Letters: GOP must change

Published: Thursday, Feb. 14 2013 12:05 a.m. MST

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In my opinion Andrew McDonald's letter to the editor is right on track with what is wrong with the Republican party ("GOP too extreme," Feb. 9).

In my opinion Andrew McDonald's letter to the editor is right on track with what is wrong with the Republican party ("GOP too extreme," Feb. 9). Too much extremism to the right is driving good people away so they either don't vote or vote for a more moderate candidate. Mitt Romney is a good man, but in my opinion he went so far to the right in winning the primary that people had many concerns about what he would do as president.

I heard a lady say on TV the other day that the Republican party had to change its direction or change its symbol to the woolly mammoth because it would be extinct. What ever happened to the party Ronald Regan led as president? I think it is because there were no tea party-type extremists to split the party.

Don C. Cunningham

Fruit Heights

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LDS Liberal

Farmington, UT

Don nails it with this line --

"What ever happened to the party Ronald Regan led as president? I think it is because there were no tea party-type extremists to split the party."

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Ajax

Mapleton, UT

Lest we lose our way in our discussion of political extremism, we need to understand that its usage in American English refers to, "Any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies."

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