I need a list (at least 25) of prominent Republicans (present or former national or
state party office holders, cabinet members, Party leaders,
donors/businessmen, authors etc.) who have expressed dissatisfaction with the
current direction of the Party and the Administration, along with an
indication (reference) of their dissatisfaction (article, book,
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Request for Question Clarification by
umiat-ga
on
01 Sep 2003 13:19 PDT
rperks,
Do you mean dissatisfaction with the direction of the party as a
whole, or do you want select quotes about "certain" issues where
Republicans have expressed dissatisfaction?
umiat
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Request for Question Clarification by
ephraim-ga
on
01 Sep 2003 18:33 PDT
Rperks,
I'm also curious -- would you accept people on both sides of the
issue? For example, would you accept an answer which included
dissatisfaction from both arch-conservative Republicans because they
felt that the current direction was too liberal, as well as moderately
liberal Republicans who felt that the party was currently too
conservative?
In addition, must this be an overall dissatisfaction or just a concern
over certain issues?
/ephraim
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Clarification of Question by
rperks-ga
on
01 Sep 2003 19:37 PDT
I want 25 people and quotes from prominent Republicans who are
dissatisfied with the Bush Administration, specifically those who feel
the party has drifted too far to the religious right, too far away
from sound conservation policy (EPA, etc), from fiscal discipline,
into nation building, into too severe tax cuts. It can not
conservatives who feel the Administration is not Biblically
conservative enough.
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Clarification of Question by
rperks-ga
on
01 Sep 2003 19:40 PDT
As addendum to the last clarification, I don't have to have quotes
necessarily, as much as the reference, work, speech to where your
information of the dissatisfaction came from.
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Request for Question Clarification by
ephraim-ga
on
02 Sep 2003 05:04 PDT
Rperks,
You've defined "dissatisfaction as the following:
* the party has drifted too far to the religious right,
* too far away from sound conservation policy (EPA, etc),
* from fiscal discipline,
* into nation building,
* into too severe tax cuts.
How many of these must be true for an individual to be considered
"dissatisfied"? It's much easier to find a "prominent Republican" who
disagrees with one of these issues than it is to find a Republican who
disagrees with the administration's handling of all of these issues.
/ephraim
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Clarification of Question by
rperks-ga
on
02 Sep 2003 13:21 PDT
Yes, one strong comment from a prominent Republican on any of those
topics would suffice.
Thanks, rperks
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Request for Question Clarification by
ephraim-ga
on
14 Sep 2003 06:59 PDT
As I (and a number of other researchers) have found, this is a tough
question to answer. Would you accept a voting record as evidence that
somebody's position has changed? It's not going to guarantee you an
answer, but allowing us to use a vote as a "quote" from a leader will
make this a little easier for us to find you something.
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Clarification of Question by
rperks-ga
on
18 Sep 2003 16:41 PDT
ephraim-ga, Appreciate your effort on and issues with this. A vote
alone will not suffice - not enough causality and possibly too many
mitigating factors. I need the dissatisfaction or dissention and the
reason. thanks rperks
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