Sarah Palin to stump with Sen. Saxby Chambliss

(Townhall.com) Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss is calling in a closer: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will join him for four rallies across the state on the eve of his hotly contested Dec. 2 runoff.

It will mark her return to the campaign trail after her bid as John McCain's vice presidential candidate and a chance to show off some political muscle in a state that backed her GOP ticket with 52 percent of the vote.

Chambliss is running off against Democrat Jim Martin in a race that could help determine whether Democrats have enough votes to block Republican filibusters in the U.S. Senate. The Palin announcement electrified state Republicans in the closing days of the race. Read more…

How can this be? All of the expert pundits claim that Governor Palin was a drag on the ticket, that her unabashed conservative values hurt John McCain’s chances for the presidency. With the veto-proof 60 seat Senate hanging in the balance, why not send in a moderate to electrify the electorate? Where is Arlen??? (sarcasm off)

Time To Follow Reagan’s Example

From Phyllis Schlafly: After Republicans lost in 1976, Ronald Reagan spent four years working the grass roots, speaking at dinners, answering audience questions, traveling the country by car and train (he refused to fly), making radio broadcasts and learning from average Americans. By 1980, Reagan had sharpened his conservative philosophy in sync with what Americans want from their leaders.

In the period from 1976 to 1980, grass-roots conservatives and Ronald Reagan learned from each other. That's the model conservatives should follow now and educate new leaders.

When the economy and foreign policy fell apart under the liberal presidency of Jimmy Carter, conservatives were positioned to defeat him in 1980. Candidates, consultants and activists today should move outside of Washington, D.C., and discover what the remaining 99 percent of the country wants. Read more….

GOP Congressman: 'It is not your money'

Honest view or Freudian slip? This one goes into the R.I.N.O. column.

From WND: A Republican congressman seeking a $25 billion bailout of the troubled U.S. auto industry made a stunning statement about taxpayer funds to benefit Detroit, claiming, "It is not your money."

Rep. Joe Knollenberg, R-Mich., made the remark during a discussion with Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto [on 11-19-08] as the pair debated sending billions of federal dollars to prop up the Big Three carmakers.

The GOP's Social Insecurity

From Tony Perkins: "To listen to some Republicans... you would think that traditional conservatives, the defenders of the unborn and the integrity of marriage... were responsible for two wars gone sour, over-spending at a level to embarrass Lyndon Johnson, the largest expansion of entitlement spending since the Great Society, numerous cases of GOP corruption, betrayal of the public trust... and the miserable results in the presidential and congressional elections..."

Like us, Tracy Mehan of the American Spectator is fed up with the Republicans' post-election finger-pointing. In his op-ed "Social Conservative as Scapegoats," he lashes out at the GOP's centrists for blaming November 4 on "the solid and most loyal" wing of the Reaganite coalition. To those of us in the pro-family movement, the Establishment's diatribe is a familiar one. When the GOP succeeds because of social conservatives, our importance is ignored. When the party fails for overlooking us, values voters are somehow to blame. Read more....

The Death of Moderates

With the Congressional Elections of 2006 and 2008, the Democrats have discovered that they can run marginally pro-life and pro-gun Democrats and take out “moderate” Republicans with increasing ease. Should this really be all that surprising?

Republican leadership has bought the lie – that conservatives must “moderate” their stances in order to win elections, and the results have been catastrophic. Not counting judicial elections in Pennsylvania, Republicans have won only one state-wide election in the last two years.

Now, instead of taking an honest assessment of Pennsylvania’s increasing hue of blue, some party insiders, including McCain’s own staff, are blaming Governor Palin for their loss. But according to a Rasmussen national telephone survey, Republicans overwhelming do not agree. In fact, 64% of Republicans, included in the Rasmussen survey, think Palin should lead the ticket in 2012. Click RasmussenReports.com for the survey.

How can party leaders be so out of sync with Republican voters? Check out the post below from almost a year ago. Four “conservative Pro-Life” State Representatives from Western Pennsylvania endorsed Mr. Giuliani for president. I think that it would be fair to state that at least a few of these representatives were hoping to take leadership positions in the PA House, based on riding Mr. Giuliani’s coattails. Would any of these four representatives even mention their endorsement now?

Would any of these four representatives proudly proclaim the “moderate” moniker now?