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	<title>Comments on: Campbell Brown rips McCain aides for blaming Palin for McCain loss: &#8216;You picked her.&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: chiefeditor</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://tinyurl.com/62yxpy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Oh, SNAP!&lt;/a&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/62yxpy" rel="nofollow">Oh, SNAP!</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5331052', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ssmith1018</title>
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		<dc:creator>ssmith1018</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>EugeneDebs Says: 

You are out of your mind you ignorant wingnut troll.

Why the name calling?  We happen to disagree, why attack?  Oh, I remember now, that&#039;s all the Obama fans can do.  You can&#039;t defend him with his accomplishments, so you have to attack and demean the person that disagrees with him.  Time will tell who&#039;s right.

P.S.  I hope you get out of the 8th grade in the next couple of years.  Maybe by the time you are old enough to vote, you will be able to hear both sides before making a decision.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EugeneDebs Says: </p>
<p>You are out of your mind you ignorant wingnut troll.</p>
<p>Why the name calling?  We happen to disagree, why attack?  Oh, I remember now, that&#8217;s all the Obama fans can do.  You can&#8217;t defend him with his accomplishments, so you have to attack and demean the person that disagrees with him.  Time will tell who&#8217;s right.</p>
<p>P.S.  I hope you get out of the 8th grade in the next couple of years.  Maybe by the time you are old enough to vote, you will be able to hear both sides before making a decision.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5331006', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: EugeneDebs</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/campbell-brown-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-5330862</link>
		<dc:creator>EugeneDebs</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ssmith1018 Says: 

Sarah Palin is just as qualified as Barack (Barry) Obama
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You are out of your mind you ignorant wingnut troll. BARAK is a constitutional scholar and Dimwit Caribou Bimbo wouldnt pass my 8th grade civics class. YOU are a moron so I GET that you wouldl like one of your ilk as VP. Those of us with an actual FUNCTIONING cerebral cortex will take a pass on more of the GOP marching moron parade.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ssmith1018 Says: </p>
<p>Sarah Palin is just as qualified as Barack (Barry) Obama<br />
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<p>You are out of your mind you ignorant wingnut troll. BARAK is a constitutional scholar and Dimwit Caribou Bimbo wouldnt pass my 8th grade civics class. YOU are a moron so I GET that you wouldl like one of your ilk as VP. Those of us with an actual FUNCTIONING cerebral cortex will take a pass on more of the GOP marching moron parade.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5330862', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: ssmith1018</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sarah Palin is just as qualified as Barack (Barry) Obama.  Palin is the scapegoat for all of the inept people in John McCain&#039;s camp.  If they would have let Sarah be Sarah, instead of trying to turn her into someone else, she would have continued to invigorate the Republican party.  As it was, they tried to &quot;manage&quot; her and she doesn&#039;t do that well.  Then they started complaining that she went &quot;rogue&quot;, but that is when she started to be the great candidate for V.P.  

If Obama and Biden had been grilled the way that Palin and McCain were, I believe that you would be seeing a totally different outcome.  The true Republicans were NEVER disappointed in Sarah Palin.  The one&#039;s kissing up to Obama were the one&#039;s doing the anti-Palin narratives.  And it&#039;s also funny that most of these turn-coats ended up on CNN.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sarah Palin is just as qualified as Barack (Barry) Obama.  Palin is the scapegoat for all of the inept people in John McCain&#8217;s camp.  If they would have let Sarah be Sarah, instead of trying to turn her into someone else, she would have continued to invigorate the Republican party.  As it was, they tried to &#8220;manage&#8221; her and she doesn&#8217;t do that well.  Then they started complaining that she went &#8220;rogue&#8221;, but that is when she started to be the great candidate for V.P.  </p>
<p>If Obama and Biden had been grilled the way that Palin and McCain were, I believe that you would be seeing a totally different outcome.  The true Republicans were NEVER disappointed in Sarah Palin.  The one&#8217;s kissing up to Obama were the one&#8217;s doing the anti-Palin narratives.  And it&#8217;s also funny that most of these turn-coats ended up on CNN.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5330778', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: garyb50</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Gregor Samsa Says:

I hate do defend Palin, but she might actually have thought she was qualified.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

That, to me, is actually the scariest thing about her.</description>
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<p>I hate do defend Palin, but she might actually have thought she was qualified.</p></blockquote>
<p>That, to me, is actually the scariest thing about her.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5330358', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Marie Says:
&lt;i&gt;If Palin were honest, however, she would have declined the offer for VP&lt;/i&gt;

I hate do defend Palin, but she might actually have thought she was qualified. 

I agree with Brown -the burden is/was on McCain and his advisors. They were supposed to know better. Palin is who she is. 

My suspicion is that they chose her because they though she could &quot;energise&quot; the base and get the Republican vote out, not because she was qualified. They were bent on running a campaign that preferred style over substance. Nothing more.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Marie Says:<br />
<i>If Palin were honest, however, she would have declined the offer for VP</i></p>
<p>I hate do defend Palin, but she might actually have thought she was qualified. </p>
<p>I agree with Brown -the burden is/was on McCain and his advisors. They were supposed to know better. Palin is who she is. </p>
<p>My suspicion is that they chose her because they though she could &#8220;energise&#8221; the base and get the Republican vote out, not because she was qualified. They were bent on running a campaign that preferred style over substance. Nothing more.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5330252', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: 5th Estate</title>
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		<dc:creator>5th Estate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Campbell Brown has long been a White House stenographer. 
Her new &#039;Cutting through the Bull&#039; segment is encouraging. 

It remains to be seen how she will apply this with the new administration. Her new apparently apolitical and independent  coherence may just be a result of this transition period. 

I hope she keeps it up, but CNN has chosen to hire a few more right wingers so once Obama is in power she may either be reigned-in or revert to a conservative bias once the new political fault lines are reestablished after January 20.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Campbell Brown has long been a White House stenographer.<br />
Her new &#8216;Cutting through the Bull&#8217; segment is encouraging. </p>
<p>It remains to be seen how she will apply this with the new administration. Her new apparently apolitical and independent  coherence may just be a result of this transition period. </p>
<p>I hope she keeps it up, but CNN has chosen to hire a few more right wingers so once Obama is in power she may either be reigned-in or revert to a conservative bias once the new political fault lines are reestablished after January 20.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5330080', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If Palin were honest, however, she would have declined the offer for VP, in recognition of her own lack of qualification.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If Palin were honest, however, she would have declined the offer for VP, in recognition of her own lack of qualification.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5330070', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Marie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Campbell Brown is right on this one -- it was McCain and his people who neglected to vet her, held her up as perfectly qualified, and thought the public was stupid enough to embrace her.  
McCain has no one else to scapegoat for his loss -- he did it -- his campaign staff did it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Campbell Brown is right on this one &#8212; it was McCain and his people who neglected to vet her, held her up as perfectly qualified, and thought the public was stupid enough to embrace her.<br />
McCain has no one else to scapegoat for his loss &#8212; he did it &#8212; his campaign staff did it.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5330066', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: 5th Estate</title>
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		<dc:creator>5th Estate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>welcome&lt;strong&gt;konchster&lt;/strong (I haven&#039;t seen that moniker here before.) 

&quot;&lt;em&gt;Thank God they haven’t appeared to have learned anything from their debacle&lt;/em&gt;&quot;

Indeed! Palin was the perfect FRC/religious fanatic candidate and he&#039;s completely ignoring how Palin&#039;s ratings tanked even amongst devout Republicans.

Perkins (and all that he represents) may be trying to stay relevant, and may be he sees the current splintering and the confusion of the GOP as a opportunity to really turn it even more into God&#039;s Own Party, thus making him and the relgious right even more important than before. 

The dilemma being faced is that either the Right now has to move to the center to stay relevant and competitive, or move even further to the Right to become more distinctive and thus &#039;more&#039; competitive. the former would be a compromise, the latter,&#039;no compromise&#039;. As &#039;no compromise&#039; has achieved some &#039;successes&#039; but also failures and being absolutists the Religious Right is inherently tempted to become even more extreme. Having had so much control over the GOP they don;t want to let it go, but having lost the election they need to reshape the GOP even more in their own image. They have to re-affirm and strengthen their values without concession more than ever. And if they can&#039;t fight the new trend, well at least Perkins and his ilk can become even bigger fish in a smaller pond by promoting victimhood and by leveraging their minority status--secure in the knowledge that by whining and yelling their devout congregations will pay even more to keep them in the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed---if not politically, nationally relevant then at least still significantly supported.&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>welcome<strong>konchster&lt;/strong (I haven&#8217;t seen that moniker here before.) </p>
<p>&#8220;<em>Thank God they haven’t appeared to have learned anything from their debacle</em>&#8221;</p>
<p>Indeed! Palin was the perfect FRC/religious fanatic candidate and he&#8217;s completely ignoring how Palin&#8217;s ratings tanked even amongst devout Republicans.</p>
<p>Perkins (and all that he represents) may be trying to stay relevant, and may be he sees the current splintering and the confusion of the GOP as a opportunity to really turn it even more into God&#8217;s Own Party, thus making him and the relgious right even more important than before. </p>
<p>The dilemma being faced is that either the Right now has to move to the center to stay relevant and competitive, or move even further to the Right to become more distinctive and thus &#8216;more&#8217; competitive. the former would be a compromise, the latter,&#8217;no compromise&#8217;. As &#8216;no compromise&#8217; has achieved some &#8217;successes&#8217; but also failures and being absolutists the Religious Right is inherently tempted to become even more extreme. Having had so much control over the GOP they don;t want to let it go, but having lost the election they need to reshape the GOP even more in their own image. They have to re-affirm and strengthen their values without concession more than ever. And if they can&#8217;t fight the new trend, well at least Perkins and his ilk can become even bigger fish in a smaller pond by promoting victimhood and by leveraging their minority status&#8211;secure in the knowledge that by whining and yelling their devout congregations will pay even more to keep them in the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed&#8212;if not politically, nationally relevant then at least still significantly supported.</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5330038', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Max-1</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>.

And a couple more bubbles float to the surface from the wreck formally known as the USS McTitanic.

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<p>And a couple more bubbles float to the surface from the wreck formally known as the USS McTitanic.</p>
<p>.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329998', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GeeDubs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:46:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There seems to be a disconnect here.  The Republican sham-meisters were trying to foist on the American public someone they KNEW WAS UNQUALIFIED for the job.  This wasn&#039;t about Country First.  This was about marketing, pure and simple.  The truth of the matter is, when you have NOTHING to offer, you offer up a NOBODY and dress it up in fancy clothes and keep the most egregious examples of incompetence from the people whose job is to report this sort of thing.  Why would ANYONE, regardless of ideology, want to do this?  It comes down to WINNING, nothing more than simply winning at all costs, even what could have cost the country everything we hold dear about our Republic.  My answer to that is, how dare they?  How dare they even THINK this was an acceptable thing to do?  Well...I guess when you&#039;re bankrupt of any ideas for positive change, you&#039;ll grasp at anything that will help keep you in power.  Thank the Sky-Wizard we were spared this totally inept attempt to pull the wool over our eyes once again.  I feel the forces of darkness retreating, and Sarah Palin needs to be kept front and center of this type of thinking so that it will never happen again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There seems to be a disconnect here.  The Republican sham-meisters were trying to foist on the American public someone they KNEW WAS UNQUALIFIED for the job.  This wasn&#8217;t about Country First.  This was about marketing, pure and simple.  The truth of the matter is, when you have NOTHING to offer, you offer up a NOBODY and dress it up in fancy clothes and keep the most egregious examples of incompetence from the people whose job is to report this sort of thing.  Why would ANYONE, regardless of ideology, want to do this?  It comes down to WINNING, nothing more than simply winning at all costs, even what could have cost the country everything we hold dear about our Republic.  My answer to that is, how dare they?  How dare they even THINK this was an acceptable thing to do?  Well&#8230;I guess when you&#8217;re bankrupt of any ideas for positive change, you&#8217;ll grasp at anything that will help keep you in power.  Thank the Sky-Wizard we were spared this totally inept attempt to pull the wool over our eyes once again.  I feel the forces of darkness retreating, and Sarah Palin needs to be kept front and center of this type of thinking so that it will never happen again.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329976', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
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		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who&#039;s behind the closed door meeting doing a post mortem on the McCain-Palin campaign?  Is it the same people who picked Sarah Palin?  The ones who issued clarifying statements as to John&#039;s actual position when he erred?  

McCain wasn&#039;t moderate.  He caved to Tony Perkins and company.  Palin supposedly energized the RR base.

What Republicans lost were moderates and independents, voters not likely to be drawn to Perkin&#039;s RR agenda.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who&#8217;s behind the closed door meeting doing a post mortem on the McCain-Palin campaign?  Is it the same people who picked Sarah Palin?  The ones who issued clarifying statements as to John&#8217;s actual position when he erred?  </p>
<p>McCain wasn&#8217;t moderate.  He caved to Tony Perkins and company.  Palin supposedly energized the RR base.</p>
<p>What Republicans lost were moderates and independents, voters not likely to be drawn to Perkin&#8217;s RR agenda.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329964', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: stateofthedivision</title>
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		<dc:creator>stateofthedivision</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Republicans chose a fictional, narrative campaign.  That means there are kajillions of characteristics, incidents, and behaviors that fall short of the &quot;story&quot;.  

Both McCain and Palin fit the bill.  The blame game disgraces all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Republicans chose a fictional, narrative campaign.  That means there are kajillions of characteristics, incidents, and behaviors that fall short of the &#8220;story&#8221;.  </p>
<p>Both McCain and Palin fit the bill.  The blame game disgraces all.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329946', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: konchster</title>
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		<dc:creator>konchster</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank God they haven&#039;t appeared to have learned anything from their debacle
&lt;em&gt;(CNN) -- A conservative leader Friday laid the Republican Party&#039;s poor showing at the polls at the feet of moderates who, he argues, led the party away from its core principles.


Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council says the GOP must return to conservative principles.

Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council told CNN that conservatives need to take back control of the GOP if the party is to return to its winning ways.&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank God they haven&#8217;t appeared to have learned anything from their debacle<br />
<em>(CNN) &#8212; A conservative leader Friday laid the Republican Party&#8217;s poor showing at the polls at the feet of moderates who, he argues, led the party away from its core principles.</p>
<p>Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council says the GOP must return to conservative principles.</p>
<p>Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council told CNN that conservatives need to take back control of the GOP if the party is to return to its winning ways.</em><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329942', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DidHeJustSayThat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/campbell-brown-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-5329936</link>
		<dc:creator>DidHeJustSayThat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;MCMetal Says:

It’s truly pathetic that Bible Spice’s ambition and arrogance were a big part of the entire disaster.

If she were truly intelligent and comprehending of anything , she would have realized she was so far out of her league...&lt;/blockquote&gt;

She could have served as an excellent surrogate and would have done as much good and far less bad for the campaign.  But McCain brags of his impulsiveness and claims to live with the consequences, so it this isn&#039;t really much about him anymore.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>MCMetal Says:</p>
<p>It’s truly pathetic that Bible Spice’s ambition and arrogance were a big part of the entire disaster.</p>
<p>If she were truly intelligent and comprehending of anything , she would have realized she was so far out of her league&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>She could have served as an excellent surrogate and would have done as much good and far less bad for the campaign.  But McCain brags of his impulsiveness and claims to live with the consequences, so it this isn&#8217;t really much about him anymore.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329936', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DidHeJustSayThat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/campbell-brown-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-5329928</link>
		<dc:creator>DidHeJustSayThat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;MCMetal Says:

It’s truly pathetic that Bible Spice’s ambition and arrogance were a big part of the entire disaster.

If she were truly intelligent and comprehending of anything , she would have realized she was so far out of her league...&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Has or more appropriately had anyone not thought that she, as governor could stump for the candidate.  Her presence on the ticket never really proved John McCain&#039;s commitment to the base.  In fact, the way things were boiling down, you could see her being hushed off to someplace quiet with no influence in government.

Her as a surrogate would have been just as helpful and hurt a whole hell of a lot less.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>MCMetal Says:</p>
<p>It’s truly pathetic that Bible Spice’s ambition and arrogance were a big part of the entire disaster.</p>
<p>If she were truly intelligent and comprehending of anything , she would have realized she was so far out of her league&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>Has or more appropriately had anyone not thought that she, as governor could stump for the candidate.  Her presence on the ticket never really proved John McCain&#8217;s commitment to the base.  In fact, the way things were boiling down, you could see her being hushed off to someplace quiet with no influence in government.</p>
<p>Her as a surrogate would have been just as helpful and hurt a whole hell of a lot less.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329928', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DNFP</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/campbell-brown-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-5329922</link>
		<dc:creator>DNFP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt; They should change their logo to an animal gnawing its own leg off to escape a trap.&lt;/em&gt;

A trap with a &quot;Haliburton&quot; logo no doubt.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em> They should change their logo to an animal gnawing its own leg off to escape a trap.</em></p>
<p>A trap with a &#8220;Haliburton&#8221; logo no doubt.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329922', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: DidHeJustSayThat</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/campbell-brown-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-5329916</link>
		<dc:creator>DidHeJustSayThat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>True. True.  I couldn&#039;t have said it better myself.  There is no escaping culpability on this one.

But guys, by no means stop dishing on this twit.  The stories have to be fantastic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>True. True.  I couldn&#8217;t have said it better myself.  There is no escaping culpability on this one.</p>
<p>But guys, by no means stop dishing on this twit.  The stories have to be fantastic.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329916', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: barfly</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/07/campbell-brown-palin/comment-page-1/#comment-5329918</link>
		<dc:creator>barfly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;They should change their logo to an animal gnawing its own leg off to escape a trap.&lt;/em&gt;

Or at least a dog chasing it&#039;s own tail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>They should change their logo to an animal gnawing its own leg off to escape a trap.</em></p>
<p>Or at least a dog chasing it&#8217;s own tail.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5329918', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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