GOP Adopts Platform Test for Candidates
From Newsmax.com:
“The Republican National Committee, pressed to find a way to more clearly distinguish itself from Democrats, on Friday adopted a rule that will prod GOP leaders to provide financial support to only those candidates who support the party’s platform…
“‘No more Scozzafavas, please. No more Specters, please. No more Chafees, please,’ [RNC member Bill Crocker of Texas], referring to Dede Scozzafava, a GOP candidate for a U.S. House seat in New York whom conservatives opposed; U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, who switched his party registration from Republican to Democrat last year, and former U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, a liberal Republican.
“Crocker urged the party to ‘present candidates who will be attractive” to the people who, like those in the Tea Party movement,’ are really dissatisfied with our political conduct over the past several years.”
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This is frightening. Our form of government works best when opposing political parties balance each other out to produce the best results possible. By intentionally shifting away from the mainstream and more toward extremist viewpoints, the Republican party will only appeal to an increasingly smaller group of voters.