Winners and Losers

TheVanguard.Org ^ | June 9, 2006 | Rod D. Martin

[rdmartinjd]

This was one of the more politically significant weeks in recent history. A recap of the winners and losers:

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[hsalaw]

Instead, conservative reform candidate Brian Bilbray came from far behind to whomp her. His pro-border security stand was key.

I'm still wondering how much and whether McCain's refusal to meet with him prior to the election helped or hurt Bilbray. I heard McCain's refusal was because of Bilbray's "secure the borders first" position, which certainly helped Bilbray at the polls - he and the other two "secure the borders" conservatives together got about 55% of the vote. So how did McCain's refusal affect the vote?

[Darkwolf377]

But conservatives could throw it all away. In frustration at “the Republicans”, they ignore the fact that virtually all Republican House members and most Republican Senators are with them nearly all the time. The sell-outs (McCain, Chafee, et al.) are tarring and feathering the rest. And a badly communicating White House still isn't helping. This week shows clearly: sitting home and “sending Republicans a message” will just empower the radical left. What is needed is not “message-sending” but more elected conservatives. That's the challenge the conservative movement faces: can it grow up enough to seize the day.

These brief paragraphs need to be read every day.