Let me add one other thought. To those that were sure putting the Dems in charge of congress was going to teach the Republicans something. Well?
And to those of us that have (had) hope of keeping the WH in 08 and making gains in congress...we're screwed. This pro-Mexican administration is killing us. Not one of these jackasses thinks their "kiss the butts" of illegals policies had anything to do with election losses.
Alternate universe alert.
We should rebuild the grassroots conservative movement. From the Reagan Revolution of 1980 through the Contract with America in 1994, it was this movement from outside Washington that carried us to the first center-right majority governing coalition in more than 60 years. The problem has not been with conservatism or with our voters.
The problem has been with Republican leaders who forgot who elected them and what values their supporters expected to see implemented in Washington.
-- Newt Gingrich, 11-13-2006