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Conservatives lambast Romney, vow to take over Republican Party
Conservative leaders on Wednesday lashed out at Mitt Romney, saying his attempts to paint himself as a centrist and hide his principles cost him the presidency.
They vowed to wage a war to put the Tea Party in charge of the Republican Party by the time it nominates its next presidential candidate.
The battle to take over the Republican Party begins today and the failed Republican leadership should resign, said Richard Viguerie, a top activist and chairman of ConservativeHQ.com.
He said the lesson on Romneys loss to President Obama on Tuesday is that the GOP must never again nominate a a big government established conservative for president.
Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots said Romney failed to make the kind of strong case for conservatism that would have won the election.
She described Romney as a weak, moderate candidate hand-picked by the country club elite Republican establishment.
They didnt see a clear distinction so they went with what they know, she said of voters.
It should have been a landslide if Romney had run as a true conservative, said Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center.
Romney took all the right stances, no question. The problem was not communicating them on the national stage with President Obama, said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the head of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List.
Martin argued that there was no repudiation of the Tea Party by the electorate because Tea Party values were not firmly articulated.
This is not the death of the Tea Party, Martin said.
Tea Partiers will take over the Republican party in the next four years, Viguerie said.
With all the threads mentioning how the Republicans are going to reach out and try to include minorities I was wondering how the Tea Party saw the election and what they are going to be doing while the Republicans "move to the middle"
/lawn chair, popcorn
Conservatives lambast Romney, vow to take over Republican Party
Conservative leaders on Wednesday lashed out at Mitt Romney, saying his attempts to paint himself as a centrist and hide his principles cost him the presidency.
They vowed to wage a war to put the Tea Party in charge of the Republican Party by the time it nominates its next presidential candidate.
The battle to take over the Republican Party begins today and the failed Republican leadership should resign, said Richard Viguerie, a top activist and chairman of ConservativeHQ.com.
He said the lesson on Romneys loss to President Obama on Tuesday is that the GOP must never again nominate a a big government established conservative for president.
Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots said Romney failed to make the kind of strong case for conservatism that would have won the election.
She described Romney as a weak, moderate candidate hand-picked by the country club elite Republican establishment.
They didnt see a clear distinction so they went with what they know, she said of voters.
It should have been a landslide if Romney had run as a true conservative, said Brent Bozell of the Media Research Center.
Romney took all the right stances, no question. The problem was not communicating them on the national stage with President Obama, said Marjorie Dannenfelser, the head of the pro-life Susan B. Anthony List.
Martin argued that there was no repudiation of the Tea Party by the electorate because Tea Party values were not firmly articulated.
This is not the death of the Tea Party, Martin said.
Tea Partiers will take over the Republican party in the next four years, Viguerie said.
With all the threads mentioning how the Republicans are going to reach out and try to include minorities I was wondering how the Tea Party saw the election and what they are going to be doing while the Republicans "move to the middle"
/lawn chair, popcorn
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