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Republicans WILL win in NJ and VA. The Democrats have been a disaster here in NJ and Jon Corzine is leading the fall of their party. He was supposed to be this big Wall Street exec who really was going to change things, unfortunately he did for the worse.

@ Ray Fisher who said, "The GOP should rebuild around Colin Powell ..."

That's not necessary. The Obama Administration and Rubber Stamp congress are going out of their way to prove how irresponsible liberal government can be. Irresponsible with money, national security and oh yeah, did I mention spending?

People will see that these"tough" measures the Republican administration employed delivered results. Then they will see a government that delivers no results. Think GM, Chrysler, Wall StreetI, Main Street...it will become crystal clear who can manage a government and actually deliver results.
2010 and 2012. Can't wait!

The Party of Hate the Party of No the Party of bashing everyone YEAH RIGHT!

Sounds like Steele is tokin' and smokin' now that he's recommended his Rushcheneycan sidekicks stop the slammin' and rammin' of Sotomayor.

@Pat Dunedin Fl –

WRONG – Northern VA is diverse, or should we say liberal? The majority of VA is still conservative, and that will show soon...besides, shouldn't you and all the other blind libs be upset about the messiah having to fly on tax dollars to NY for a dinner out? What's next a crown and robe? Just another pulling of the wool again over the eyes of the Party of D'oh!

Renaissance? More like a march toward the Dark Ages.

The problem with the GOP is that before and during Bush they were able to convince the to majority the vote against their best interests, by using fear and division to confuse the issues. But now the American are paying attention, they realize that GOP does not represent what they believe, that CONSERVATISM is not a political idea, but a way for the wealthy to keep their money and grow it while the middle class struggles with the everyday life problems of paying taxes,keeping their children feed,paying the bills ,and putting a little away for when they retire.While paychecks stay the same everything you goes up,the GOP instead of offering solutions can only say NO NO NO . Until they start coming up with solutions to help the people they represent they will be left behind ....wondering why

Actually, Michael, homeboy: I think your party is entering its Dark Ages. The Renaissance was a time when science flourished, and your party already excommunicated all its intellectuals.

Perhaps when their collective IQ breaks into triple digits and they let themselves be guided by facts and compassion, do a little independent, critical thinking, quit looking to god for the answer to everything and quit peeing themselves in ecstasy every time Limburger and Coulter come down with their daily bout of diarrhea of the mouth.

Most people commenting here are a bunch of igmos. What do you want? One party rule? Do you want the Democrats to forever be in the majority? The next thing you igmos will tell me is you want Obama to last beyond his second term (if he makes it past the 1st). Where do we live? Venezuela. Wake up sheeple. One party rule is good for no one!

Times have changed. And Virginia is too smart to go back to the obsolete decades of the GOP. NC is blue, and will remain blue. Next Southern state to turn blue, FL. Then SC.

Correction:

Old:
You have to look at policy and ideology and not titles to really grasp conservativism versus liberalism.

New:
You have to look at policy and ideology and not political party titles to really grasp conservatism versus liberalism.

What are you Dems so proud of? Liar Pelosi and Obama the fraud. Dems are overreaching and the repubs will take back control hopefully in time to fix the mess they are making. Then the free ride for all the lazy people will be over. Dems are hypocrits and reverse racists.

frank ny

conservative abraham lincoln is absolutely nothing like the conservative republican of today! NOTHING ALIKE! ask a white supremicist what party he identifies with and you will understand what the "conservative republican" of today is. ask a jerry springer audience who they most identify with and you will find out who the "neo-con repubs" are!! thomas jefferson started the republican party and he was AN ATHEIST!!!!! conservatives today are just anybody that believes in jesus, anybody that thinks we should just bomb our enemies. anybody that hasnt left the 4th grade mentality of dealing with opposition. thats the majority. the other 20% is what the original conservatives stood for. but they just arent enough to pull an election. so they have to rely on their racist backwoods base to carry them, which will lead to the inevitable destruction of the party. or at least a split.

Ed fl; republicans are not racist; hate bearing people. Read the posts and you will see where most of the hate sprewing comes; liberals like you is where it is coming from. If people don't bow down and kiss Obama's butt then they are called racist and I for one am getting sick and tired of being called that because I don't agree with the way Obama is taking this country. Wait until the absurd inflation hits from his spending and no I didn't agree with Bush's either. We will all suffer from this absurd spending Obama is doing and no I am no racist thank you very much.

a full day without an apology to Emperor Rush Limbaugh...it's a shame that these days, that is worthy of praise from the RNC Chairman. If Steele keeps up this streak of common sense and independent thought, he might actually get alittle respect from the majority of the black community...assuming he doesn't go hunting with Darth Vader first.

Reagan gave back our money? Who was it who said to read history and econimic books. I may be confused, but the vast majority of the deficit came under republican presidents and the only non-extreme conservative on that list was George HW Bush. The only president to have come close to a balanced budget is Clinton. And for the record, the Obama budget is no more int he red than conservative W. Bush's last budget and is paying the interest for the conservative "giving back your money."

Reagan who was trying to outspend the soviets – it worked, but wasn't worth the cost – communism would;ve fallen eventually.

History is occasionally rewritten it seems.

i love how the republicans think they can just come out and say "its a new beginning..." the american people kicked you out. you will not be deciding anything! this is not a "new renaissance" your ignorant way of thinking will only come back if people take for granted the organizing power of the religious right. after the damage they have done to this country though i think people will be paying more attention. if only we can get them to pay attention for more than just the elections! thats the next step!

Republicans are still insisting:

* big business can police itself
* what's good for Wall Street is good for working American families.
* environmentalism is a fraud
* military adventurism abroad is "spreading democracy"
* the poor and sick without healthcare can go suck an egg
* same sex marriage is a threat to hetero marriage
* quality education is only for those who can afford it

Yah, "Republican renaissance." Sure.

Thanks to W and DICK, the GOP will be stumbling for many years to come...

before you *make* more incorrect comments

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Forgot to proofread……
Check your facts buddy, although i am a biochem major soo i dont know if i have enough intellect compared to a history major, ooo wait i have a minor in political sci……. Anyways Reagan, His initial 1981 tax cuts went so far that he was actually forced to increase taxes a half-dozen times in the years that followed……. Sorry bud better hit the books little harder before you more incorrect comments

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Check your facts buddy, althought i am a biochem major soo i dont if i have enough intellect compired to a history major, ooo wait i have a minior in politcal sci....... Anyways Reagan, His initial 1981 tax cuts went so far that he was actually forced to increase taxes a half-dozen times in the years that followed....... Sorry bud better hit the books little harder before you more incorrect comments

The republicans will slowly start winning govener races and and other elections untill 2012 where obama will have to start compaining again this time with a track record. Then they will win the presidency because to be honest what has he done.
1. Nothing
2.Blame for no progress
3. Repeat

Claudia Schultz tell the truth you Voted for McCain and to try to BS us won't FLY. I'm a white 54 male so when I say that the right is trying to start a race war you can see it in your comments . You are a racist...

I really don't understand why so many people refer to the Republican party as rich old white men. I don't associate with Liberals (no beliefs in common) and all my friends are very much middle class. As well as my family. Where do you people come from that believe this?

This is what the GOP has turned into or should I say has always been... A TRUE WHITE-BOYS CLUB.... Steel is one of the tooken blacks in the GOP but as you can see they want to take any power he has away from him. Rush, Beck, Hannity they all hate minorites. And now Rush wants a race war. How is any White Repub going to win when you have the far right talking everyday on how Obama hates whites.

Don't worry Frank from NY. You are wrong. Lincoln may have been a republican but he was definately no conservative. he was as liberal as they came in those days. The conservatives back then were from the southern (AKA Confederate) states. Conservatives are generally against change. The Confederates were against change. They didn't want abolition changing their way of life. But it's ok. Since when has the truth ever stopped the right from revisionist history or actually checking the truth.

wow, steele fumbles AGAIN! It's too early to tell who'll win, the democrats don't really have a clear candidate yet in VA. After the primaries, with only one democrat, the race will just get closer. You can't say you're well-positioned to win!

Ticker Headline: "Republican Renaissance starts in Virginia"

Response: Ahh-ha ha ha ha ha ha (inhale). Hahahahahahaha...Hee hee, snicker (breath.

CNN may as well post a Ticker Headline "Neanderthals vow to develop higher brain functions".

The only hate is see is from liberals so I don't know why you accuse conservatives of being hateful. I think it has something to do with liberals being racist (ex. your leader Rev. Wright, Al Sharpton, and now Sotomayor) but continually calling conservatives racist. I guess liberals think the best way to attack others is to call them what they are and hope it sticks with the koolaid drinkers. I guess it is. Just remember Republicans were against slavery while Democrats supported it (that a simple fact easily discovery in any hisotry account).

Virgina is for lovers and now Morons!!!

This is really funny. I lost count of the number of Renaissance parties they have had the last few months. I am all for a strong two party system, so i hope someday the get there stuff together. I hope they find a way to accept the issues we face today and offer REAL alternates to solutions we have been presented. That is just how good policy is made. Not the anti progress, obstructionist positions they have been enjoying. ( or i have been enjoying)

As the GOP stands today they are Hippocrates for the auto industry, first, no bail outs, than they complain about plants and dealer being shut down? I could list a ton more, but i am sure there is a limit to the amount one can post here. lol
And they clearly do not get it obviously, as we see with the Sotomayer outcry( like she is a racist. ) and that she is stupid, like she fooled Princeton and Harvard! Fooled them so much i guess that she was #1 in her class. They just do not get it.

Claudia Schultz you are a good neo-nazi.

"Renaissance"... gee, sounds French... guess those Republicans are just a bunch of effete brie eating white wine sipping dilettantes...

McDonnell has done wonders as Attorney General here. He established a 25 year minimum for sexual predators who target children, made Virginia a leader in Internet Crime prevention, improved our homeland security and mental health laws, protected marriage, fought for a pro-life platform, and fought for parental rights. He was voted in four years ago and has an unbelievable approval rating close to 60% in a state that voted for Obama. He leads all the democratic possibilities by 7-14 points. And he has been presenting a detailed plan for what he will accomplish as Governor; including, adding 100,000 new slots per year to Virginia colleges, adding more land to the state's conservation project, and make Virginia one of the top 5 educated states in 15 years. His rivals are still spitting how awful each other are. Since none of you are from Virginia or probably care, as long as you can humiliate a Republican, even one who has done nothing wrong; I thought Id let a college student educate you a bit. Though they probably won't post my comments.

@Frank NY

Perhaps if you read those history books, you would realise that the conservative party of the mid 1800s was the Democratic Party. The Republican Party started out as a progressive, liberal, party. However, this changed in the mid 1900s, becoming what it is today. It was conservative doctrine that lead to the major depressions in U.S history. So no, conservatism has not made America great. It's helped, but not made it great.

@frank ny May 30th, 2009 4:48 pm ET
Conservatism didn't abolish slavery???? I thought conservative republican abraham lincoln stated the emancipation of proclamation.

sorry but lincoln was a pretty liberal president. that was back when the republicans were liberals.

I hope so

it would be really lucky if they nominated Palin

or

if they continued to listen to Rush as their guiding light

both of those winning moves have gotten them far

It's amazing how prejudiced the leftist commentators here are. Ignorant of history, politics. economics, they turn what they hear on the Family Guy, the Today show, and Al Gore and get mad at Conservatism and Republicans because Brian Griffin told them they should. 99% of liberals have never listened to Rush Limbaugh, much less analyzed what he says. If they would only open their ears and their minds to what is being said, they'd see that what the Republicans are saying is true and not divisive at all. America IS in a crisis. Obama's policies ARE makingt things worse. America CANNOT afford any of his programs. America IS turning into a Socialist state. Liberals are so full of hate for anyone with an opinion other than their own but are all quick to launch accusations at the right as being divisive, hateful and close minded. Let's see how many prove me right with your vitriolic responses.

I am nursing a head injury today because I was helping outsiders like Latinos get ahead, but I kept my religious faith – I did not want to sleep with anyone outside of my husband, and did not want to bring children into this world anymore. Now I am paying for this with a nasty demise...Caligula is not a society we should be emmulating, and we as Americans still have a right to our religious beliefs without being Ceucescued. I am anti racism and classism, but should not have to be pro-abortion or euthanasia or cloning or sleeping around or atheism or greed to do it. My autistic brothers and nephew are on the line and their ilk is going away with no mention. Where is freedom of religion – the atheists did all the murdering the last century (Never mentioned), and we are not for people like Bin Laden....I miss the old days when we had families instead of live-ins and sleep overs....

Really? The president can't even take his wife out to a play without being "blasted" by the Republican Party?

Renaissance means "rebirth." As long as Steele and clowns like him are running the Republican Party, the death of the GOP is more likely. You can't win national elections with the political equivalent of a "phone booth" as your base.

"Republican renaissance"? How? GOP is taken over by extremists.

And why now? What do GOP wants now? What else they want to rob? There is nothing left. They should at least wait till we grow some fat, then they will strike us again.

The Republican party is history.....RNC (Rush,Newt,Cheney) Party will never rule again....The American people are finished with bigots, hate and fear!

Supporters of the GOP keep claiming that people will "realize' what Obama is "really doing"...well, he's sticking to his campaign rhetoric from the looks of it. We know what we voted for, and we're getting what we voted for. Why would we run back to the GOP when Obama is giving us what we want? In fact, if he failed any promsies to us, it's that he's not being liberal enough...people don't want what the GOP is selling anymore. The party isn't done for good, by no means, but you aren't making a comeback on teh same old ideas that we've tried already. We like what Obama is bringing us. The GOP will have to swing left to keep up.

That said, VA is supported by the northeren counties now - we bring in all the money, we have a much large rand better educated population. We elected Obama, Kaine, and Warner...and we're going to elect a democrat this fall. You can't stop it. VA isn't the state that it was ten years ago. We're blue now. We want progress, not curtailing.

Sounds like the setup of a joke, where's the punchline?

Renaisance my @#@! I hear them trying to figure out how to get back into power, but I never hear them talking about how they are going to solve the problems that we face. I never see them sit down sincerely at the table and work with the Democrats so that things are better for me. I will believe they've changed when I see them divorce all their right wing nut radio talk show hosts and stop calling Democrats socialists.

This will test the appetite people have for tax increases. A lot of Northern VA voters that went for the Democrats are pushing back on more proposed increases. If the Republicans are successful with the issue the tax hikes may need to be scaled back by the Democrats or deferred past 2010.

For those arguing over Lincoln's legacy, I suggest you read a bit of history on all American political parties. The Republican party was founded as a liberal group in the mid-19th century, while Democrats were conservatives. They drifted closer together until by the second decade of the 20th century their ideologies were hard to distinguish. It was the Great Depression that turned Democrats firmly into a liberal party, and that liberalism grew from economic issues to include racial equality by the mid-1960s. Aging Southern Democrats still opposed civil rights then, but their influence faded. That's when the Republican party began making inroads in the South, picking up a lot of avowedly racist support – like Sen. Strom Thurmond of South Carolina, who left Democrats for Republicans on racial issues.

Neither party is guiltless throughout its history, but for the last half-century Democrats have stood for civil rights while Republicans generally opposed them.

Did they rename themselves the Know-Nothings?

Lord have mercy.......these people that are republicans just don't get it! Viriginia is Not a republican state, nor a racist one. Looking at that picture tells me that some of them is still living in the 1950's and wants the rest of us to be there too. They are the ones why American still pays the Middle East billions of dollars for oil, while they have a foot on our throats. They are the ones who have not invested in the country they said they love by repairing roads and bridges, building mass transist with high speed rails with million of miles of tracks. They are the ones who has backed substandard education policies for our nation's children, so they will be forever powerless and ignorant. They are the ones who has bankrupted our financial systems, using the captalist way of doing things only to benefit the wealthy and the connected. They're the ones who sent 4000+ men and women to their deaths in an unjust war. They're the ones who dishonored this nation by using Torture, a tactic that was written by the U.S., and signed by our allies and foes alike, to protect servicemen. They're the ones who captured and caged hundreds without due process, which is our way of doing things. They're the ones who held campaign rallies to vent their hatred, racism and divide America, real Americans based on their skin color. They're the ones who found that deficits were only for them to "racket" up, without an explanation or anything that our country can account for, for the good of our country. They are the ones who put a "street slang" black man as the head of the RNC, to use him, to hold him up as "see, I'm not racist", and a token. America is driving the nail closer and closer in that good-for-nothing coffin.

Renaissance? I don't think so. I thought you needed a seance to raise the dead.

Steele proves again virtually every day what a clueless lightweight he is.

The GOP is going to be a long time in the wilderness, and deservedly so. They need to completely rethink their message and approach. If they want their message of smaller government and individual responsibility to sell, they need to show how it benefits people other than rich white guys. It has come to be regarded as nothing but an excuse to cut taxes on the wealthy and cut programs that benefit everyone else.

Second, they need to get rid of their ideological blowhards like Limbaugh. As long as that guy continues to flatulate on a daily basis, the GOP is going to have a very hard time expanding beyond the 21% of the electorate they are currently down to.

Just got home from the convention. There is going to be some seriously bad news for liberals coming out of virginia.

Most Americans want to kill terrorists, not Americans who hold a different view than them. Therefore they do not fit the Democrat party. Please take the time to listen and read what Democrats think and believe, then ask yourself, do you have enough hate in your heart to support such evil?

Has Drug-Rush Humbug approved this message?

Hmmmm ... the folks in the picture with him look mighty white and middle-aged to me. Is that Rethuglicriminal "diversity?" Rich and richer? White and whiter? Mean and meaner?

A great sale: for Dumb Hortons.

Yes are certainly wrong and there is certainly no need to inform anyone that you aren't a history major. It's pretty bleeding obvious.

Lincoln was a Republican. There was nothing particularly conservative about him.

*** i could be wrong its not like im a history major or anything lol ***

@ Arvid
............Repubs are conceding Hispanic voters , and as a result CO, NM, NV. The playing field for them is shortened to all of the McCain states plus IN, VA, NC, IA, and the new lynchpin of FL. ...............
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WHOA !!!! I think NC turned Blue, Buddy. Better double check your records. And Florida is mostly hispanic. They will definitely be Blue also.

The traditional constitutionist wing of the Republican Party is the only hope for revival of "conservatism", not the right wing or the moderate/populist center. See references to the "Nolan Chart", which accurately represents the entire spectrum of political philosophy. It is NOT the false, left-center-right linear spectrum we've been propogandized into believing it is.

"Liberal and Proud of it...."???
Get some history, man. Start with Lincoln, move onto Jeanette Rankin, keep following the dots and try not to humiliate the entire left side of the aisle with your ignorant prejudice.
The best thing McDonnell has going for him is a general distaste in Virginia for all things Clinton, McAuliffe's principal supporter. Since the East Coast Kennedys threw their support to Obama, support for the Clinton Clan has begun to dry up.
Steele's opinion is worthless, and even detrimental. Rush rules the Right in Virginia.

Liberal and Proud of It dot com May 30th, 2009 1:56 pm ET

That is why American Conservative leaders have opposed the abolition of slavery...
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Conservatism didn't abolish slavery???? I thought conservative republican abraham lincoln stated the emancipation of proclamation. i could be wrong its not like im a history major or anything lol. instead of reading whats on oprah's book list try to read books on economics and u.s. history and you can then see why "conservatism" is the reason for this country's success. Obama spends spends spends your money Reagan gave back your money so you could spend it yourself. Thats conservative economics for you. You can argue opinion but you cant argue facts.

Steele previously said the Republican comeback would start in NY-20, where Dem Scott Murphy retained Gillibrands seat in a longtime conservative Repub district. The RNC can't make up their mind in FL - they have chosen to withhold endorsement of moderate Charley Crist, in favor of Conservative Cuban Rep Marco Rubio.

Repubs are conceding Hispanic voters , and as a result CO, NM, NV. The playing field for them is shortened to all of the McCain states plus IN, VA, NC, IA, and the new lynchpin of FL.

I certainly would not want to be playing to this inside straight.

What Republican renaissance? The hope is these folks keep the same negative hateful rhetoric going which is what they are going to do.

As long as people like that overweight addict Limbaugh, and hypocritical Newt is around they will stay in the downward spiral.

in a way I hope the GOP DOES make a comeback..it would be good to have a two party system to be able to choose from once again that offers some hope and answers and not just saying "NO" and offering nothing. They will have to get rid of folks like Rush and others that promote division, fear, hatemongering, lack of diversity, and intolerence to have folks like me start to be interested in what they have to say once again. And I can tell from some of the right that post on these forums that it will be a long time before they see the light and let those vices I mentioned go.

Why would Viginia want a group of HATE MONGERING, BIASED, RACIST'S to linger in their state to attempt to elect one more of their same ILK. Their mission is to suppress Virginia again so it will once more be considered a part of the BIBLE BELT where their less educated, higher divorced rate, unwed mothers can thrive under their supervision and give up all the gains they have made since they got rid of the OLD GOP and Its Biases. throw them out and live free.

The GOP should rebuild around Colin Powell and eject the others since they have no credibility. Gen. Powell can bring integrity to the party and rebuild a platform for the future.

To live within your means, is stupid. Now you have no means of paying that debt.

I'm surprised the GOP is using big words like "renaissance" – they rely on mis-information and fear to get elected. Folks who know the definition of renaissance are probably smart enough to never be fooled again by the GOP and its failed economic, social and military policies.

Will Numbnuts BUSH, put his bottle if White Lighting down , plck up his stash of White Powder off the table and join in??????

So Claudia Shultz would you rather that everyone went bankrupt and even more people be unemployed? I shake my head at all these people who are so critical of the President. Just what would you have done in his place? Most people can't answer that because honestly there are only a few people in this country who are privy to all the information that the President is given. I believe that he is doing the best he can with the hand that he was dealt. The MSM and people like Claudia (who I don't believe really voted for the President) are making judgements and don't have all the information. Democrat or Republican – we as a people need to work together to get this country back on track. It time to stop all the petty partisanship and get down to serious business of making things in this country work again and all of us can play a role in that.

I'll believe a "Republican renaissance" when I see it with my own eyes.
Let's pray it's a long time coming. Rush, Newt, Cheney, O'Reilly, Coulter,
etc., will surely be six feet under for it to ever happen.

The Republicans will come back strong. Obama and his deficit spending binge coupled with the socialist power grab will be the strongest tool for a revival of good sound conservative logic.

Really?
That would be the "real Virginia" where the "real Americans live" right?

Is that GOP re-branding thing done yet – it sure smells as bad as it ever did!

I am certain McDonnell would rather Steele had not endorsed him. As of late, Steele has been the political equivalent to the "Sports Illustrated" jinx.

Mcdonnell don't have a chance. He and the GOP are poison for the health of our great Country

Congrats!!!! I hope 4 good results.

Has Rush given his approval?

Tastes great! Less filling! Hooray the GOP Renaissance is here! Too bad the GOP politicians didn't get the memo. They're still showing up on Fox news for their witch trials and Spanish Inquisition. Summon the iron maiden!

I sincerely hope Steele is right on this. This state cannot stand another round of tax increases after the last two gov. and now Kaine is saying we're broke again. I am close to retirement age and we are considering leaving the state that we both have lived all our lives in due to the high taxes. I don't care what party the last gov is a member of I would be saying the same thing if the last two were GOP gov.

Anything Michael Steele is attached to is going to fail. Not only because he's a failure as a politician, but because his name is associated with everything the "new" GOP is trying to get away from. They used to be an admirable party that projected honesty, hard work, and rock-solid politics. Now, they have been belittled by just about everyone in politics today, including so many of their own members. Truly a shame. Hopefully their comeback will install a new leadership with members who understand how government works and can function properly under a democratic administration.

Michael Steele and the Repubs are jokes, and they have nothing to offer in terms of solutions to the many problems facing the country. We have not heard a single reasonable idea put forth by the Repubs in a number of years. All you hear from them is criticizism of the ideas of others. Joining the debate means more than saying 'Boooo! Boooo! Boooo! The Repubs need to learn that!

Yeah right.

These jokers in the GOP are so tone deaf and stuck in the past that they will continue to loose election after election.

The GOP hasn't figured out that the majority of voters have moved on from fear, hate and name calling as a political tactic.

It just won't work anymore, thank god most americans have finally gotten wise to these crooks

they lie in wait for the dems to f somethin' up...
then they will pounce on our unsuspecting society and say here we are to save the day and your soul too.

What renaissance? these jokers in the GOP are so tone deaf and stuck in the past that they will continue to loose election after election.

The GOP hasn't figured out that the majority of voters have moved on from fear, hate and name calling as a political tactic.

It just won't work anymore and thank god

Sounds like a reniassance to me! Imagine- a republican nominated to represent the Republicans in an election!
And this is news. This rates in importantance with Paris Hilton, Lindsey Lohan Octo-mom and anything Sarah Pailn. For those playing along at home- the catagory is Insignificant News Stories

Whistling in the dark?..

It'll be too little, too late. The GOP has taken VA for granted for too long, and we've gone full blue - Democrat Governor, two democrat senators and a democrat president.

The only way VA can go back to being red now is to split into two states - north and south. But that wouldn't be terribly wise, as the north has all the money...

Fat Chance! The gop death march continues.

The terrifying profligacy of the Democrats–trillion dollar bailouts and budgets that dwarf even those of the Bush administration–is the best thing that could have happened for the Republicans. People in the US seem to be getting dumber by the minute, but even the slowest of wits are beginning to wonder, "Where is all that money going to come from?"

The neo-cons of recent years have more or less abandoned the original Republican principle of fiscal responsibility, but even they did vastly better than the spending insanity of Pelosi, Reid, and Obama.

Mikey "Slammin and Rammin" Steele strikes again.......idiot

As it dawns on Americans what Obama and the dems are doing and plan to do, as well as the fact that what they have done has not worked at all, Americans will run to the GOP.

Obama and the dems policies of tax, borrow and spend under the guise of class warfare and intollerance are not what made America great.

As an Independent that voted for OBAMA and having "BUYERS REMORSE" for doing so. I am hoping the Republicans get it togather so I can start believing in Capitalism again......I can't believe we now own 73 percent of GM.....OBAMA was a sheep in wool's clothing...I so regret voting for his socialist Union Black programs.....If your WHITE and middle class, forget it...

More like a requiem rather than a renaissance...

"Redneck swarm" is more like it...

Funny... "Republican Renaissance." Isn't that an oxymoron?

"Boom Boom!" went the Republican Noise Machine one more time, then it broke down for good. LOL!

You can only have a "renaissance" if you are reinventing the party and its ideas. I would argue that the way the party has acted in the past has brought about its devastating losses in 2006 and 2008, yet they cling to the bad ideas that caused those losses in the first place! Sorry GOP, that's not a renaissance.

No way can someone who opposed the stimulus package win in VA.

The "Republican Renaissance?" You've got to be joking, but thanks for the laugh......you made my day!

Yeah, it starts in Virginia. In maybe... 2050.

I agree with Steele that there has been a change in the Republican Party, but the change has been for the worse and I don't see how that get candidates elected. It seems to me that if someone wants to run as a Republican in the near future their best line would be to run against the party picks.

please let rush limpballs and his crowd help. please

Just like the NY-20 election?

Steele said that election was supposed to be a referendum on the big government, tax-and-spend disaster that Obama was leading the country into. What happened Mr. Steele?

Keep talking Mr. Steele. And also tell your leader Colonel Rush he is doing a great job (in pushing people away from the GOP).

And Michael Steele also predicted a GOP victory in New York's 20th district special election which is a Republican stronghold. That didn't happen. His batting record is pretty dismal so far. However, sooner or later, they will won ONE and then he will really be full of himself.

GOP Rennaissance in Virginia? Not likely. As more and more educated people move into northern Virginia, the rural conservatives are becoming outnumbered. We can only hope the trend continues.

Does anyone else find it ironic that Michael Steele is touting Virginia as a place for a Republican renaissance? This is the home state of the very popular Republican Senator George "Macaca" Allen who used to keep a hanging noose displayed in his law office. That kind of racist behavior used to be acceptable in public politicians when Va. was a red state and now Michael Steele wants to make it a red state again? Wow, just wow.

Democratic infighting will doom them, and the people of VA will be the losers. Republicans are set to start back tracking on the progress of the past 2 democratic governors. So sad for VA.

Being from a state that can drill I hope the nominee and the people of Virginia that 1) It will be years before you can pump any oil and that is the years of exploration off your coast. 2) The oil only perpetuates our dependence which in essence makes us slaves to OPEC. 3) Should you pump and have an oil spill into the ocean it will be Viriginia and not the Feds who pay for the clean-up and 4) tourism isn't about looking at oil dereks. That includes not only the dereks but the oil pumping/holding stations on land. Not so pretty. So being from a state that has and can drill it's not all its cracked up to be.

So Steele admits they've been in a "Dark Ages?"

Just because Michael Steele says it doesn't make it so. Mr. Steele is no Renaissance Man.

Maybe this will work as well as their re-branding and unity efforts in recent months.

Oh and by the way congrats to the GOP on having a Republican win the Republican nomination.

Most of this state is filled with great people but the Northern mean-spirited taker part is very populated and very socialist.

I love the Commonwealth of Virginia, it's really beautiful, been there since my Aunt and cousins still live there, but the State of Virginia should remember what was said about them,real Virginia, communist Virginia. I would assume that is why they went Blue!

I guess that means that Virginia is where the GOP's so called "real America" is. I'm glad only 21% of Americans are retarded.

Virginia has a sizable minority population, I don't think they will be voting for any republican candidate since the Republican Party insists in treating minorities like dirt, working against the nomination of the First Hispanic to the SC and comparing Hispanic civil rights organizations to the KKK

Bob McDonnell is the right choice for Virginia. Democrats have screwed over the state in the past few years. It is time for sensible Republican leadership in Richmond.

Virginia ... May McDonnell lead the way to the men's room and watch with absolute fascination as the right-wing extremist Repubs are flushed down the drain of history.

That's right I'm Bob McDonnell and I'm running for governor here. I promise to take no stimulus money from those racist, socialist Democrats. In fact I just had the N and O keys on my keyboard replaced with heavy duty ones. I've got my teabags right here and will wear them on my head whenever Fox News or Lord Rush tell me to.If you don't elect me then you, and your children will all die. So vote for me or you are not a true Virginian.....or American.

i live in a red state, and we eat red meat here. and michael steele means nothing to us out here. he might want to start the GOP again from virginia, but the voters out here, we do our own thing. if we like a democrat, that's how we vote. there's no party loyalty in the northwest anymore.

The Repubs were dead after Watergate. Then along came Jimmy Carter.
The Repubs were dead after Clinton was elected. 2 years later they took over Congress for 1st time in 40 years.
The Repubs were dead after Obama's election. Now we have the bailouts, the stimulus, the omnibus, the budget proposal and the Dems are just getting started (cap & trade, state bailouts...)
At the end of the day, politics is still about good ideas.
By late 2010 no one's going to care about Michele's arms.

Republican Renaissance my foot. The Party of No must be kidding. Do they not understand, the dumb b*stard$, that unless they dump their base, they are the same old loser party. Now they are trying to torpedo Judge Sotomayor's ascent to the Supreme Court. Go ahead. I dare you. If you people ever expect to be in power again, outside of the south, you had better get on board the train into the future. There are clearly not enough backwoods haters to keep you a national party. Oh, and dump Butterball Limpballs too!

McAuliffe will not win the Democratic primary in VA, so the race will come down to McDonnell and Deeds.

It won't be the Republican "renaissance" if I've got anything to say about it.

. This is the 20th time since elections in November that the republican party is starting over one way or the other. Until they actually start with new ideas and not rehashing the old tired mantra they will keep loosing. But that's fine, because Obama is filling in the void very nicely

This is irresponsible journalism. Mr McAuliffe is not even leading in the most recent polls. Please at least mention the other two candidates in the VA Democratic Primary.

If McDonnell was running against McAuliffe he could win but since he'll be running against OBAMACORN he doesn't stand a chance.

Hope not. A used to be Republican doesn't ever want to see these bums back.Would like to see some dems go too. Lets get term limits on the ballots,

It is the beginning of the new beginning.

McAuliffe's campaign has seemed to me like it's counting on national Democratic party momentum and boatloads of cash to bring it success rather than giving consideration to representing the people of Virginia and meeting their needs. It doesn't surprise me that McDonnell leads in the polls.

This is the same thing Michael Steele said about the NY 20th Congressional District special election .... and he was wrong.

My bet: the Democrats will win the VA and NJ gubernatorial races.

My hope: Michael Steele, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh, et al, will continue to turn off Independent voters with their rants & raves right on through the midterm elections in 2010.

Who is the more tangible fool? Steele for his zig-zaggery or the Republican party he so zealously advocates for despite its absence of principles and lack of a coherent plan?

It will be a "Renaissance" if they become a party for the average American citizen instead of a party that is of,by and for the wealthy and powerful only.

Huh, what?

Is that the "real Viginia?" GOP language confuses me. I don't know if they are talking about the Real Viginia or the Virginia Reel but they will have to do more than block Obama. May the partyof "NO" become the party of "NO ONE"

Gop is dead as a dodo!!, the party needs new ideas, kick out the divisive old men from the party. Preach moral conservatism which is the base of morallity after all a liberal state such as California have proved they are morally superior than New-Hamshire, Iowa, or Massachusets. Preaching fiscal conservatism is not enough if there is moral decay! continue hammering and pushing for christian values through the black churches and hispanic catholics and before long the party will be stronger than ever!!

An old white guy is the GOP's nominee . . . how unexpected

Why do politicians always call elections "fights?" Regardless of what side you support, in the end the winner is decided by who spent the most money. They should just call elections "buy-outs."

Republican renaissance ... Now THAT is funny...

I believe most of the people in Virginia are too smart to fall for the GOP schmuck any longer,

The entire country is changing away from the rule of the wealthy old white men that seek to further strengthen only the wealthy.

Boot out all Repubs, Virginia.

How can it be a renaissance if the Republicans have had control of Virginia for YEARS!

Not a chance. The Virginia Republicans are thier own worst enemy. The Northern/Coastal Repubs and the Central/Southern Repubs are at polar ends on the issues of roads/mass transit and and the environment. Pick one solution to an issue of importance to the citizens of Virginia that the Virginia Republican Party came out with AND PASSED over the last 6 years. You will not find one.

He wasn't challenged. let's not read to much into this. Remember we still have Eric Cantor to screw it up for the Repubes.

Renaissance (n) a movement or period of vigorous artistic and intellectual activity.

I doubt it.

Let's hope not.

This nation does not need a Conservative renaissance. Conservatism has done enough damage to America. What we need is for Conservatism to disappear.

Conservatism has no agenda except more power for the poweful and greater wealth for the wealthy.

What is Conservatism? First, Conservatism is not a political philosophy. Conservatism cannot describe the ideal society and it has no goals. Conservatism simply opposes any effort to increase the wealth of the middle and lower classes. That is why American Conservative leaders have opposed the abolition of slavery, equal rights for minorities and women, equal pay for minorities and women, equal opportunity for minorities and women, the 8 hour day, the 40 hour week, overtime pay, sick pay, health benefits, retirement benefits, medicare, social security, workplace safety regulations, the abolition of child labor (American corporations still employ children in those nations where it is tolerated), child health programs, any improvement to the national infrastructure, antipollution laws, and laws designed to protect the climate.

Imagine an America in which Conservatism had won the fight in each of those areas. That is the nation that Conservatism would build.

"Conservatism: it is not good for children and other living things."

For the sake of this country, GOP should remain a minority.

Republicans 2009: Empty promises, a recent history of calculated betrayal of the American people, sociopathic greed, habitual complainers, irritating whiners, lacking in reason, void of judgement, leaderless, and one act away from joining the circus. I don't know whether to reach for the aspirin bottle or my hip flask.

I saw a McDonnell campaign event with people wearing confederate flag patches. If you want to vote for the stealth racist and want to be identified as such, go right ahead and vote for McDonnell. Another republican miscalculation. His campaign is destined to disintegrate as did George Allen. The chips are about to fall.

GOP renaissance in Virginia? Michael Steele and the GOP are delusional...that party brings nothing to political discourse except embarrassing, out of touch, out of date, out of time stupidity. Steele can only be described as "amateur" at political calculation. The remaining "face" of the new GOP, Limbaugh, Gingrich, Cheney, can't hold a candle to the sense of optimism that President Obama brings to the country, despite the sorry mess left by their group when finally toppled from power.

Now, what would possess the good people of Virginia to want to return to the dark days of Republican control? maybe limbaugh is sharing from his drug cache to anesthetize the voters ...

[...] hear the RNC talk about it, prosperity is right around the corner!  Not for America, but for the GOP!  Especially in Virginia.  Mike Steele says Bob [...]

Not likely a Republican will win that race either.... Virginia is now a Democratic state.

If Steele wants the GOP to survive, it's time to listen to Dr. Ron Paul and support candidates like Ray McBerry for governor of Georgia, Randy Brogdon for governor of Oklahoma, Roy Moore for governor of Alabama and Debra Medina for governor of Texas.

OK. So here's the deal. Go read a history book. Find out what the Renaissance was. Nominating yet another party operative who does nothing but read talking points and toe the party line is NOT a renaissance. It is business as usual. Most moderate Americans would welcome a TRUE renaissance in the Republican party. That would be, for those of you too lazy or illiterate to pick up a book, a complete overhauling of the system. A new awakening in philosophy, thought, art, science (yes, gasp, "science"!), and law. Frankly, I don't think the Republican party has any intention of a renaissance. They don't have the guts. When a party allows itself to be pushed around by a gas bag like Limbaugh, a pathological liar like Cheney, a slime ball like Gingrich, and a geek like Rove, there is no hope for them. Until they get those people and out, the Republican train to oblivion, with stops in places like Crazy Town, will continue to its final destination. Oblivion City.

Many are hoping for a Republican renaissance, but it doesn't begin with an election. It begins with a platform. In opposing the current administration's way of handling our country's problems, one must have an answer when asked, "okay, then, what do you propose to do about it?" If you haven't got the answer to that question, then there's not much point in being part of the conversation. Why not begin with a sane, sensible platform that everyone can get behind... admit the mistakes and get back to the small-government basics, abandon the name-calling, forget about politics and elections for a while and focus on ideas – we could use some good ideas right about now.

Ir Mr. Steele wishes to lead a genuine "Renaissance" then he must be prepared to stand firm against the ideology of the left. Opposing the Sotomayor nomination may indeed cost the party votes from Latinos and Women, however, the failure to do so will cost the party a great deal more true conservative voters.

I learned a lot about the GOP last year during the Presidential campaign with their treatment of the candidate Ron Paul. Here was a guy who STRICTLY follows the Constitution, NEVER voted to raise taxes, and works to ACTUALLY cut spending (not lower the rate of growth of a program and call it a cut). These are all positions that the GOP says it stands for, yet they ignored and vilified this veteran and patriot because he would not go along with the GOP's massive war spending.

So now your words ring hollow Michael Steele and other GOP leaders. When you had the reigns of power, you exploded the size of government! Sure the Democrats are doing it as well, but at least they don't lie to you about doing it.

I voted GOP all my life (since Reagan) but stopped after 2000. You will have to get a whole new crop of people in there – and people who really believe in freedom – before you have any chance of getting my vote again!

I think he meant "re-renaissance" having already blown the renaissance in NY with Tedisco.

Reminds me of their 'comeback moment' when they said they would win back the vacancy left when Gillibrand took Hillary Clintons NY Senate seat. Of course they lost that to a Democrat. So how many more times will the Republicans 'guarantee a comeback' before they see how far gone they are.

I suppose they could always step away from their far right evangelical based policies... but no that would be 'moderating' lol.

Hey Steele, I hope that you asked Limbaugh could you start it in Virginia. I don't want you to get in trouble with your true de facto leader of the GOP.

Yeah, right? The primaries is only a couple weeks left or less than that. To tell you the truth, I've always thought McDonell was gonna be their guy, after all, he's the only who I've been listening to during that race while the Dems have some distinct characters in their race who will indeed face him. If there were other contenders involved, I never knew, LOL!!

McAullife is a world renowned scum bag and is the poster boy for what we shouldn't want in American politics. Democrats should be embarrassed to run him.

At this point, the GOP needs a resurrection more than a renaissance.

As a life-long resident of Virginia and an astute observer of the Virginia political scene I wouldn't recommend that Bob McDonnell pack his bags for the governor's mansion just yet. I fully expect Terry to win the June 9th primary and handily defeat Bob in the fall election. This state will probably never see another Republican governor. We've all worked real hard to make this a blue state and we're not about to mess it up by electing Bob. Governor Terry McAuliiffe, you can mark my words.

Republican renaissance? Does this mean that their thinking is finally out of the Dark Ages? And why are so many of the GOP from the Mesozoic era?

is it really a renaissance if no one comes ? in order for the republicans to become significant again, they need ideas. and they have none. they're clinging to ideas that took the US to the brink of economic destruction, and they're still arguing that those ideas are GOOD ideas ! the issues the GOP used to claim as their winning hand, they hold none of. they can't keep us safe. they completely destroyed our economy. and, they are idiots when it comes to international diplomacy. better cling to your racist strongholds in the south.

I attended the convention. What a breath of fresh air! It was so good to hear from leaders that are committed to curtailing government waste and onerous regulation. I think Obama's socialist policies are really going to galvanize conservatives like Carter did for Reagan.

Republicans won't come back until Obama is out of office. Obama is doing too good a job for it to be otherwise.

Steele needs to understand that just because he says it, doesn't make it so. It sounds more like wishful thinking than that of a person overseeing a party that is isolated and berift of ideas and support.

Your "Republican Renaissance" needs to start with a change of attitude–not image.

America and the world has no need of a party or any political entity
which worships money and business.

JUST what dos the new REPUBLICAN nominee going to do for VIRGINIA?.... GET health care for all people or leave it all like it is... CUT spending in time of Depression.?....... I do not think the republican has any plans to lead a progressive government in the state..any more than I think Herbert Hoover would get us out of the Depression....BY the way is he a moderate or Liberal whom RUSH cannot support?

Bob McDonnell will be the next governor. We had to piss poor democrats who did nothing for VA but only served themselves.

We've got the right people in Washington, but we need a Republican back in Richmond! All REAL politics is local. And we HAVE TO get rid of Tim "The Veto Master" Kaine.

I sure hope they checked with Rush first this time.Last time didn't go so well,ROFL.

T-Mac by 10 in the primary (Deeds gets second) and T-Mac by 3 in the general after Obama comes for 2 consecutive weekends and Bill Clinton stays for a nearly a month.

Is it really a renaissance if the Republicans take the governorship but, as expected, lose seats in the state house and the Attorney General?

Gee...Didn't Steele also say that the "Republican Renaissance" was suppose to have happened in the special congressional election for the 20th district in New York to replace Senator Gillibrand? Democrat won there too. So much for Steele's ability to predict the political future.

It's sad the way the media can make or break a candidate simply by failing to give them the equal attention they deserve. The coverage of this governor's race makes plenty mention of Terry McAuliffe, but rarely are his viable opponents, Brian Moran and Craig Deeds, mentioned. Terry McAuliffe, a national-level partisan Democrat, is truly the establishment candidate.

Not unless you decide that it's okay to be non-white, non-rich, and non-religious fanatic.

Steele is a big-mouthed idiot.

Why do all Republicans look the same? White, nerdy haircut, and eventual obesity.

You want to revive the Republican party?

STOP SPENDING MONEY!!!!

The deficit spending has been completely out of control, both parties! Obama has a crazy notion that if he just borrows a humungus amount and spends that he will somehow be helping us. When that debt comes due in 5 years or 10 years it won't be his problem. This spending spree is pathetic.

I expect if Obama get's his Cap and Trade taxes along with a new Federal sales tax, and Amercicans are still out of work, the people will have enough of the liberals by 2012 and kick them all out of office.

"Republician Renaissance" is a nice recognition and complimant to Obama's oratorical use of alliteration.

I'm sure Webster's will pick up the phrase as the most outstanding example 21st century of oxymoron.

Great! Non-stop GOP rhetoric and smear-campaign ads will clog the local channels until November once again. When will the GOP realize that the harder they push in swing states the harder the moderates and liberals will push back?

It seems logical that Michael Steele would refer to a GOP renaissance – after all, the Republican Party is stuck in the Middle Ages on so many issues...

Steele thinks just by saying there is a "renaissance" that makes it so.

As soon as the GOP stops focusing on "branding" itself, and focuses instead on new ideas, THEN there will be a comeback – but it might not be for another 30 years.

There is still a Republican Party?

Mr. Steele......Cantor, Romney, and Bush (Jeb) launched their NCNA (new America) tour a couple of months ago......Now you says it's a 'Republican Renaissance.' It's neither.....America has already been "founded" (Our Founding Fathers).....You can't re-invent the wheel.....

A renaissance is the rebirth of something that still exists.....What your party needs is a Reincarnation.......You must render all of your old ideas (methods, actions) dead.......You must bury all of your past attitudes of entitlement, bury philosophies of old establishment dead weights, and start anew......It's never gonna happen......

Even if McDonnell manages to squeak through in November, it will be short lived.....Your party has a death wish.......Your party is operating under a self-fulfilling prophecy....You are on target to have your wish granted and your prophecy fulfilled.....Peace....

GOP Renaissance in Virginia???!? NOT! McDonnell voted AGAINST taking stim money which would have helped the hundreds of thousands of Virginians OUT of work (with more to come!) He has consistently voted AGAINST the commonwealth's best interest which is it PEOPLE!

Another Republican here who will be voting for a Democrat come November 2010!

Where's R. Lumbug and "deadeye" Cheney? I hope that they've gone shooting together.

Stick a fork in the GOP and bury it!

These guys have ruined America and now want us to forget about the problems that they caused and support them.....NO!!!!!

Just go away. I've never been political in my life but now will be actively supporting anyone who is running against the gop.

you are going down in flames... up shall come the independants and not a moment to soon, our country has been damaged by Bush and Cheney to the point of needing significant change

we got very lucky Obama choose to serve

It will take a long time before the people in this country forget the mess the bush administration made of this country. Before they forget the mess they made of our participation in world events, the war, the torture, and steele has the guts to say the republicans can come back so soon. Course in Farwells part of Virginia. But the rest of the people who live there have come to their senses and will use that good sense.

Look what a mess their last republican governor made and it took a Democrat Mark Warner to get it on track and with another democrat in charge it is staying on track....they would be fools to put a republican in charge again to screw things up.

Right after the rebirth of the Whigs.

Come to think of it, maybe the right is going back to its ante-bellum roots.

Ha! Ha! Ha! I almost spit out my coffee laughing at Steele's comment. 'Republican Renaissance'??? Earlier this year, the 'Republican Renaissance' was supposed to occur in NY-20 with Tedisco but when that didn't work out well for them... now, it's in Virginia with McDonnell??!!!??? What a joke Steele and the Republicans have become. What a JOKE!!!

I'd say that a Terry McAuliffe win in the June 9 primary would just about guarantee a Republican victory here. McAuliffe's transparent phoniness does not play well here, despite the bubba endorsement.

He will bring much needed young people into the party. The old republican party is dead and the young and new party is emerging with good things planned for Virginia and it's young and new families.

i think this is funny but as Americans i think we have to short a memory. If this is a resurection of them god save us All as we have forgotten alot. and way to quickly. it will be interesting to see the right neocon kooks who are out of the closet complete bigots taking back control. people really need to remember the past there but i am not holding a lamp of hope

Ha ha ha, renaissance my rear!!!

Republi-who?

Please!

The party of evil and ignorance is finished.

Never again!!

Whats wrong with the picture of the Candidate?. Virginia is a
diverse state not the Good Old Boys network shown in the picture.
Note Obama Won in Virginia.
No appeal to the Majority of People just some more hate again!

Whats wrong with the picture of the Canidate?. Virginia is a
diverse state not the Good Old Boys network shown in the picture.
Note Obama Won in Virginia.
No appeal to the Majority of People just some more hate again!