GOP group launches listening tour to rebrand image
GOP group launches listening tour to rebrand image
WASHINGTON – With its party struggling to define itself, a group of prominent Republicans launched a listening tour Saturday in a bid to boost the GOP's sagging image and regroup for future elections.
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va., held a town-hall style meeting at a pizza restaurant in the Democratic suburb of Arlington, Va., to hear about people's concerns on issues from the economy and health care to the rising costs of college tuition.
"You can't beat something with nothing, and the other side has something," Bush told a group of about 100 people at the Pie-Tanza pizza parlor. "I don't like it, but they have it and we have to be respectful and mindful of that.
"I hope across the country people will be excited about the prospect of sharing their ideas to bring about a better America," he said.
It was the first meeting of the GOP group National Council for a New America, which was created to rebrand the party's image. The meeting comes after a bad week in which Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter announced he was switching to the Democratic party and Democrat Scott Murphy won a close U.S. House race in a GOP district in upstate New York.
An Associated Press-GfK poll released in April shows that Democrats outnumber Republicans by 46 percent to 28 percent, including those leaning toward either party.
The national council, which plans listening sessions in other cities, also includes Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Sen. John McCain. Republican aides on Capitol Hill disclosed the group this past Wednesday just before Obama started a news conference to mark his first 100 days in office. The group is partly highlighting their differences with the Republican National Committee's political strategy.
That group and a similar one — Resurgent Republic, a collection of the party's senior strategists — are meant to be Republican roadshows outside Washington's circus tent.
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It appears to me this could be an opening for we Ron Paul Republicans to have our voices heard!
I went to the resurgent republican site
and just like "Rebuild the Party" it is clear they have no interest in changing their view or policies. It is also clear that they have no underlying principles that shape their views and policies. They are merely looking for ways to regain power.
Free and Brave
or Cradle to Grave
You can't have both
Free and Brave
or Cradle to Grave
You can't have both
Too bad they didn't listen
during the primaries.....We did everything in our power to get them to listedn and got stonewalled for our efforts.
"You can't beat something
"You can't beat something with nothing, and the other side has something," Bush told a group of about 100 people at the Pie-Tanza pizza parlor."
Simple answer: They don't have YOU!
"Mitt Romney, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Va"
Trust in God, but tie your camel tight.
"Socialism needs two legs on which to stand; a right and a left. While appearing to be in complete opposition to one another,they both march in the same direction." - Paul Proctor
Meaning we have nothing
Jeb Bush, Mormony. McCain, and everyother neocon. I wonder if these clowns will ever wake up. How can they be so stupid? They have got to know there is no difference between the 2 parties. Nothing has changed. What happened to non-interventionism and small government?
I have a real good feeling these particular guys are wide awake
I think maybe somebody else might need a little nudge though...
C'mon, you don't really think these guys are unaware of their own agenda do you?
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We are back where we started from year or so ago during the cuacuses. We got screwed right and left. Now we have to face these clowns again. What a downer. We can't give up. Learn from the past.