If the GOP is entering majority status, why have they allowed the (essentially) unoppposed reelection of Democrat senators in states where the President is strong?
Arkansas (Lincoln), Nevada (Reid), Montana (Baucus), North Dakota (Dorgan), soon to be North Dakota again (Conrad).
This is not the mark of a strong, national party.
In 1980, there were thirteen Republican Senators from states that Al Gore won in 2000 by 54% or more. By 2000, that number was down to two.
The Democrats have cleared GOP Senators out of the blue states. The Republicans have failed again and again to clear Democrat Senators from the red states.
If the Bush states had the same tendency to "Republicanism" in the Senate as the Kerry states have to elect democrats, we would have 60+ GOP senators right now.
Can you imagine the Democrats allowing a Republican to run unopposed for the Senate from Massachusetts? That is in essence what happened in Nevada, and Montana, and North Dakota.
The GOP may not be as strong as you suppose.
I agree. There were over 50 million that indicates such. Unfortunantly I see The Hildabeast winning this. We need to start today to make this not happen. There is something inside of me that tells me since the election of Jimma Carter - RR the exception - that all presidents were selected long before the primaries begun. It's the witches time & to then fill the Supreme Court with leftist for the next 40 yrs. Finally, those states that were not contested were part of the influence of the elites/internationalists who run this nation & will not let true conservativism control this nations agenda.