If Republicans Lose The Congress...

11-4-06

If Republicans lose the House and / or Senate, the only ones at fault will be Republican leaders. This election, in the end, is a turnout game. The Republican Party didn't hold true to the Conservative goals they espoused in during and after the 1994 takeover of Congress. They seem to have grown lax with their positions in power. The tax cuts were only temporary and are now in constant danger of "expiring". They've lost the desire to fight for contentious issues like embryonic stem cell research, late term abortion, and gay marriage. They have let the government continue to grow, despite promises to shrink it. They have increased the number of federal "eyes" on the citizenry, instead of promoting freedom from government intrusion. In their attempt to appease public opinion polls and appear "centrist", they have isolated the core of the Republican Party...Values-Oriented Conservatives.

If the Republicans lose the Congress, they had better remember how they got there in the first place. They didn't get there by walking the "centrist" line. They got there being CONSERVATIVES and fighting for their beliefs. THAT is why Republicans turned out in such great numbers of 1994. Perhaps a re-hash of government shutdowns from the Clinton era will remind Republican leaders, and Conservative voters....why they are in the fight. Maybe it will inspire them to reverse their fortunes in 2008.