[Arguendo]

“Hurl alert”? If Republicans don’t recognize that they’re turning into a regional party and do something about it they’ll never recover. This doesn’t mean compromising on our core fiscal values, which should be able to have as much appeal in Connecticut as in Utah, but it does mean eschewing messages like Sarah Palin’s “pro-America areas” of the country comment.

[sefarkas]

Republican victories should result in more than high-fives on a Tuesday in November. Electing Republicans should result in legislation to lower taxes, eliminate burdensome laws and regulations, and defund agencies and endowments. Otherwise, what is the point in gathering campaign contributions? To line the pocket of the political consultants? Governance is not American Idol or a horse race. Elections are about where the country will head in the future. Smiling a map that is more red than blue is pointless when the red-state politicians bring on the same programs as the blue state ones.