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The Blog is Reborn

10/4/2013

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Today, the blog is formally reborn! It has retired the name of Write On! and transformed into The Screaming Moderate. A name suggested by my friend and former boss, Marlin Fitzwater. Thank you, Marlin. And a new logo thanks to my friend and colleague Jack Lanza.

After reading my blog for the fist time, Marlin told me I am a "screaming moderate" and....he's right (again).

If you've read my posts (and I assume you have) you'll see it's true. I'm a "Republican." I worked for the party for many years, in state campaigns, in the federal government and at the Republican National Committee. But those were different times. There actually was such a thing as a Republican moderate. An endangered species today. The party has moved rightward more and more over the years and, now, many of my friends are what "they" call RINOS (Republicans in Name Only). I would dispute that because, as my old boss the late Lee Atwater said in a speech we worked on together, the GOP is a Big Tent.

The tent seems to be shrinking, though.

We're watching it play out in the government shutdown and the coming deadline to raise the debt ceiling. The Tea Party is holding everyone hostage, but looks like those 30 or 40 House members, finally, will be trumped by the speaker of the house, John Boehner who, reports say, will move to raise the debt ceiling without their support. Those ending the so-called Hastert Rule which says votes won't happen unless every Republican votes "yea." Finally, someone saying nay to a stupid rule that really isn't a rule.

I hope the Speaker does it. And I hope, too, that it is the end of such silliness on the Hill and maybe, maybe, Moderates will make a comeback. Just a hope.

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johnson link
10/4/2013 11:20:12 am

there would be no shutdown, no furloughs, no lost jobs, no bills unpaid if Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama would exercise the reponsibility to govern they are demanding of John Boehner.

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B. Jay
10/4/2013 11:54:28 am

agree, man. but SOMEONE has to lead and get it done. and looks like the speaker will be the chosen one or the only one willing to do it. it could be transformative if he does the right thing on the debt ceiling. could be a good thing in the long run.

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    B. Jay Cooper

    B. Jay is a former deputy White House press secretary to Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He also headed the communications offices at the Republican National Committee, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Yale University. He is a former reporter and is the retired deputy managing director of APCO Worldwide's Washington, D.C., office.
    He is the father of three daughters and grandfather of five boys and one girl. He lives in Marion, Mass.

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