Whatever. Truth is, the Republicans have been taking the conservatives for granted for a long time now. A lot of conservatives had enough of being treated by Republicans the same way Blacks are treated by the Dems.
By the way, I did vote straight R yesterday. And, yes, I felt like a chump for doing it, knowing that the Pubbies weren't going to put a brake on spending, secure the borders....
If anything positive has come of this, it's that we won't have to hear again, "We can go as Lib as we want because you conservative chumps have nowhere else to go anyway."
I also voted straight 'R', but I was voting on the principles that the Republican party is SUPPOSED to stand for vs. the principles the Democratic Party is SUPPOSED to stand for.
There were no single issues that were more important to me than the basic philosophical differences. I didn't vote FOR any particular candidate and there were only a few Democrats that were actually honest enough about their platform that I voted AGAINST them.
I did not see a single positive forward-looking message from any Democratic candidates. It was negative Monday-morning quarterbacking all the way. I didn't buy into that, but I think a lot of people did. It was foolish to believe nobody could be worse than the incumbent, especially when the challenger gives you no information on what he'd do differently.
I think the timing of this election sucked. There were late-breaking scandals that didn't give the Republicans time to clean their own house before the elections. That was their own fault, though. They ignored and tried to hide the Foley issue, the Delay issue, etc.
Everyone knows politics is a dirty game, but it would be refreshing to see a large caucus of scrupulously honest Congress critters. I still think that group is more like on the Republican side than it is from the Dems.