[MaineVoter2002]

One of the reasons the GOP lost is because of Bush's stance on illegals. Those country clubbers who supported him on this issue are now in damage control to reflect the anger somewhere else.

[Ozarkie]

"One of the reasons the GOP lost is because of Bush's stance on illegals"


True...and fighting a pc war...and huge spending. I can find more but those are really the biggies. He couldn't have done that without the help of the dem....er republican majority. majority.

[hawkaw]

Disagree - based on the exit polling data showing overwhelming support for the plan to legalize the illegals. I think it was something like 58 to 38 in favour of making a path to citizenship. Clearly, the issue was not a winner for the GOP including people like Rick Santorum.

What brought down the GOP was the way the Iraq issue was made a central theme in the election and the corruption element. That's what killed the GOP.

Still when you look at the overall results, the GOP almost pulled it out - in other words the losses were only by a few thousand votes in many elections.