Republican activists (and big money donors) in Southern California are fed up with their party's Congressional leadership. The Lincoln Club of Orange County is demanding that the current leadership in both houses be replaced. According to Bob Novak, they're now circulating the ultimatum among angry Republicans around the country (emphasis added):
The message: "Come Nov. 5, should the current GOP leadership in either house survive to lead in a new Congress, the Lincoln Club of Orange County will review the financial backing of all congressional Republicans, and we urge others to do likewise. A GOP caucus that would re-elect such leaders is not one we would likely continue to support. Because, simply put, we refuse to support a permanent minority."
…It deplores refusal by party leaders to support a one-year moratorium on earmarks, whose 285 percent growth when Congress was under Republican control is "the perfect symbol of the GOP-led profligacy that drives us crazy still." Earmarks "epitomize the fiscal recklessness that led to Republicans becoming a minority in 2006. … It's no wonder the Republican leadership continued to fail on … entitlement reform and a reduction in federal spending."
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"We urge other Republican donor groups to reinforce this important beginning," read the club's ultimatum, adding, "It is not credible to ask the American people to return Republicans to the majority when all we offer them is the same group of leaders and policies they so recently rejected."
About time. I hope this spreads like wildfire.
