"the Repubs better start learning how to use conservative principles to govern competently"
Incompetent Democrats breed mediocre Republicans, and are a large part of the problem with governing...
A reasonably competent Dem Party would force Republicans to Govern from a Conservative viewpoint, instead of constantly pandering to the middle...
But as Dean and the Overseas Socialist cash drives Dems farther and farther to the edge of political obscurity, we are in NO DANGER of that happening, are we??
Only in your bizarre universe is gay marriage congruent with conservative principles.
True conservatives know better than to remake the traditional marriage and families into liberal social experiments.
You are absolutely right, and while I feel much better now about the Pubs holding on to both the House and Senate, I hope they get enough of a wake up call to start acting more like Republicans should act. Otherwise, 2008 may truly be the beginning of the end.