Posted on 11/08/2014 9:37:32 AM PST by Olog-hai
With the walloping Republicans gave Democrats in the midterm elections, the GOP stands one Louisiana Senate runoff away from completely controlling Southern politics from the Carolinas to Texas. Only a handful of Democrats hold statewide office in the rest of the Old Confederacy.
The results put Southern Republicans at the forefront in Washington—from Senate Majority Leader-in-waiting Mitch McConnell of Kentucky to a host of new committee chairmen. Those leaders and the rank-and-file behind them will set the Capitol Hill agenda and continue molding the GOP’s identity heading into 2016.
In statehouses, consolidated Republican power affords the opportunity to advance conservative causes from charter schools and private school vouchers to expanding the tax breaks and incentive programs that define Republican economic policy. The outcome also assures that much of the South, at least for now, will remain steadfast in its refusal to participate in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. …
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The South shall rise again.
They act like this is a bad thing. :)
If you look at a county-based map of the US House races for 2014, the whole country is solid for Republicans. There are just a few strategically placed urban centers which lean Left and which provide the Democrats with a power base. The country as a whole? Very red.
The task NOW is to drag the old and new GOPe functionaries kicking and screaming BACK TO THE CONSTITUTION!!
From a Yankee. I say Long live the South. If not for them, this country would be screwed.
Except for my idiot state.
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