--Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., believes Christian conservatives are "agents of intolerance." [Kirkpatrick, The New York Times, 02/25/07]
--Sen. John McCain believes that President Bush was "very badly served" by Vice President Cheney and former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. [Politico.com, 02/21/2007] Vice President Cheney countered saying, "I just fundamentally disagree with John." [ABC's Good Morning America, 02-21-2007]
--RNC Chairman Ken Melman says, Republicans lost because of voters who cast ballots against the party in protest of ethical lapses or the war in Iraq. [Cook, The Christian Science Monitor, 11/10/2006]
--Paul Weyrich, chairman of the Free Congress Foundation believes "There is great anxiety....There is no outstanding conservative, and they [conservatives] are all looking for that." [Kirkpatrick, The New York Times, 02/25/07]
--James Dobson, chairman of Focus on the Family, says Republicans lost the 2006 election because they did not motivate the "value voters". [Hallow, The Washington Times, 11/10/2006]
--Newt Gingrich says, the 2006 election loss was due to "an absence of competence in Republican performance, an absence of candor, corruption and the bad advice of consultants." [Associated Press, 11/10/2006]
--Rep. Bob Bar, R-Ga., says, "the Bush administration was largely the architect of its defeat, and that the party can no longer afford to play by yesterday's playbook." [Hallow, The Washington Times, 11/10/2006]
--Former Rep. Dick Armey, R-Texas, blames the religious right for the party's loss in the 2006 election. [Ralph Z. Hallow, The Washington Times, 11/10/2006]
--Sen. Arlan Specter, R-Pa., says, Republicans should become "a lot more progressive and a lot less ideological." [Hallow, The Washington Times, 11-10-2006]
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