By Robert Laurie ——Bio and Archives--February 4, 2013
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"The biggest donors in the Republican Party are financing a new group to recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the party’s efforts to win control of the Senate. The group, the Conservative Victory Project, is intended to counter other organizations that have helped defeat establishment Republican candidates over the last two election cycles. It is the most robust attempt yet by Republicans to impose a new sense of discipline on the party, particularly in primary races."As I said last week, if the GOP hopes to survive, it’s got to listen to its base. Rove‘s desire to destroy the Republican party’s own grass roots is exactly the kind of thing that will permanently fracture the party and lead to more losses. If people think the Republicans were irrelevant in the last election, they should try and imagine what will happen if Rove gets his way. The party lost last time because millions of normally loyal voters were angry at the GOP and stayed home. Now, Karl wants to codify their anger into the party’s DNA by forcing them out? Rove’s claim to political genius is based on a pair of very narrow George W. Bush victories. One of them was so close that it had to be claimed in court, and the other was against John Kerry – a candidate who should have been defeated in a landslide. Are Republicans really so enamored with his two “skin-of-his-teeth” wins that they’re willing to splinter the party forever? Instead of trying to force genuine conservatives out of the fold, the GOP needs to find a way to fight for a truly constitutional message. If they can’t be bothered to do so, they’ve already conceded defeat, the party will split, and the left will hold sway for a generation. On the other hand, if they’re actively trying to guarantee a permanent Democrat majority, by all means, they should follow Rove on his witch hunt.
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