Conservative Party v.s. Republican Party

[Joe]

Originally Posted by detbuch

Would Reagan have sanctioned a Scozzafava as a candidate on the Republican ticket?

No. But he would not have left the party to endorse a third party canidate.

Originally Posted by detbuch

If the party is splitting into "Sunnis" and "Shias," what and who are the so-called Republican leadership that you speak of?

The republican leader that denounced Palin for endorsing a third party candidate was John Boehner, Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives

The Sunni/Shia split in Islam was over who was the true heir to Muhammad. To me, the rift in the GOP appears to be over which philosophy is the true heir to Reagan.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Joe

No. But he would not have left the party to endorse a third party canidate.

You may be right, but in the case of
scozzafava I'm not sure that he wouldn't have agreed with another conservative icon, William F. Buckley, who said that, in an election, he would vote for the most conservative, electable candidate.

The Sunni/Shia split in Islam was over who was the true heir to Muhammad. To me, the rift in the GOP appears to be over which philosophy is the true heir to Reagan.

And who's philosophy is closer to being the true heir to Reagan, Scozzafava's or Palin's?

[Joe]

Palin, certainly - but the analogy is poor one.

[detbuch]

Originally Posted by Joe

Palin, certainly - but the analogy is poor one.

In this particular election, it was the only analogy available. Since Scozzafava's departure, and subsequent endorsement of the Democrat cadidate, I'm sure that Boehner and the Republican leadership will support a hoffman victory.