[Political Junkie Too]

They all ran and hid. I think if some of them had stood up against the leftist attacks, we might not have lost Congress.

In 2006, they were stung by the way the Democrats and MSM held onto the Mark Foley page emails for a year. Then they let Pelosi tie it around Hastert's neck. There wasn't much anyone could do after that.

-PJ

[ohioWfan]

Ah yes, the Mark Foley thing entered in also.

Front pages every day, headlines every hour. No excuses for what he did....those e-mails.....but dozens of Dems do far worse things (Barney Frank and that creep in MA) and they become heroes.

But they still needed to stand up for our troops and our mission in Iraq. Even if it didn't sway the election, it would have proven they had some courage to those of us who desperately wanted to think they did.

As it turned out, President Bush had to stand nearly alone in supporting the troops and our mission in Iraq and the necessity for victory there.

For me it was one of the Republican party's darkest hours.