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Moderate GOP group opens doors to Democrats

Jan. 8, 2013 3:35pm Meredith Jessup

The Republican Main Street Partnership is dropping the “Republican” from its name in hopes of attracting more centrist Democrats, Yahoo News reports. Now known as just “The Main Street Partnership,” the group insists Democrats and Republicans need to find more common ground in Washington:

“The goal is to try and fill the void that is the middle,” the group’s new president, former Ohio congressman Steven LaTourette, told Yahoo. “The American political system is like a doughnut: You’ve got sides, but you don’t have anything in the middle and it would be my goal to work with Republicans and Democrats who want to find the path forward to getting things done and compromise.”

In retiring earlier this year, LaTourette lamented the increasing polarization in the House of Representatives.

“I have reached the conclusion that the atmosphere today and the reality that exists in the House of Representatives no longer encourages the finding of common ground,” he said. …

Members of the group include Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Mark Kirk (Ill.) and John McCain (Ariz.) as well as several influential House members: Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (Mich.), Committee Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (Mich.) and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden (Ore.).

I’ll be honest — as a constitutional conservative, the mention of “compromise” raises red flags. ”Compromise” on the part of conservatives generally requires moving away from our country’s constitutional principles in favor of more progressive ideals which focus less on cherished individual liberty and more on the collective good. Ideally, these principles would be something both Democrats and Republicans could agree on, but that seems less likely every day. Dropping “Republican” from the letterhead only seems like further retreat.

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Comments (9)

tonypro
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 4:15am
” Dropping “Republican” from the letterhead only seems like further retreat.”

More like a bolder way of showing that you are a traitor.

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ldaopines
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 11:55pm
I’m ashamed to say that McCain is our Senator here in AZ. He’s a good match with people like Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, etc., and he’ll give away conservatism and tradition at the drop of a hat. He was a similar pain in the b__ with his “gang of 12″ when Bush was in office. It’s about time he joined the “gang of Arizonans” who put him in office. Too bad we didn’t take his job away when we had the chance.

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CathyvanDyke
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 10:18pm
I have a suggestion. Maybe Progressives (Main Street Partnership/Rinos) could join the Democratic Party and … the Republican Party can return to the principles and values upon which it was founded. In other words … Conservatives will once again have a home to call their own.

McCain warns supporters, calls Obama decent man
October 10, 2008 06:17 PM

McCain was booed at a town-hall meeting here when he rebuked a man who said he was “scared…to bring a child up” under an Obama presidency. “I have to tell you he is a decent person and a person that you do not have to be scared of as president of the United States,” McCain said to audible disapproval.

The man was one of nine who appealed to McCain to confront Obama more forcefully, several of them raising specific controversies dominating news, including Obama’s relationships with Bill Ayers and the group ACORN. McCain seized the microphone from the hands of a woman who called Obama “an Arab,” and scolded her. “He’s a decent family man that I happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues,” McCain said, to scant approval.

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/10/mccain_gets_a_l.html

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MisterSarcastic
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 5:09pm
Another Republican caving. Big surprise.

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- savagenatn
  Posted on January 9, 2013 at 1:22am
  yep at least these RINOs are very consistent. Consistently being spineless jackasses
  
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TeresaJ
Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:08pm
“I’ll be honest — as a constitutional conservative, the mention of “compromise” raises red flags. ”Compromise” on the part of conservatives generally requires moving away from our country’s constitutional principles in favor of more progressive ideals which focus less on cherished individual liberty and more on the collective good.”

My thoughts exactly, except that the “collective good” tends not to be so good. I believe in the collective good too. I just believe it is accomplished through individual accountability.

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- woodyee
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 4:56pm
  Ditto.
  
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- travlman77
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 5:00pm
  My Grandpa used to say “If you stand in the middle of the road long enough, eventually you will get run over by the right side or the left side so pick a side”
  
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- CathyvanDyke
  Posted on January 8, 2013 at 9:32pm
  travlman77
  
  Your Grandfather was a very perceptive … very wise.
  
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