RE: The real question is ... if the Republicans win back control of the House and/or the senate have they learned enough to keep it?
Regarding the Senate, most people think that we have 41 Republicans in the Senate.
In REALITY, we have LESS than that.
Too many RINO’s occupying the Senate.
In effect, we really have LESS THAN 40 Republicans in the Senate.
I don’t count Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, Lindsay Graham, Scott Brown ( yes, the so-called Massachusetts Miracle) and others as REAL Republicans.
They are Republicans just not Conservatives. And it is the 41 conservatives we need. At last count there will be six RINOs in the Senate, assuming McCain will be returning. So we need to pick up six seats with capital “C†Conservatives to lock things up. One of the likely pickup seats will be Illinois, but Kirk just adds One more RINO so that doesn't help. However the deRINOfication of Alaska, Utah and Florida will help the cause quite a bit. So we need a total pick up of 7 total counting Illinois to make the Senate "Safe".
If Castle gets knocked out in Delaware, even if that means we don't pick up the seat, it will go a long way towards keeping the other RINOs in line. The threat of serious primary challenges has a way of focusing the mind of those who lack real convictions. So while the people of Delaware sticking to principle might cost us one vote, it will likely firm up six or seven. A decent trade in most books.