The head of the RNC got an earful of the conservative blogosphere's anger at the RNC head quarters moments ago, when a blogger on a conference call directly called out Michael Steele over over criticism of the right, accusing the leadership of "Christian punching."
"We're the girl you'll take under the bleachers but you won't be seen with in the light of day," the blogger, Susan Madrak of Crooks and Liars, pointedly told Steele on the call, which was organized for conservative bloggers and media.
The call seemed to perfectly capture the tense dynamic that exists between the Republican establishment and the online and organized right: Though RNC advisers in the past have dumped on conservatives, anonymously and even on the record, Steele repeatedly pleaded with the bloggers on the call for help in pumping up the flagging enthusiasm of rank and file GOP.
Actually, that's not what was written, but you'd be hard pressed to witness a report on the left's civil war over the fact that Christine O'Donnell once wish that her parents would die because in seventh grade they wouldn't let her go to her best friend's birthday party.
Top Obama adviser David Axelrod got an earful of the liberal blogosphere's anger at the White House moments ago, when a blogger on a conference call directly called out Axelrod over White House criticism of the left, accusing the administration of "hippie punching.""We're the girl you'll take under the bleachers but you won't be seen with in the light of day," the blogger, Susan Madrak of Crooks and Liars, pointedly told Axelrod on the call, which was organzied for liberal bloggers and progressive media.
The call seemed to perfectly capture the tense dynamic that exists between the White House and the online and organized left: Though White House advisers in the past have dumped on the left, anonymously and even on the record, Axelrod repeatedly pleaded with the bloggers on the call for help in pumping up the flagging enthusiasm of rank and file Dems.
Seriously, I'm thinking that I might find some agreement with a lefty out there when I say that it's finally time to inject a third party into our political system so that both lefties and righties can kick our ideological heretics to the curb thus allowing both sides to create a brand that means something.
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This has been a special year. Not because the congress is going to swing rightward. That's great. But the real battle has already played out and that is in the GOP primaries. That is the only place where the true conservatives have a say. Rove and the establishment are all pissed that an alleged ding bat was nominated in Delaware. Ok. So next time don't try to install some RINO that can't beat a dingbat.
Now if conservatives win congress, that is when the real work starts. From day one the tea party will have to begin mounting challenges to republican incumbents. That's because many will get caught up in the Washington party life and stray left. These republicans need to know from day one their jobs are at risk.
Notice that I am focused on republicans. That's because republicans that move left do more damage than a democrat that is already left. Republicans like Mike Castle are like a fox guarding the hen house. It's best to have people that vote left to have a D next to their name. Otherwise the bad results of leftist policy gets blamed on Republicans and ultimately conservatism. That is what happened with Bush. By all accounts his spending policy was very much like a democrat. And those policies contributed to the economic earthquake in 2008. Yet most of the public still believes he was a heartless spending hawk and that the solution would be unchecked spending. How's that working out?
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