Posted on 11/08/2006 2:25:03 PM PST by Prime Choice
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Wednesday took responsibility for his party's loses on Election Night and said he is willing to work with congressional Democrats on the major issues during the last two years of his presidency.
"I'm obviously disappointed with the outcome of the election and, as the head of the Republican Party, I share a large part of the responsibility," Bush said during a East Room news conference at the White House.
"I told my party's leaders that it is now our duty to put the elections behind us and work together with the Democrats and independents on the great issues facing this country." (Read a transcript of Bush's comments)
On Tuesday, Democrats picked up at least 28 seats in the House of Representatives, giving them control of the chamber for the first time since the Republican sweep in the 1994 midterm elections. (Full story)
Bush said he had called Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who is expected to become the first female speaker of the House when the new Congress begins in January, and the Senate's Democratic leader, Harry Reid, and congratulated them on their success Tuesday night.
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No kidding. Doing what the democrats want has been a serious problem with the GOP all along.
The thing that he was responsible for was this stupid "new tone" stuff, which essentially handed over control of government to the minority party and its RINO sympathizers; all the Dems are doing now is making it official.
A lot worse happened to Bill Clinton in '94, and he wound up running rings around a Republican Congress for the next six years.
Hopefully this puts an end to that ridiculous notion of "Compassionate Conservatism".
I don't blame the President in the least. I know who is to blame.
Mr. Bush should take responsibility. He has allowed the repubs to act like dems, spending too much on everything. Not pushing conservitive issues that got him there. Expanding govt instead of shrinking govt. like a good conservative should.
And what about not REALLY at least pushing for a ban on partial birth abortion? Crap.
Absolutely. Even Clinton became more conservative after his mid-term losses....
...you should try it some time, Bushy....
"Taking responsibility" doesnt mean anything in politics.
In the real world, 'taking responsibility' means you will accept the consequences that follow your actions.
In politics, the consequences have already occurred and the person just says they 'take responsibility' in order to shut everyone up.
LOL
Clinton had the darn media on his side covering for him as you darn well know. He also did NOT take responsibility for the losses, he instead blamed the VRWC for lying about him! Give me a freaking break!
It's what the true Conservatives vote to remove Conservatives from power was all about, they wanted the MSM/DNC/OBL to win, to punish the President and his party.
The President is simply doing their bidding, working as the minority, its easier.
Neither do I. They will get what they deserve....two years of Democrat rule should be enough.
He should take the blame because he's the leader of the party but the real blame is with the Republican Congress themselves for infighting and failure to stick with their core principles. It's kind of hard to blame the President that had a higher approval rating than the Republican congress members that lost.
Abandon the base, lose the race.
There is no need for introspection. There is no need for philosophical questioning.
Nothing at all needs to change. The country voted conservative in 2004 and it did so again yesterday -- because a conservative country will not tolerate corruption scandals and the GOP had a ton of them last year.
Clean up the candidates, change position of the party not one iota, and all those Democrats who are temporarily renting GOP seats will have to give them back.
LOL!!!!!
This will be a humbling experience for President Bush but he has never quit fighting and he will not stop now. This is just a pause in the action and hopefully he will reflect on what happened and finish "the race."
Bush will surprise us and the enemies like he always does.
One of the big GOP problems is party discipline. Unfortunately, I think Bush gave out a message of weakness and conciliation at the very start, and this enabled the grandstanders (such as McCain) and the total wusses (too numerous to mention) to ignore anything any party leader might have said to them. The Dems, on the other hand, have very good party discipline.
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