E&P:Top Republican Quits Congress, Compares Party To 'Dog Food,' Wonders About Palin

[maddezmom]

NEW YORK Coming in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine: A profile of a former "star in the Republican party," Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia. As the heading has it: "Now, like dozens of his GOP colleagues, he's quitting Congress, fed up with his party, his president and the process."

In other words: "Tom Davis Gives Up," as the Times puts it.
~snip~

Davis calls the McCain-Palin ticket "a marriage of convenience. What are the negatives? What about her resume? I got through it in about 10 seconds. Does that hurt? He's the guy running on experience...And she's a heartbeat away." She does help with the "change" issue, he adds.

And aptly, in light of the start of the baseball playoffs, Davis, 59, cracks: "You know, the Cubs fans used to put the bags over their heads. That's what I feel when you say you're from Congress, because there are just so many things we're not doing."

The article points out that 26 Republicans are stepping down this year compared to only six Democrats. Many of he GOPers are moderates. "There's no question, we're a dying breed," says Rep. Jim Ramstad of Minn.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003869718

[justiceischeap]

1. That's sad that the state of politics has gotten so bad

that even politicians are sick of it. You know you've sunk to a new low then.

[slampoet]

2. Dogfood ? Are the Republicans full of Melamine?

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Actually no.

Just shit. Lots and lots of shit.

[DinahMoeHum]

4. From Tom Davis's infamous memo: "If we were a dog food. . .

...they would take us off the shelf"

This memo occured sometime around May 15, 2008:
http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=14216


(snip)
The loss of three straight special elections, in once solidly Republican districts cannot be explained simply by "bad candidates", or by being out-organized. They are canaries in the coal mine, warning of far greater losses in the fall, if steps are not taken to remedy the current climate.

These races were not in New Jersey or New England, where Republican erosion has taken place over the last decade. They were in the heart of the Bible Belt, the social conservative core of our coalition. These are areas John McCain will win easily, in November, but a Congressional GOP brand tied to George Bush is struggling.
(snip)
Members (of the GOP Congress) instinctively understand that the Republican brand is in the trash can. I've often observed that if we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf.
(snip)

:evilgrin: