IMO, Bush and the GOP leadership pretty much ended the "Reagan Democrats" 20 years of voting for Republicans.
I dunno. A large part of the losses in the House, specifically the Republican massacre in the North East, is explained by the country club set jumping ship due to social liberalism and Iraq.
I don't think that is the case. They played a role but we must not forget that there has not been a President in recent memory that has been hated and targeted the way the liberal media has President Bush. I still believe that he is responsible for not standing up to them and calling them to the floor when they labeled our soldiers "nazis" and painted the whole military with the abu graib scandal just to win political points. He is also responsible for not understanding the seriousness of the illegal immigration problem. The biggest mistake was not really taking credit for anything till the last weeks before the election.
Republicans have deserved to lose for sometime but the Democrats did not deserve to win. The difference is that when we spoke he listened on Harriet Myers, he listened on Dubai Ports, and he listened somewhat on the Border Fence.
Now we have a group in there that will not listen. Just wait till Justice Stevens retires. There will be some fireworks then.
What wishful thinking, and total nonsense!! Reagan Democrats decisively voted in large numbers for Bill Clinton in both 1992 and 1996 over Bush Sr. and Dole respectively, handing those two Republicans a thumping. I can point to numerous articles of how the Clinton-Gore southern ticket attracted Reagan Democrats.