

After Taking Two Consecutive Electoral Drubbings in the Rest of the Country, the Republicans Are a More Solidly Conservative Southern Regional Party Than Ever Before -- and Risking Further Isolation for Opposing President Obama's Economic Rescue Plans















Feuding Elephants: Republicans appear to be sharply divided along regional lines over President Obama's economic stimulus package, with the bulk of the opposition to the plan coming from conservative Southerners. Nowhere is that division more evident than among the nation's 22 GOP governors, with a handful of Southern conservatives declaring they won't accept parts of the president's stimulus, while other GOP governors from the Northeast, the Midwest and the Far West fully supporting it. (Photo courtesy Wordpress.com)



(Posted 5:00 a.m. EST Monday, February 23, 2009)



By SKEETER SANDERS

SCHWARZENEGGER: GOP 'OUT OF TOUCH' WITH AVERAGE AMERICANS

BARBOUR: ACCEPTING FEDERAL $$ FOR JOBLESS BENEFITS WOULD RAISE TAXES

CRIST, JINDAL CLASH OVER STIMULUS ON SUNDAY TV TALK SHOW

SPLIT CEMENTING GOP'S IMAGE AS CONSERVATIVE SOUTHERN PARTY

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