BINGO!! We turned off the moderates (RINOS) and literally tried to kick them out of the Republican party.
Someone in one of the other threads did some research on voter turnout and their affiliations, etc..
( Wish I could find it again, so I could quote it accurately, but.. )
His findings were that some 22% of the voters in the "moderate" category had decided to vote Dem this time..
They voted more conservatively in 2004, more liberally in 2006..
( These were voters that professed no party affiliations, rep, dem, or lib.. )
Such was the case last night...
There was a "swing" to the left in popular opinion..
It's pretty easy to depend on conservatives, or the republican party faithful to vote with you, but in a mid-term election, with no presidential race on the line, party takes second place to things like issues, broken campaign promises, and just general dissatisfaction with the status quo..
None of those voters stabbed the republican party in the back, or anything of the sort..
They don't "owe" the republicans anything..
It's the other way around..
The republicans owe them.. responsibility, honesty, adherence to their professed principles, backbone...
Power corrupts..
Absolute power corrupts, absolutely..