Or, we get a conservative replacement for years to come. The Dems had one lucky election cycle in ‘06 because of Taft and RINOs (and their brethren Dems) in DC screwing everything up. Now the rats are in charge and they will be held accountable. 2010 is winnable.
I hope so. I’m more optimistic in general than many other people. Things look very bad now, but they’ve looked worse. FDR’s reign, for example. The Nixon fallout.
The good news is the RNC seems to be getting its act together and giving “compassionate conservatism” the old heave-ho. Frankly, I don’t believe the conventional wisdom that losing parties go centrist in the next election. It’s probably true if they weren’t centrist to begin with, but Bush was Mr. Centrist, or at least tried to be. I want to see Blackwell run for Senate.