[tcostell]

I voted Republican in an important and close race, but lost. So be it.

The fact is the Republicans didn't deserve to win. The Democrats didn't beat them, they beat themselves. While they spent like teenagers with daddy's credit card, and ignored their base, the Democrats took control by running pro-life, pro-gun, anti-tax candidates. The Republicans gave small government lip service, and then acted like Democrats, so it's no wonder the Democrats figured out that two can play at that game, and that they are just as good at lying to the public as Republicans.

If the Republicans want control back, they had damned well better start walking the walk, and not just talking the talk.

They deserved to lose.

They squandered their chance.

[Toadman]

If the Republicans want control back, they had damned well better start walking the walk, and not just talking the talk

Well stated.

[GrandEagle]

I believe you have hit the nail on the head.

[Dudoight]

"The fact is the Republicans didn't deserve to win."

There you have it. They failed us on many levels. I think it is more of a comment on the republicans in congress than on the president and Iraq.

[Future Snake Eater]

I agree with you 100%. Good analysis.

[TexasPatriot8]

That whole "spending like teenagers with daddy's credit card" line is such a liberal talking point. The GOP was more fiscally responsible then any Democrat Congress ever. The GOP could have been better, but spending wasn't a problem until 9-11, or didn't anyone notice that. And despite the war, the deficit was cut by over half, two years early, and during a war, if spending was really so out of control, that wouldn't have happened. That's a fact.

And your point about how Democrats ran only proves my point. They ran as conservatives and they'll legislate like liberals, just like Clinton always did. The GOP's weak leadership didn't do this though. The primaries are the time to fix the lack of conservative strength. NOT the elections. The election is the time to beat liberal Democrats and protect the nation. Too many supposed conservatives were either too stupid or too short sighted to realize that the GOP losing meant by design that liberal Democrats win. There is no way that the Democrats controlling the House or Senate the next two years is better than a weak GOP Congress. I've talked about this with a lot of people, including Congressman Ralph Hall, my Congressman, very conservative, many years in the House, WWII combat vet, who left the Democrat party because it was so liberal. He agrees with me, but I guess you and the others here know better than him too huh?

[rmlew]

What control did Republicans have?
We had nominal control of the Senate fo 4 years, but this depended on 5 Liberal Republicans (Snow, Collins, Chafee, Spectre, and Dewine) as well as the unreliable McCain and Graham.
We had a mmajority of 15 seats in the House, but were depndent of 50 liberal or moderates.

The answer for any thinking person was to give us a workeable majority, not to trust open liars like Pelosi-supporting "Conservative" Democrats.