Meanwhile the Clintonistas were busy recruiting centrist Dems to run against GOP moderates. And that formula has been working. While Ned Lament went down in flames against Lieberman, taking the hopes of the far left with him.
So the DLC is back like a big dog. And the GOP had better wake up and realize the future is not in out-spending Dems, but in core GOP values of fiscal conservatism and a larger military.
VA SEN [97.20% IN]
R- ALLEN 1,070,640 49.79%
D- WEBB 1,053,602 49.00%
MO SEN [915 of 3746 IN]
R- TALENT 271,779 53.7%
D- MCCASKILL 214,249 42.6%
That's how we see it, but I don't know how you buckle down if you're not the majority. Sure we can whimper from the nearest corner, but we won't be leading out like we should have for the last twelve years.
Well, let's hope we don't have to face that.