Actually, I disagree. The Republicans had a story to tell, and never told it. They could have had momentum on national secuirity issues, but that got frustrated by McCain on the torture bill. Literally, in my estimation, they shot themselves--they lacked confidence in themselves and in their message. It's nuts to say, though, that they were defeated because of corruption or something else, when they put forth nothing to run on, and everyone knows that the Dem's are worse.
He says we lost because the middle went dem.
I say we lost because the left painted us as corrupt and we allowed it.
Frist sneaks through an on-line gambling banking law onto a non-related security bill in the dead of night just before Congress adjourns, two weeks before the election and who is affected most?
According to On-line Players Alliance the average age of the 23 million Americans who wager on-line is between 22 and 37.
Perhaps the on-line organized "Velvet Revolution" played a part. No one was screaming for this Bill to be passed except Dobson but I think other quid pro quo was involved with Frist and the land based Casinos in this country. The worst result of the Bill will be the horrendous banking regulations that will have to be enacted for this law to even work.
ooooh, you said the "principle" word. That'll get the hate mongers out in force. Please stand by. Blackbird.
The Pubs did manage to break upt the "leave-us-alone" coalition.