"But the political fallout will continue for some time. Republicans are petrified. They believe that eight months from now they could lose control of Congress."
They should be petrified.
Yes we must preserve the fragile alliance of erstwhile Perotistas and thinking Republicans. This is the downside to Reagan's coalition.
There, I fixed it for you.
If a survey asked me if I was satisfied with Pres. Bush and/ or Congress, my honest answer would be 'no'.
ITOH that doesn't mean that I would vote for Hillary, Kerry, Gore or any of the other libs.
My dissatisfaction is over the Southern border, illegal aliens, ports deal, SS reform, tax reform, general lack of insight, spine in dealing with libs, Country.
They should be ashamed, not petrified. I haven't been voting GOP for 20 plus years to send them there to compromise, and be led around by a right wing socialist in the name of compassionate conservatism (buying votes with my money).
The GOP national committee has eight months to either continue the present course so I just stay home on election day, lurch farther left so I go ahead and vote straight Democrat hoping for gridlock, or cut spending and enforce the borders along with deporting every illegal arrested by local law enforcement across the country so I'll get out my checkbook and go vote GOP(again).
The Bushbots can rage at me all they want. I know I'm not the only conservative who feels this way, and while stopping abortion on demand is a goal of every right thinking person in the world, selling the rest of the country down the river in the process is not worth it.