You haven't listed your top five issues, but would it be safe to assume that your sympathies lie on the Conservative side of those issues?
How could anyone imagine that Conservatism will prevail, if roughly 2 million new future (or in many cases immediate) Liberal/Leftist voters are added every year to the 'Legions of the Left' that are already here via out-of-control, massive, legal and illegal immigration?
How does one explain what happened to 'B-1' Bob Dornan in California without factoring in the negative impact of the 'illegal alien' vote?
Were Dornan's positions too Conservative for his constituency before Sanchez, his opponent, over-ran his district with her Liberal/Leftist, illegal alien hordes?
This is happening all over the country, now. There are many of us that are sincerely perturbed by this administration and Congress merely turning a blind eye to the influx of so many Leftist/Socialist/Marxists legally and illegally, so rapidly for reasons of political convenience.
The Right simply doesn't have the capability to win the hearts and minds of so many when they enter in numbers vast enough to simply vote Left, as they are automatically predisposed to do, and with their Leftist vote, vote themselves access to everyone else's wallet or purse before they even learn English.
This is why there are many of us that perceive out-of-control, legal and illegal immigration to be the linch pin of all other Conservative issues.
If your top five issues are in my top ten, rest assured that they will soon be relegated to social obscurity by this influx of 3rd-world, Leftist/Socialist/Marxist, future voters.
The illegal aliens already here need to be encouraged to deport themselves to their home countries. They are not needed, at all.
Anything else is not a solution, it's just a recipe for further failure.
At least, Conservatives will see it as a failure, Liberals will be dancing in the streets. ;^)
Safe assumption. My top five issues (and obviously, some issues cross over into other issues) are abortion, taxes, federalism, national security, and rkba. Those are not in any particular order.
They'll never have to worry about being re-elected, will they?
On the bright side, a lot of Republican politicians are gonna be out of a job and all the perks that go with it. Ain't that sad? :)
Actually, Dornan's district was always the most liberal one in Orange County. He needed to campaign harder than the average member of Congress to be re-elected. Usually said campaigning revolved around how he took care of business for his constituents instead of his political opinions.
Dornan forgot that fact.
He engaged in a presidential bid that was doomed from the start, stayed with it well after it was obvious that it was a loser, and neglected taking care of his constituents. BTW, that's how Jim Bates lost his seat to Duncan Hunter in 1980. That lesson was NOT lost on Mr. Hunter--if you live in his district, and you have a federal problem, he makes stuff happen for you. He was burned out of his home in the fires--but he's still taking care of his constituents.