“What does the election mean for conservatives (or the GOP)?”
It means, as shallow as it sounds, that we MUST put forth ONLY articulate candidates who are interesting, dynamic, and can string two sentences together while explaining the benefits to America from strong conservatism.
All McCain said over and over and over is “Sen. Obama is liberal ....” or some such inane statement which NO ONE CARES about... not even a staunch conservative like me.
No one even knows what “liberal” means.... or “conservative” for that matter.
Voters didn’t reject the GOP because of conservatism.
They rejected the idea of a boring, frumpy, nasal-sounding, short (shallow but true), 72-year-old geezer who has been in Washington and on our TVs for so long everyone is bored to tears.
With McCain at the top of the ticket, ALL REPUBLICANS down the line were tagged with being loser boring same old same old candidates.
The GOP has a baaaad habit of giving deference to the oldsters in the party.... instead of allowing the young, strong dynamic candidates to step up to the plate.
It goes back to our conservative cultural upbringing in which we respect age, unlike liberal Democrats who laugh at and deride older folks.
Well, in national politics America DOES need a younger leader with pizazz .... no more BobDole’s or JohnMcCain’s.
Analysis Over....
You forgot the most important - No More George Bushes