The great Conservative rebellion is finally aiming at a target that needs to called out, the Elitist Establishment Republicans. This faction of the GOP, called Rockefeller Republicans or Compassionate Conservatives, has held back the Right and it’s ideas for too long. Typified by political eunuch Sen. Lindsey Graham, these Elitist have collaborated with the Democrats on Progressive issues. Make no mistake about it, these Establishment Republicans are Progressives and agree with Democrats that government must solve our problems. Now GOP voters are rejecting the quislings and like the deer in a headlight, they don’t know what to do.
For years, establishment Republicans have urged the party’s conservative wing to get over its obsession with social issues and focus on fiscal issues. Well, in 2010 they are getting their wish. The nation is experiencing a popular backlash against the expansion of government and runaway federal spending, and across the country fiscally conservative candidates are taking advantage of this popular groundswell — in some cases to the detriment of establishment Republican candidates.
In Texas, for example, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison challenged Gov. Rick Perry in the Republican primary and started out with a commanding lead. But Perry successfully portrayed Hutchison as having become part of the Washington establishment — dubbing her “Kay Bailout” and running an ad tagging her the “Earmark Queen” (to the tune of Abba’s “Dancing Queen”). Hutchison responded by declaring that her success in bringing money home for Texas should be “celebrated and appreciated.” Apparently, Texans are not in a celebratory or appreciative mood. She lost to Perry 51 percent to 30 percent. (Indeed, anti-Washington sentiment in Texas is so strong that a little-known, underfunded Tea Party candidate garnered 18 percent of the vote).
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For a long time these GOP moderates claimed to be Economic Conservatives and Social Liberals. In reality, they were Economic Progressives who masked as Conservatives because they were not as far Left as the Democrats. The Tea Party movement is exposing the Elitist Establishment Republicans as the charlatans they are. The era of the Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Georg Bush and David Frum Republican is over. Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio and Sarah Palin are the future of the Republican Party. Real authentic Conservatism based on individualism and economic freedom and a foreign policy based on American interests is what the New Right is about.
