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Shock?!?? What did you expect, George???

The Republicans would have swept to a huge victory if they had not alienated their base support by their:

1. Failure to close the Mexican border and halt illegal immigration,
2. Failure to nullify the effects of the Kelo decision--immediately, and
3. Expansion of federal entitlements to include prescription drugs!

FOOLS!You people should spend more time on Free Republic and less time... Oh nevermind!

Well now they're the cut-and-run conservatives will get an amnesty bill. And a whole lot more. And they will whine and moan and stamp their tiny little feet, as if it's not their own fault.

Basic rule they slept through in Civics class. You need the votes to get something passed.

Now they have fewer votes and their enemies have more. Their nose is on the pavement, and they're holding a bloody knife in their hands.

They certainly deserve what happens next. Too bad the adults don't, because they're going to get it too.

No form of government is permanent, and we shouldn't expect the American republic to be either.

1. Failure to close the Mexican border and halt illegal immigration.

I think this is a canard. Why do you think we got wiped-out in Colorado, and J.D. Hayworth lost? The Republicans there took a hard-line against illegal immigration, didn't promote a comprehensive reform of immigration that included a guest worker program and a path to citizenship, and this hurt in the growing Hispanic electorate. It used to be that the way to get things done was through compromise, but the strident "Secure the Borders First" crowd doesn't compromise.

I pretty much shut up about the immigration issue as the election neared, and particularly as Congress voted for a fence, but without a comprehensive approach to this issue (i.e., following Bush's lead), this issue is a loser for conservatives. Rove told Hugh Hewitt on Monday that refusal to moderate the strident position was going to hurt on Tuesday, and it did. You folks told us that if we were tough on immigration, we'd win. Well, guess what...we were tough on immigration and we lost. Rant all you want...your position is a loser.