Election Perspective
As a registered Republican (but conservative first), I have no problem saying that the Republicans completely gaffed this election cycle. However I do think that they would have had a much better showing if they had stuck to (or in some cases adopted in the first place) conservative principles.
It was sickening to me to hear John McCain say, the morning after the election that things would have been better for the Republicans if they had not spent so much, and if they had followed the principles of Ronald Reagan instead of what they actually did. It made me sick because John McCain is one of the principle players in the moderate, non-conservative, pain-in-the-ass Republican horde.
That all being said, I believe there is some perspective to be gained on what the actual results were this week. Ann Coulter does a column on gains/losses during the second terms of previous administrations that is at the very least interesting (even if you don't like her, this particular column is worth reading). The results of this week may not be quite the mandate the Democrats would have everyone believe....
UPDATE 1:51pm 11/9/06: Another look at the same thing - i.e. that the gains in Bush's second year are actually the notable events, not the losses this week, which are entirely ordinary. (It's frustrating nonetheless, as the current Republican body are way too moderate and yellow-bellied to be the home of conservativism).
It was sickening to me to hear John McCain say, the morning after the election that things would have been better for the Republicans if they had not spent so much, and if they had followed the principles of Ronald Reagan instead of what they actually did. It made me sick because John McCain is one of the principle players in the moderate, non-conservative, pain-in-the-ass Republican horde.
That all being said, I believe there is some perspective to be gained on what the actual results were this week. Ann Coulter does a column on gains/losses during the second terms of previous administrations that is at the very least interesting (even if you don't like her, this particular column is worth reading). The results of this week may not be quite the mandate the Democrats would have everyone believe....
UPDATE 1:51pm 11/9/06: Another look at the same thing - i.e. that the gains in Bush's second year are actually the notable events, not the losses this week, which are entirely ordinary. (It's frustrating nonetheless, as the current Republican body are way too moderate and yellow-bellied to be the home of conservativism).
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