[meandog]

Jim:
There is something that Webb said here locally in Virginia that needs to be pointed out too: "Democrats need to concentrate on reconciliation to represent ALL of their constituents."
I truly hope that is the case, perhaps then there will be a silver lining in these dark clouds.
As pointed out by Fox News, most of the Dems in red states are center right ones so I am hopeful that they're not going to walk in lock step with the far left crowd.
Here in Virginia, for instance, we had a slam dunk on defining what marriage was...and Webb, like other red state Democrats--though misguided by political affiliation--at least have ties to the military and have distinguished themselves as patriots.
Kind regards!

[JennysCool]

"Democrats need to concentrate on reconciliation to represent ALL of their constituents."

Watch the DU'ers howl when the House and Senate Dems run screaming for the center, leaving them behind in the dust.

[MNJohnnie]

Sorry their will be no reconciliation with Freepers who spent all their time this year making sure tonight happened to us as it did. You wanted the Democrats to win, you got it. Go celebrate with them.

Wearing a Uniform does not make you a unaccountable elite for the rest of your life. What you do AFTER you take off the Uniform means as much. Benedict Arnold wore a uniform and was a hero. He was also a traitor..

Those who worship every politician simply for having once worn the Uniform better wake up to the fact it does NOT make the wearer a good or even decent person. They are not Sacred Cows forever simply for having worn it. I know a lot of guys who wore the Uniform. Few of them are qualified to be a US Congresscritter. Wearing a Uniform does not either a hero nor a Patriot make. John Kerry and Jack Murtha wore the uniform and have totally disgraced it since.

[RKBA Democrat]

"Here in Virginia, for instance, we had a slam dunk on defining what marriage was...and Webb, like other red state Democrats--though misguided by political affiliation--at least have ties to the military and have distinguished themselves as patriots."

You're right. The sad reality, though, is that politics in the U.S. has become a game of four legs good, two legs bad (to paraphrase George Orwell). To suggest that there are any Democrats out there who are not the embodiment of satan incarnate is to go against the prevailing wisdom in conservative circles today.

The GOP is a political party. Political parties exist to elect their members to political office, hard stop. They will do what is necessary to get their members elected to political office. But to hear some conservatives talk, you'd think the GOP has taken on the status of a religion.

One thin shred of silver lining in this cloud is that I do think some conservatives might, just might, start working with the more conservative elements of the Democratic party to actually put some conservative policies into place. I'm not so naive as to think there will be any great numbers of conservatives doing this, but it will happen to some extent.

If conservatives actually want to see anything resembling conservatism, they're going to have to deal with the fact that there are a lot of Americans who do not agree with them on everything. There is also another political party that represents a significant portion of the population. You can call them demoncrats, rats or whatever you want, but it doesn't change that reality.

Virginia FRegards....