“White House is ranting up its rhetoric for Republicans, using wild words to attack them over the budget standoff.” HouseWhiteRepublicanBudgetsWhite HouseRhetoricStandoffs Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Maybe Republicans should get nukes and the president [Barack Obama] will talk to them.” ShouldPresidentRepublicanBarackPresident Barack ObamaNukes Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Usually step one in a recovery is admitting that you have a problem. I think that's an important thing for the Republican Party to do.” ThinkingImportantProblemPartyStepsRepublicanImportant ThingsRecoveryRepublican PartyAdmitting Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I also think the party needs to work on a couple different fronts. There are so many fault lines within the party: conservative vs. moderate, the more fiscally minded Republicans vs. the more socially minded Republicans, the Old Guard - the sort of Newt Gingrich-Karl Rove Republican - vs. the New Guard - the Michael Steele-Sarah Palin sort of emerging sect of the party. And the party has to decide what direction it's going to go in.” ThinkingNeedsDifferentLinesPartyFrontsCoupleRepublicanFaultsConservativeModeratesEmergingSectsPalinNewts Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I think Republicans forgot how to communicate with the American people.” PeopleThinkingRepublicanCommunicate Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Republicans also have to start to look at talent recruitment. Eight years ago Barack Obama was a no-name state senator. So I think we need to look outside the Beltway and start to look at a younger, more diverse pool of people and tap them to run for office instead of continuously tapping the same type of self-funder individual that Republicans seem to go after every time.” PeopleThinkingNeedsYearsLooksSelfStatesSeemsRunningNamesIndividualTalentTypeRepublicanOfficeYears AgoEightBarackPoolDiverseSenatorsTappingRecruitment Author:Andrea Tantaros
“We need to tap into new issues. There's a way to resurrect the sound policies of our party, but also to look toward new issues - kitchen-table issues like the rising cost of education. I think that's a winning issue for Republicans.” ThinkingWayNeedsLooksWinningSoundPartyIssuesPolicyRepublicanCostTablesKitchenRisingKitchen TableCost Of Education Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Medical malpractice - that's a great issue for Republicans and you didn't hear anyone talk about it.” IssuesRepublicanMedicalMalpractice Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I think the liberals are going to try to blame - and they already are - this entire mess on the right and on President [George W.] Bush. I think Republicans dropped the ball on actually articulating why we got into this economic mess, but it's not too late.” ThinkingTryingPresidentEconomicRepublicanLateBallsBlameMessToo LatePresident George W BushArticulating Author:Andrea Tantaros
“I think a New Guard-type of Republican - Eric Cantor is a rising star in the party.” ThinkingStarsPartyTypeRepublicanRisingEric Author:Andrea Tantaros
“You also need to show a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to impropriety. That's one of the things, again, that Republicans left on the table as a missed opportunity.” NeedsShowsOpportunityLeftPolicyRepublicanTablesToleranceZeroMissed OpportunityZero Tolerance Author:Andrea Tantaros
“Republicans and conservatives have to figure out that Democrats have plenty of rope to hang themselves on their own. But you have to give voters a reason to vote for you as well.” GivingWellsReasonFiguresRepublicanVoteDemocratPlentyVotersRope Author:Andrea Tantaros
