Republican Erosion Continues
Posted by Eric Hogue on February 01, 2008 at 03:06 PM
WARNING: We are losing ‘more’ ground as a party…
Secretary of State Debra Bowen just released new voter registration numbers, and they bode well for California’s Democrat Party, as well as the Independent Party.
California has over 700,000 new voters since the 2004 primary and 240,000 new voters since early December.
Of the newly registered since December; 150,633 are Democrats while only 39,246 are Republicans. This is terrible.
Also, while Decline-to-State voters represented 16.43% of the electorate in 2004, they now represent 19.37%. Will the GOP be third fiddle in a decade?
Sec of State release…
“There are just four days until the earliest primary in our state’s history, and California voters will step on the scales of the presidential race in a major way,” said Secretary of State Debra Bowen, the state’s chief elections officer. “Voter registration drives across the state have paid off, because there are now tens of thousands of new voters who will have their voices heard on February 5.”
What’s wrong with the Republican Party in California?
Why are we not growing in numbers, in youth and with youthful, independent thinking citizens?
For starters, we have no voice, no vision and we desire no inclusion of others for the cause. We are sitting on our core and yelling no more. Ronald Reagan would be frustrated.
My friends, it is a Christian value, as well as a conservative value, to ‘include people’ into a party for an effort to win elections and represent values.
There are issues that we should embrace that we are ignoring because of fear or ignorance. We are more than (not leaving them behind, or reducing their importance) two issues and a scream.
Time to get back to voter recruitment, authentic cultural communication and party inclusion (Reagan; if you’re 75% with me, you’re on my team)...or else…someone turn out the lights.
This is not compromise, it is educational. Bring people along, stop tossing them under the bus. You never know, these ‘independent thinkers’ might have a lesson or two for the old guard.
Give me your thoughts.
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It is a Republican leadership that cares more about not offending anyone rather than fighting for principle.
People are rejecting the Arnold / McCain GOP because they are scarcely different than the Democrats we are supposed to be opposing?
The triend is that people disgruntled by Arnold are leaving the GOP.
The triend is that new voter registration drives are being led by the Dems and the Moderate leadership of the GOP ran the party into serious debt on behalf of their patron saint Arnold.
Now – we can not fully fund any voter registration drive.
Finally – we have an internal feeding frenzy where the same establishment liberals are going after conservatives instead of trying to conquer new territory – see also your post regarding OSE vs Oller.
Is this a surprise to people? It shouldn’t be. We have no party leadership. We don’t stand for anything. The GOP is no different than the Democrats we supposedly don’t like. There are no real policy differences between McCain and Hillary. In fact, if McCain is the nominee Ann Coulture said she would campaign AND vote for Hillary. We’re sick of politics as usual. We’re sick of the party establishment. We’re sick of hearing that a vote for Huck or Ron Paul is a vote for McCain, that’s just pure BS! A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for Ron Paul. We have to stop this utilitarian view on voting. A vote for anyone other than McCain is a vote for anyone other than McCain and a statement we don’t care what the party “leaders” want the sheeple to do. BAAAAAAA!
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