What Killed the GOP?

Human Events ^ | November 14 2006 | David Freddoso

[NormsRevenge]

Puke!

not you..

The RMSP

[BonnieJ]

All these articles and endless evaluations...about an election of very few seats lost in reality and most of those by incredibly narrow margins. I don't see a lot to evaluate here, some times the balance goes one way, other times the other side wins...Rather simple. Let's just move onward now, and prepare for '08 and beyond.

[nmh]

Bump for later read!

[alicewonders]

There's nothing being said here about the fact that the party in power has traditionally lost seats during midterm elections. Sure, I believe the GOP blew it, but if you look at it that way, we actually lost fewer seats than usual.

[spikeytx86]

Moderates were kicked out as well were conservatives like Santoram and Allen. The moderates and the conservatives did not cost us the election, an incompetent party leadership in Washington did that.

[doc1019]

News to me! I was totally unaware that the GOP was dead … may they rest in peace/s

I can promise all that will listen that the GOP is a long way from dead, just getting a reality check … perhaps a long needed reality check.

[therut]

RMSP

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a liberal Rockerfeller insurgent group.... I care nothing for them.. They are the true elite group of greedy rich Republicians. I despise them more than Democrats. I'm sure they think if I would just agree to give up my firearms and abort my first child the world would be well. Throw in a little gay sex and the world will join hands and sing along to "We are the World".

[null and void]

The GOP isn't dead. It just smells bad...

[TADSLOS]

A bit premature. If anyone is on the way out it's the dems, if for no other reason than they are aborting their young.

[cripplecreek]

My former congressmen was one of the main street RINOs but we replaced him with a conservative who won last week.

[Don Corleone]

What the extreme right of our party has worked to destroy—centrist Republicans will now step in and rebuild.

They are as dumb as the MSM!

[Callahan]

A couple years ago the DUers were moaning because the Democratic Party was "dead" (it is idea-wise, but that's another post). The Donks came back and so can we. In the meantime lets keep the hysterics to a minimum.

[truth_seeker]

"With the election over, conservatives should drop the Happy Warrior spiel and start asking, humbly and honestly, whether President Bush’s nation-building experiment in Iraq is worthwhile or in line with Americans’ true wishes."

Consider: Many American voters have decided arab muslims are not constitutionally capable of civil, peaceful, democratic self-rule.

So they have come to believe spilling further blood trying to make chicken salad out of chicken sh!t is futile.

It doesn't make them 60s peaceniks. Closer to making them pragmatic observers of what is working, what is not.

This is opposite from Bush's oft spoken belief that ALL people yearn for and are capable of peaceful democracy.

[etradervic]

If you want to see the test results of what happens in elections when conservatives are marginalized by the GOP , look at Pennsylvania.

The GOP lost because its leadership became feckless in Iraq and failed to deal effectively with Iran.

[uncbob]

With the election over, conservatives should drop the Happy Warrior spiel and start asking, humbly and honestly, whether President Bush’s nation-building experiment in Iraq is worthwhile or in line with Americans’ true wishes. We should especially ask whether this is ever worth repeating again, because opportunities will arise someday.

Hey Freddoso you IDIOT

when we pull out IRAN is going to take care of ALL the nation building in the ME and all the oil

Too bad the War Weary voters couldn't see that

[HitmanLV]

What Killed the GOP?

Marketing.

[uncbob]

Wonder how much Santorum backing Specter in the primaries had to do with it

In addition Santorums TWO main vote getters --Pro Life and Pro Gun were neutralized bt Casey being the same

[June Cleaver]

I would think we will pick up about 6-8 seats in very conservative districts in 2008 where the Repubs lost only because of having to be write-in candidates, or where corruption overweighed political philosophy. That gets us back to 210-213 (Dems would then be at 225-222). Thus we would need to pick up about another 10 seats to get the House back--very doable.

The Senate only needs one to switch, but seeing as we are defending so many more than the Dems next time that may be hard. But in 2010 we should easily pick back the Senate.

I for one am not as pessimistic as most, although I am totally disgusted that so many voted against the Repubs, or did not vote, just to punish the Repubs. Stupid people.

Let's regroup, get out a clear conservative message, and work to regain what we lost. Can do!

[Right_in_Virginia]

What Killed the GOP?

Absolutely nothing. The GOP is alive and well.

The GOP does need party discipline (even if it breaks with Bush), a clear message, and an understanding of what did and did not transpire in this last election. And, when it comes to understanding, I sincerely hope the GOP leadership jettisons the "learned opinions" of the Republican talking heads. They're chocking on inside the beltway fumes.

If GOP leadership ventures outside the Washington bubble and regains its faith in the people, we'll be a strong majority in 2008.