"If our candidates stick to our party & President without "distancing" themselves, the results would have been different."
I agree w you Anita. Pelosi had the Dims corraled and most did not dare speak out (except for a few 'botched' jokes and misstatements by Dean - which everyone expects).
Not only did the Pres have the media and Dims and foreigners spinning against him on the WOT (including Iraq), there were those that are supposed Pubbies that did him NO favors - McLame, VP Lindsey Graham, Pat B, et al, and, of course, those at the Weakley Standard with Kristol (I want McLame to be Pres) one of the worst. Other supposed 'conservatives' such as blathering Savage didn't help either. And, the 'leaders' in Congress were not out there selling our message - - I'm glad Hastert and Frist are stepping down/leaving their leadership roles.
We need some fresh faces in leadership who will be on top of selling our message and calling the Dims on untruths, bad policies, etc. I pinged some of you to a thread on Alexander being in leadership, with Lott thinking of running, etoo. We need to try to stop this!
IMHO having Lamar or Trent as the face of the Pubbies in the Senate would be a disaster! We need Sessions, Cornyn, Kyl, Coburn or Chambliss to be out there as the face of the Pubbies in the Senate telling our message.
In the House Pence or Shadegg would be great.
They need to get over themselves about seniority and leadership and do what's best for the party and the American people.
Alexander says he'll be whip
Sun Herald ^ | 11/11/06 | Maria Recio
Posted on 11/11/2006 3:48:40 PM PST by tennmountainman
Sen. Trent Lott is being coy about whether he'll run for minority whip in the GOP leadership elections slated for Wednesday. But while Lott plays his cards close to his vest, his presumptive rival, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., has already declared himself the winner.
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That's what we need... but it won't be what we get. The same bastards(McCain, Specter, Graham, Collins... etc.) who positioned us for defeat... will be stronger than ever. The loss of Allen & Santorum is one helluva tragedy.
. Great take here SC, it's amazing just how much "egos" can get in the way of doing the right thing.
Trent Lott needs to sit in a corner in his frilly cheerleading outfit,and stay quiet. He is all for the Feds paying for his under-insured Mansion in Gulfport, and where is his Outrage over Charlie Rangel's outrageous racist remarks about his home State. what a wuss! Lamar Alexander is hardly conservative, and I can easily picture him in a frilly Cheerleader outfit to back up Trentia Lott when her little legs are tired from jumping so high........Get them out and make way for the Men, not the Girly Men or the Metrosexuals. I will bet they both smell better than Hillary. Yikes, that is not saying much..How about better than Babs Mikulski? I will quit this tact before I have to issue a BARF alert.