[Dog Gone]

We'll see what Republican lawmakers end up learning as a lesson from this election.

They could be pulled two ways. Either try to be more like Democrats, or realize that why they really lost is because they forgot how to more like Republicans.

I'd be surprised if they conclude that they need to be bigger tax and spenders to get elected in 2008.

[ggekko60506]

At the risk of getting flayed alive in this thread I don't Frum's suggestion is half bad.

The problem is that in any deal making scenario with the Treason Party the Republicans usually get rolled.

If the GOP could get REAL, comprehensive tax reform that stops punishing savings and investment I would consider a carbon tax a small price to pay for this. The consumption tax idea has the addtional benefitof neutering the obtrusiveness of the IRS.

The worst outcome for anything along these lines would a carbon tax coupled with a promise to consider the Fair Tax proposal later or on a limited "experimental" basis. the Treason party is not good at living up to future promises.