Please remember that the new Congress includes a Democrat-controlled Senate, and that the Dems also still control the Executive Branch. Sure, the numbers are better, but it’s still an uphill climb.
We’re going to feel the effects of the 2008 election for years, and the next two years are critical. The worst thing the right can do is expect miracles from the newly-elected and start tearing each other apart if progress is slow.
There’s just so much a minority party can do.
We’re also still feeling the effects of the 2006 elections, when many conservatives (and FReepers) stayed home in a fit of snit and gave Pelosi and Reid power. Dem Senators elected then still have two years to go.
There is no perfect candidate, there is no party that is going to save us. Life is full of imperfection, and we have to work, hard, with what we’ve got.
Last night was a good start.
“The worst thing the right can do is expect miracles from the newly-elected and start tearing each other apart if progress is slow.” Actually the GOP had best follow the TEA Party or they are going to be put out on their rearend. If they continue to fold and play nice with the Dem then we are going to toss them out. We do not need any more RINO’s.
What gripes me is that those Republicans who stayed home in a ‘fit of snit’ as you put it so well, are still proud of themselves.
They feel quite sanctimonious about staying true to something or another.
While a McCain presidency would have been tepid, the enormous harm that Obama has managed to do in two years will take a decade to undo and can only be done if we stay committed and zealous.