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Because the Republicans know that *we* are the voters who sent them there. When we scream, they listen. We see it already, the Bush admin making the case that they are fiscally tightfisted (I dont buy it, but it's a start).

I 50% agree. I think it's going to take an event of some sort, or perhaps a sustained general climate of discontent in DC, to really get their attention. We seem to have the House's attention, the WH is another matter.

The Senate is darn near impossible at this stage. Maybe after Nov?

I sure hope it works. We need to keep making noise.

I was listening to the Don Crow radio show earlier today and he was interviewing Tancredo about what went on at the retreat...I posted it on an earlier thread.

TOM TANCREDO FANS TUNE IN

Posted by Lady Eileen to cyborg
On News/Activism 02/06/2004 5:44:22 PM EST #7 of 13

Tom Tancredo is on the Don Crow show right now...talking about illegal aliens...he says that this all comes down to the rule of law. He said what concerns him is that we are in a clash of civilizations. He said we have created a Cult of Multiculturalism. We are telling six to ten millions people they can have a duel citizenship. He said we are in process destroying Western Civilization. We should expect people who come here to become Americans or be a guest worker and leave when their time is up.

He said he tried talking to Karl Rove...but Karl would not listen to him...He said that Karl Rove lives in a echo chamber...Rove talks to his DC colleagues ...and they have the attitude that they are the political gurus... that they are the experts...they are not listening he says.

Tom said that many people have been calling Congress and the pressure is working...but he says we need to call the White House...because Karl Rove has tin ears.

"The Senate is darn near impossible at this stage. Maybe after Nov?"

Perhaps. The real problem is that griping in an election year and dissenting etc. may have the effect of simply helping the Democrats win. That would be a disaster.

We have the opportunity to do several things by Nov:
1. Replace RINO Specter with Conservative Pat Toomey.
2. Gain 5 Republican seats in the Senate, making Democrat judicial filibusters more difficult to practically impossible.
3. Increase conservatives in the House, tipping the balance in favor of conservative policies.
This will be enough IMHO to make the Congress a measurably improved institution in 2005.

At the same time, the rabid Liberal Democrats are painting Bush as an AWOL Liar who's destroying America. I kid you not how awful they paint the picture: Krugman rants in our local paper this morning.

Frankly, if conservatives just snipe this year WE WILL LOSE.

We have to stand on our principles AND HELP THE REPUBLICAN TEAM WIN. If we dont do that, our "principles" will lose. Socialism will win.