A Pig Without the Lipstick
Republicans have now lost three special elections for previously GOP-held Congressional seats this year. Once is an accident, twice is a coincidence, three times is a trend my friends.
Call it Bush fatigue, call it whatever you want, but the emerging message from a lot of voters across the country this year seems to be “We’re tired of Republicans.” That sentiment is going to make our job very difficult this fall.
Frankly, it is hard to fault the American voters for feeling that way after the manner in which the Republican Congress massively squandered its time in the majority. While John McCain may well have an even shot at holding on to the White House, all the leading indicators seem to be saying that the GOP could take a very large hit in Congressional and Senate races this year.
This isn’t to say that I won’t be working my butt off this year to support Republican candidates and point out the our vast differences with the policies of the Democratic Party. As a realist, though, I recognize that we may well be facing some time in the wilderness whether we want it or not.
Category: Campaigns and Elections
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The appropriate description is that Republicans are going to get shellacked this year.
We can’t support candidates when the brand is tarnished. One must go back to basics and rebuild the message with the voters–we need to convince them that we are the protectors of liberty. It’s kind of hard when folks like Virgil Goode obtain 98,000 dollars for a walking tour of Boydton, Va., a town less than a square mile with only 474 residents.
Amen to that Judge! All I have to say is:
I believe
That the free enterprise system is the most productive supplier of human needs and economic justice.
That all individuals are entitled to equal rights, justice, and opportunities and should assume their responsibilities as citizens in a free society.
That fiscal responsibility and budgetary restraints must be exercised at all levels of government.
That the Federal Government must preserve individual liberty by observing constitutional limitations.
That peace is best preserved through a strong national defense.
That faith in God, as recognized by our Founding Fathers, is essential to the moral fibre of the Nation.
Gunter -
We all believe in those basic principals.
There was a time, when I could vote for the GOP, but that time passed when the libertarian wing of the party was defeated by the big-government, chicken-hawk, authoritarian wing. I truly hope that the conservative libertarian wing is able to take some measure of control back. While I am a Democrat, I am also a libertarian at heart. Ideally, I want to see my party’s principals balanced by compromising with real conservative libertarians, not these current GOP members who believe that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are outdated, and that everything can be solved with a war or by intrudinig on my privacy.
Ragnar, then you should not consider yourself a Democrat. Who got us into Vietnam, or the Korean war?
I believe in principle over party, and as I see it, the Republican party principles are best in line with mine. Now if only we can get our elected officials to follow that creed
True – perhaps I should simply say that I am a liberal/ libertarian.
All three of these incoming Democrats are DINOs; they’re more conservative than many Republicans.
Democrats in non-urban parts of the country have figured out that relatively few Americans agree with the DNC’s party line. The Dems took over Congress in ’06 by putting forward conservatives (e.g., Heath Shuler, among others) who might as well be Republicans.
This trend certainly shouldn’t be making Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid very confident in their ability to shove a leftist agenda down our collective throats.