[Jokelahoma]

I dunno. I vote character and ideology, not party. I vote for conservatives, not necessarily Republicans, although a vast majority of the time the two are one and the same. When those for whom I vote later show themselves to not hold a conservative ideology, I look for someone who does, and cast my vote for them. I am loyal to an ideology. I am not beholden to a party. A party has no soul, no character, and no concrete ideology. Most of the losses tonight for Republicans come from RINOs, pork barrel specialists, etc. (Santorum being a glaring exception). The Republicans have earned this loss. They were not blindsided, they weren't cheated out of a chance to hold true to the principles of the voters who put them there in the first place. They became bloated with power, and stopped listening to their base. They simply decided they liked being congressmen better than being true to the people that put them there. I can't support that.

Therefore, I can't get too terribly upset about the results tonight. Yeah, I hate the fact leftists are in charge. But it was high time the Republican party realized conservatives were actually serious about the need for them to stay true to principle. This housecleaning isn't as bad as some of the more emotional tantrums tonight may lead one to believe. It's fairly common, in fact, for just what happened Tuesday to happen in a sixth-year midterm election. Nothing out of the ordinary. No "paradigm shift in American politics", no "death of the Republican party", etc.

That said, I didn't even get a chance to vote for a nationwide elected office. There were none in my state. The gubernatorial candidate for whom I voted was the conservative Republican, and he promptly lost. Big.

[CitizenUSA]

Jokelahoma wrote: "That said, I didn't even get a chance to vote for a nationwide elected office. There were none in my state. The gubernatorial candidate for whom I voted was the conservative Republican, and he promptly lost. Big."

Ha! I think we voted for the same guy. Istook is a great man, but what did he get, something like 37% of the vote in a heavily conservative state? Brad Henry hasn't done badly, and he's far more personable. Sorry to say, Istook didn't have a chance.

[RKBA Democrat]

"They became bloated with power, and stopped listening to their base. They simply decided they liked being congressmen better than being true to the people that put them there."

Yup.