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This crap is self-inflected.

Disagree. Why did J.D. Hayworth lose in '06?

Why did Rick Santorum, perhaps the best spoken most conservative Republican in the nation, lose by nearly 20 percentage points in '06?

In my estimation, and I followed the "reporting' media very closely, was the lack of any honesty in reporting what Santorum actually said or stood for.

Likewise, there was absolutely no scrutiny.... no analysis of the positions (lack of positions actually) of the Democrat opponent.

Add in the effect of 20 years of MTV, BET, and public school/university propoganda.... and the Republicans are starting 25% behind before a race even begins.

[SierraWasp]

I'm sure hopin Rick Santorum will ripen just in time for the conservative Republican ressurection in about two and a half years. Dang Dubya and the GOP for supportin that Scottish Law idiot and that Rhode Island lib Repellican over that Reagan conservative over there.

Rove has NOT been helpful to the Reagan conservative movement, in fact he's worked much harm against righteous conservative Republicans with good leadership potential!!!

[Antoninus]

In my estimation, and I followed the "reporting' media very closely, was the lack of any honesty in reporting what Santorum actually said or stood for. Likewise, there was absolutely no scrutiny.... no analysis of the positions (lack of positions actually) of the Democrat opponent.

Indeed. Both Santorum and Hayworth lost, in my opinion, because their opponents were allowed to paint them as "soft on illegal immigration" with out challenge in the media.