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While I appreciate your passion and share in your disappointment over last nights election results, I am neither shocked nor overly concerned about it, and I would NEVER refer to American Citizens who vote their conscience (or choose not to vote at all) as TRAITORS (although I will have no sympathy or tolerance for their complaints about the government they will now have)! These kinds of shifts in power are historically cyclical in nature, and it was inevitable that the Rats would reclaim control of one or both houses of congress. Considering how far the GOP leadership has allowed the party to stray from its' message of 1994 that brought it to power, it is not at all surprising.

Now is not the time for wailing and gnashing of teeth (although the urge to do so is natural and understandable)--Now is the time for serious and honest introspection about where we are as a party, how we got here, and what we have to do to demonstrate to the American people that our ideas are superior. Ideas matter--Ideas brought the Republicans to power and ideas will bring us back to power.

In the mean time, I for one am looking forward to watching the Dems fall flat on their faces again. These people are loons. Now that they are in charge, they will have to run the show. Since they didn't have a clear vision of what they were going to do when they got power, they will be forging ahead rudderless running into disaster after disaster. We have to be prepared to take advantage of this and show America that Dems simply aren't capable of governing.

So buck it up, hunker down, and let's get back to work!

...Now is the time for serious and honest introspection about where we are as a party, how we got here, and what we have to do to demonstrate to the American people that our ideas are superior...

I find this point the most salient as to why I too am not 'overly concerned'. The only thing that the election demonstrated is that partisan democrats came out in larger numbers, fielded better candidates (easy now--give me a moment) and convinced a few Greens, Independents and Republicans to "Vote for us...We're not them" .

But, the vast majority of America is not loony Left. We are still a right of center country...and Americans will not tolerate a sudden lurch to the Left.

Also, rumors are floating that GWB was rummaging through a desk in the oval office this morning and found a veto pen! Surprise, surprise.

Moreover, divided government may just give us blessed government gridlock...See, there is always a silver lining.