The pubs lost partly because they acted as RINOs or dem lites, partly because the demographics in the NE have turned blue, and partly because they infuriated their own voters.
“The pubs lost partly because they acted as RINOs or dem lites, partly because the demographics in the NE have turned blue, and partly because they infuriated their own voters.”
Actually, I think we lost because the war in Iraq has gone on so long (at least that is the public perception - I DO NOT agree with this perception). The Dems used this war fatigue against us. President Bush, God Bless him, was right to fight, but I’m afraid he hired the wrong staff to run the fight, and it has hurt him and us (GOP). I have deep affection and respect for President Bush, and I don’t relish admitingly he made errors (or his staff did - but the buck stops with him).
Now at this point I’m dropping all attempts to be objective. I personally think we have not done better faster because we stopped being on the offensive and naively assumed a defensive posture early in the conflict. We should never have let Iraq assume sovereignty until we totally pacified the area. That means getting rid of ALL armed combatents - especially militia like Sadr’s.