The Moderate Republican: The Poole-Rosenthal Conservative Rankings

What the Moderate Republican Stands For

Republicans came to power as the party of big ideas, and without returning to that model they could be looking at a long winter. Additionally, those big ideas need to focus on Middle America. Three issues that could work are conservation, reform and localism.

Conservation- a return to the Teddy Roosevelt model of conservation. One doesn’t necessarily have to buy into global warming to appreciate the need to protect the natural resources we have.

Reform- the federal government is bigger than ever, and won’t be getting any smaller over the next four years. Republicans need to fashion themselves as national reformers. Much of Middle America wants the government as safety net, but bloated bureaucracies breed corruption that needs to be dealt with.

Localism- this is the lynchpin that brings it all together. If we bought our food locally, shopped locally, governed locally, many of the issue we now have to deal with would go away, or at the least become manageable.

Below is a collection of writers who speak about the things that matter. Some are Right, some Left and some Center, but all intelligent and rational voices.

The Poole-Rosenthal Conservative Rankings

The Poole-Rosenthal rankings, which most consider the leading measure of a congressman's relative ideology have come out. Some highlights-

The 5 most liberal Republican Senators:

Snowe- Collins- Smith- Coleman- Specter

The 5 most conservative Democratic Senators:

Bayh- Nelson- Landrieu- Carper-

3 comments:

The Wordsmith said...: I am SO sick of this . Why didn't you just call them the Traitors that they are!
I'm not trying to be rude, but 20 million current illegals, with or without families, totally destroys the conservative movement, and the half of the Republican party worth saving for all time.
I'm sick of the holier than thou conservative traitors that did not vote and let Obama and company walk right in to the white office.; April 6, 2009 11:16 AM
BB-Idaho said...: Pretty much explains the GOP problem, dontcha think? What sort of profound thinking labels any and all disagreement as 'traitor'?; April 6, 2009 3:04 PM
Beth said...: Indeed BB, on that I can concur.; April 6, 2009 3:26 PM

The Moderate Republican

What the Moderate Republican Stands For

The American Conservative » Rod Dreher

Via Meadia

Front Porch Republic

David Brooks

The Soap Box

The Poole-Rosenthal Conservative Rankings

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