|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Some Republicans Predict Upheaval Within the Party
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Party
|
| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Sep 03, 2004 11:00pm |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | General |
| Media | Newspaper - Washington Post |
| News Date | Friday, September 3, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Concerns Include Changing Electorate, Lack of Heir Apparent
By Dan Balz and John F. Harris
Washington Post Staff Writers
Saturday, September 4, 2004; Page A08
NEW YORK, Sept. 3 -- Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), a man known for frank talk, offered a blunt description of the state of his party, which broke camp here Friday after nominating President Bush for a second term. "The Republican Party," he said, "has come loose of its moorings."
Hagel was not referring to Bush's leadership or his prospects for reelection but instead to the impact of a presidency that has seen the party embrace the largest deficits in U.S. history and a foreign policy that has put the United States at odds with many of its closest allies and heightened suspicion of institutions such as the United Nations.
Hagel expects recrimination and worse if Bush loses to John F. Kerry, but he predicts that, win or lose, the GOP faces a period of introspection and debate over its future. "I think you've got a party that is in a state of uncertainty," he said.
While many Republicans attending the convention dismissed Hagel's prediction as unduly pessimistic, there is likely to be a series of intraparty debates, starting after the election, over the size and role of government, the U.S. role in the world, and how Republicans can expand their coalition. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
