You do not win elections by alienating your base.

Why doese Media fear Tea Party candidates but loves, admires and worships far leftist socialist/fascist candidates? Why it the Tea Party bad for America but ultra leftist are good?

That would be projection, #1. Wait and see who surfaces from this. Maybe it will be better than you think.

In other words a radical conservative is someone that is not democrat lite and is not willing to compromise core values. A traditional republican is sort of squishy, and willing to compromise core values in order to win.

OP:

It´s about...

Being Naive
Being Gullible
Being Ignorant
Being UnPrincipled
Being selfish
Being Fearful
Being Uninformed

And in some cases, being soulless and manipulating the discussion to meet personal and political agendas.

So, which of the above describe you as I see you agreeing with an article on how the republicans should behave - written by a democratic operative, published in a democratic magazine.

Tea party folks are "radicals"? We believe in individual liberty and the rule of law - the Constitution in particular - and we won´t compromise on our principles, so that makes us "radical"? OK, I guess I´m a radical.

A couple decades ago, we had a different term for such people. We called them "Americans".

RADICAL, adj.
1. of, relating to, or proceeding from a root

2. of or relating to the origin : fundamental

3. favoring extreme changes in existing views, habits, conditions, or institutions

4. advocating extreme measures to retain or restore a political state of affairs

RADICALISM, n. The conservatism of tomorrow injected into the affairs of today.


So radical is the new conservative.
Count me in.

Karl Rove is a has been in my book. We need just the opposite of Obama and Rove does not fit the bill.
The only thing Rove is looking for in my opinion, is his own little fiefdom.

Yea lets get rid of those far right radicals in the tea party those who believe in the constitution and the rule of law; all those idiots who believe in personal responsibility and privet enterprise. When we have done that we will have a country that looks just like Greece. Wont that be great!

This is all nonsense rationalizing to justify the unexpected GOP presidental loss. Under Karl Rove´s leadership the GOP totally blew an otherwise easily winnable election by insanely insisting that jack boot government has a role in determining women´s reproductive decisions-- and in insanely insisting that the zillionaires who were taxing the average citizens with irrationally inflated gas prices, should not themselves be subject to ANY tax increases.

Karl Rove is dead wrong- AGAIN!

I would expect US News & World Report to say something like this.

Because of the Bushes and Rove we now have a $16 trillion debt. They have destroyed the Reagan revolution and have no desire to shrink the federal government.

I marvel at the denial of the republican kool-aid drinkers.

Re: Comments

....so we´ve been told for the past fifty years....

When a liberal like Kaye is comfortable supporting Rove´s ideas, well . . . ´nuff said.

I have been around long enough to realize that we will not be able to get along with democrats. We must defeat them. Ted Kennedy understood this about defeating Bush and Bush never recovered.

Some of the best TEA party candidates have proven that we can defeat liberals. I say, let Rove do what he wants. Let´s focus and let´s roll!

Oh, I believe in personal liberty, the Constitution, smaller government, fiscal responsibility, a strong defense, and secure borders.


What I don´t believe is that crackpot losers like Christine O´Donnell, Todd Akin, and Richard Mourdock are going to help preserve those things.

Off topic somewhat, but does anyone else out there, in this vast universe, think Uncle Karl has a strong resemblance to Sturmbannfuhrer Arnold Ernst Toht, the Gestapo agent, in "Raiders Of The Lost Ark."? Just curious.

Count me in as a radical then too. Radical enough to say I will never, ever vote for a turdblossom-endorsed anybody.

AND the side story is the RINO´s will rule and we will all go down in a Socialist Boat full of holes...OR...we have real conservative candidates getting elected to offset the old guard of Liberal Thieves and imposters.

Our nation is at the tipping point. We need honest courageous leaders. Politicians that are always trying to identify the middle ground will destroy us because they are unable to stand against determined Progressives like BHO. I personally will be willing to take a chance that I can get a Jim DeMint, Rand Paul or Ted Cruz, even it I get an occasional Tod Akin. Akin could have withdrawn gracefully, but failed the people of his state.

The key phrase in this article is "while the old line searches for compromise...."

The "old line" has compromised away our liberty and economic vitality and no one seems to get it.

OP drags in some advice from a guy who helps Harry Reid get elected and reelected and is all too excited to drag in ANY article slamming that ´radical ´ Sarah Palin. Coincidence? I think not.

Karl Rove´s 15 minutes of fame in the political arena is kaput. New leaders are ready to step up to the plate, ...conservative principled winners!

Bingo, #21. I´ve always suspected the OP is really Paul Begala.

#15 what you fail to see is that the People of each state choose their candidates.
Rove of the Central government of almighty Washington does NOT.
When all is said and done, either the Republican will be stronger, or it will be demolished..Rove will laugh all the way to the bank either way and not give a damn.

I would rather winnow Karl Rove, Anson Kaye, and his types out of the party.

Karl Rove is like Todd Akin. He said what he said and it doesn´t matter anymore what he meant. The horse is out the barn. The war is on.