"The GOP base voted; so did the RAT base, in roughly equal numbers. We lost the election because we lost the independents, who voted in higher percentages than in 2002, mostly due to Iraq and in some cases local issues, such as corruption.
We lost independents 3:2, specifically suburban women and Catholics."
Glad to hear from another voice of reason. There is no evidence that the Rep's lost because the base stayed home. Libertarians did swing a few key elections, so we will have a Demonrat Senate and no more good court appointments. Thanks a lot, dopeheads. The rest of the damage was done by the media, who control most of what wishy-washy "independent" sheeple believe.
Good on both of you. That's exactly my thinking. We lost the independents. No matter how big our base is, you can't win without them. That doesn't mean pandering to the Rats line. It means winning them over to our point of view. Unfortunately, the MSM aided in portraying Republicans as corrupt, greedy, etc., everything the Democrats wanted them to do. It's been said before, two sets of standards apply to the two parties. As long as the media supports the Rats, everything we Pubs do has to be squeaky clean and above reproach. Which is the way it should be, but it hurts when the same standards don't apply to the other side.