re: #244 Sharmuta

Think about it- Bush 1 didn’t keep his “read my lips” promise. Fiscal conservatives looked elsewhere. Same thing 4 years later.

Fiscally conservative principles, including the Balanced Budget Amendment, swept republicans to power in 1994. When they abandoned those principles, they lost.

Keep the fisc-cons happy is what the gop needs to figure out. I fail to see how glenn beck is promoting this thinking. He’s just trying to make a buck. He could give a shit about the movement.

If you think back to August ‘08 many folks said that only a moderate republican could beat the dems. The polls showed this to be true. Just prior to the fiscal meltdown McCain ran ahead in the polls. Then whammo! He suspended his campaign and headed back to Washington. He never recoved. The economy killed his campaign. His line: The fundamentals of our economy are still strong - should be the epitaph.