So was it a lack of conservative votes or libertarians voting L instead of R?""
I see both as answers.
This whole mess has only onboldened the terrorists.
The Dems cannot censure Clinton nor Kennedy for their behaviors.
We are sitrting ducks for the terrorists.
Lock and Load.....
IT was libertarians in MT, we would have a GOP majority if not for the "losertarians".
Libertarians are few and far between. They have zero impact on elections. They are an antiwar, anti big govt party. Why any conservative thinks they would vote GOP is beyond me. I think many freepers like to bash and scapegoat them because they hate folks who smoke MJ (as though lots of Republicans don't)
If every conservative voted it would still not be enough. You have to get enough votes from the middle to get over 50%. That's what the dems did this year and we didn't. (with plenty of help from the fish wrap producers)
The first step in fixing a problem is recognizing what it truly is.
>So it was a lack of conservative votes or libertarians voting L instead of R?>
MR. PRESIDENT, IT WAS THE BORDERS, S! (S. for Sir, of course. :oD)
My take is that the dims did a great job of getting out their vote and republicans simply weren't very motivated. While the WoT is certainly a huge issue that's really the only messages the republicans put out.
In addition I don't know a single person that worked for the party either in 2000, 2002 or 2004 that did so this cycle. Again, while the WoT was a big one it's tough to call up people or walk neighborhoods and get whacked over big government, entitlements and border control. I got killed over the latter in 2004 and while getting bitched at wasn't the only reason I didn't work for the party for the first time in nearly five decades it was a factor. Grass roots get out the vote efforts are huge. The passion wasn't there this time around.
While us political junkies are always going to vote for at least some chunk of voters the vote has to be earned. In my opinion republicans simply didn't earn it this time around.