Correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't. In fact, I look around and see Republicans holding offices that I never would have imagined as recently as four years ago. Even Ted Kennedy's sacred seat in the U.S. Senate is held by a Republican right now.
My own state of New Jersey is a perfect case in point. I'm not a huge fan of the guy, but Chris Christie has done something here that I never would have thought possible. Within 3-4 months of taking office in January of 2010, he has effectively reduced public school teachers to a level of public respect in New Jersey that is somewhere between arsonists and child molesters. I never, ever would have dreamed that such a thing could happen -- especially in one of the most reliably liberal states in the U.S.
Good point, and that is exactly why the naysayers who say we can't run this election on big ideological issues and instead have to focus on things like "jobs" have it exactly wrong. Conservative ideology is correct, logical and based on common sense. The only reason we can't win elections is because we don't explain it properly to the public, or we simply can't get the message out through the liberal media. If we owned as much of the media as the liberals do, this would be a 2 to 1 Republican country, instead of a 1 to 1 split. Keep in mind how POWERFUL the liberal message is. They get people to HATE Fox News who have NEVER WATCHED IT. That is a staggeringly successful level of brainwashing.
I think one thing we ought to do is promote our local conservative talk radio stations along with promoting the candidates. If we can get people listening to those, that's worth hundreds of ad buys. I'm going to try to get a bumper sticker from the station for mine.
But nine of those were a national election like this one is. I sincerely hope I’m wrong and Romney wins by 6-8 points. But, I see far too many people wanting “their” perfect candidate and will take their proverbial “ball and go home.”