“who was on our side”
Why? Because she said so? She’s a politician they say things all the time! Can she point to any serious work for fiscal conservatism?
Why? Because she would enable the GOP to have a stronger majority in the Senate? Only if she gets there.
Do you realize that different parts of the country work differently? Scott Brown isn’t an ideal senator for conservatives. If he was running in Texas he would get trounced. He wasn’t. He ran in a very liberal state at a time when the Democrats had a super majority in the Senate. By winning he has derailed that super majority and that is a good thing from a conservative point of view. Scott Brown supports many liberal positions. Should we hate on him? Is he a RINO? Should we primary him when he comes up for re-election?
Delaware is in a similar situation. COD and her wing of the state GOP consistently get beat by double digits. Castle had a better shot at the seat. I’m not defending Castle or his record or votes he may or may not have made if he had won. Would he have been part of a group that would do some liberal things? Probably. But I can live with that just like I can live with Scott Brown if only for the advantage the GOP would get by becoming the majority party in the chamber which would have given us power over chairmanships and the ability to set the agenda and rules of the Senate.
I’m glad we have the house and it will enable us to hold the line (ie no more huge bills like Obamacare) but to make real progress to our goals we needed the Senate in this election and now it is critical to get in 2012 (hopefully with the whitehouse as well).
You're still missing my point.
It was discussed at length on this forum how liberal Scott Brown was. We, those of us who also defend choosing Christine and who understand that YOU CAN ONLY VOTE FOR THE PEOPLE ACTUALLY IN THE SPECIFIC RACE AT THE TIME said at the time that "he is our guy now. Next time, we'll see."
So the answer to your question is: It depends on WHO IS ACTUALLY RUNNING NEXT TIME as to whether we will "hate on him," call him a RINO, vote for him in the next primary. We don't know yet. IF a more constitutional conservative candidate shows up then he won't get our support. That's the way it works in the Big Leagues.
What matters is that we further the Constitutional Conservative cause at every turn. Otherwise this Repubic is history. Our loyalty is to the Constitution and to the Rule of Law, not to Man.