• Defending Defense: How the GOP Can Escape the Budget Box Canyon Wed Dec 5
  Hugh Hewitt
  Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio wowed the Beltway conservatives last night, which is a little bit like the British cheering a successful evacuation from Dunkirk. The GOP indeed lives to fight another day, and that day will be here quickly as 2014’s candidates are already declaring –Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito for the United States Senate in West Virginia and former Governor Michael Rounds for the same in South Dakota. ... more
• Amnesty Won't Elect Republicans Tue Nov 27
  Phyllis Schlafly
  The Republican strategists who confidently predicted that their candidate, Mitt Romney, would win the 2012 election are already pontificating about what Republicans must do to win in 2016. After their disastrous defeat, strategy and policy mistakes and expensive super PAC advertising that failed to win votes, why should anybody take their advice again? ... more
• Social Conservatives: GOP Can't Live Without Them Tue Nov 27
  David Limbaugh
  One of the largest elephants in the GOP's post-election room is the fate of Christian and other social conservatives. Party honchos can't just wish this problem away -- or, maybe they can. ... more
• Political Parties Need Rebranding Tue Nov 20
  Phyllis Schlafly
  Dozens of explanations have been offered by people who think they are savvy about politics to explain why Mitt Romney lost and Barack Obama was reelected despite his many unlawful actions and the high unemployment figures. I toss into the mix my view that the two major political parties need rebranding. ... more
• Diagnosis GOP: Critical Condition Sat Nov 17
  Crystal Wright
  We’ve learned the Republican Party has been admitted to Hospital USA and is in critical condition after being slammed in the rear end by the Democrat Party in the 2012 presidential election. The diagnosis for recovery is poor. The party is on life support. It’s white voter count is dropping fast and the party appears to be unable to boost it pool of brown, black, beige and female voters to help it regain strength in future elections. ... more
• Post Obama Win, Tea Party Not Backing Down Wed Nov 7
  Katie Pavlich
• Preempting Establishment Handwringing Mon Oct 29
  Dan Holler
  If Mitt Romney loses to Barack Obama next Tuesday, the Republican Party will experience a violent wave of self-recrimination. The Republican Establishment, unable to fathom losing to such a damaged and rudderless president, will no doubt place blame squarely on conservatives – you know, those tea party extremists who swept Republicans into power in 2010. ... more
• Romney May Be the End of the Line for the Republican Establishment Fri Sep 21
  Scott Rasmussen
  Mitt Romney's comments about 47 percent of Americans being dependent on government and locked in to vote for President Obama highlight a fundamental reality in American politics today: The gap between the American people and the political class is bigger than the gap between Republicans and Democrats in Washington, D.C. ... more
• Texas Senate race a new test for GOP establishment Fri May 25
  AP News
• Texas Senate race a new test for GOP establishment Fri May 25
  AP News
• The State of the Today's Political Playing Field Thu May 17
  Matt Kibbe
  In the wake of Dick Lugar’s loss to Richard Mourdock in last week’s Indiana Republican Senate primary, former Senator Bob Bennett is wondering which party is going to control the Senate this November. According to Mr. Bennett, the Tea Party “gave” three Senate seats to the Democrats in 2010. ... more
• Moderates Only Look Dead Thu May 10
  Steve Chapman
  Moderates, we all hear, are an endangered species. Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., is the latest to be eliminated. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, announced her retirement in February. ... more
• Deport the GOP Establishment Wed May 2
  Ann Coulter
  On no issue is the elite/American divide so great as on immigration. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted to decrease immigration. Not just illegal immigration -- all immigration. ... more
• Republicans Nullifying Conservatives Sat Apr 21
  Steve Deace
  After the primary is over and the Republican establishment wins, the usual suspects line up to give the rest of us out here in the grassroots a sanctimonious lesson in party unity. ... more
• Allen West Betrayed Tue Mar 13
  Armstrong Williams
  Can someone please explain to me why the Republican party of Florida allowed Congressman Allen West to be gerrymandered out of his congressional district? ... more
• For GOP Contenders, Out of Office Means Out of Touch Wed Feb 22
  Michael Medved
  Recent history shows that none of the three Republican frontrunners—not Mitt Romney, not Rick Santorum, and certainly not Newt Gingrich—can possibly win the GOP nomination, let alone defeat Barack Obama in November. ... more
• The Drudge Distort Fri Jan 27
  Matt Barber
  You’re being manipulated. A well respected, highly influential news source has cast aside all journalistic integrity to shill for the liberal, GOP establishment candidate in this presidential race. ... more
• Ron Paul's Army Won't Be Easily Broken Sat Jan 7
  Floyd and Mary Beth Brown
  When Sarah Palin, during the post Iowa media spin feast, warned GOP leaders to not "marginalize" the Ron Paul supporters, she was looking ahead to the greatest challenge faced by whoever captures the nomination. ... more

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