[The Pack Knight]

Explain to me why losing this election was good????

You're right, losing the election was terrible, and the protest voters are reaping what they've sewn. However, the Republican caucus has no one to blame but themselves for what happened. If they'd simply governed like they were sent to Washington to do in 1994, there wouldn't have BEEN any protest voters. Instead, they thought they could ride the war and social issues forever and just conduct business as usual. Republicans gave the voters no good reason to vote for them, and thus should not have been surprised at the results.

[JennysCool]

Instead, they have learned a hard — but pitifully obvious lesson: ANY Republican is better than ANY Democrat/Socialist.

Even a bad Republican can usually be reasoned with (with the possible exception of Specter). NO Dem/Soc listens to reason. Tax hikes and Nancy in Syria are just the beginning.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Dude, you don’t have to explain anything to the bootlickers. They feel that anyone with an R before their position is better than the Democrats. The fact is that the Republicans lost due to historical trends and that they lost Libertarian and independent voters with their hypocrisy on social issues. The Republicans stunk, bottom line, and blaming conservatives for the GOP’s loss is really getting old here.