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Why The GOP Lost

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Elections 2006
Posted on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 01:03:05 PM EST
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This is funny to me:

Righty blogger consensus on the reason behind defeat 11/7 is clear: too much spending:

  • Tapscott's Copy Desk: "When Republicans worry more about staying in government than about limiting government, they get thrown out of government. That's the lesson of Nov. 7, 2006."

  • RedState's Pejman Yousefzadeh: "Republicans lost because we forgot who we were. We were supposed to be the small-government, low taxes party. We got the "low taxes" part right but we forgot about that all-important "small-government" aspect. In doing so, we angered and infuriated our base, many of whom decided that divided government was a better and more effective way of achieving small-government goals than was electing Republicans."

Heh. I guess this word - IRAQ - is not in their database anymore. By the way, the GOP lost independents and moderates by 20 points, the largest margin in recent memory - that's why they lost. The deficit did not even register as an issue. Which it should have.

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    Lots of reasons (none / 0) (#1)
    by roy on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 01:15:47 PM EST
    They lost for lots of reasons.  Looking at how close some of the races were, they would have kept the Senate and had a shot at the House if they'd handled Iraq better, fought (or hid) corruption better, or kept the limited-government types placated.
    Reason or reasons? (none / 0) (#2)
    by Patrick on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 01:58:28 PM EST
    When Republicans worry more about staying in government than about limiting government, they get thrown out of government. That's the lesson of Nov. 7, 2006."

    I think I said almost the same thing before the elections, about all politicians.  It may not be the reason the republicans lost, but it's certainly one of them.  

    I hope all politicians take note of that.  Their duty is to serve the public not hold on to power.  Which is why I support finding some way to re-district (At least California) so that races are competitive and representatives must represent or get voted out.  

    bye bye (none / 0) (#3)
    by skippybkroo on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 02:17:46 PM EST
    vaya neo-con dios, my darling.

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    Good one Skippy! (none / 0) (#4)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 02:42:25 PM EST
    ...credits? ;-)

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    why gop lost (none / 0) (#5)
    by HeadScratcher on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 03:27:09 PM EST
    At least they aren't looking into vast conspiracies to see why the lost. They are doing soul searching. The big reason they lost: People lost trust in them. I'm a liberal who often votes Republican (think Webb, Ford, Tester, etc...) but I sat this one out. As Bill Maher says "I'd be a Republican if they were".

    I just don't understand how Diebold didn't work this time...

    Soul searching (none / 0) (#6)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 04:18:59 PM EST
    I just don't understand how Diebold didn't work this time...

    I've been wondering that too.

    I think it's either because they were afraid to try it again after all the questions since 2004, or... all the questions were paranoid fantasies.

    btw - personally I had myself convinced they stole at least Ohio in '04.

    Soul searching is good for everyone I think. ;-)

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    Hopefully (none / 0) (#7)
    by Wile ECoyote on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 04:21:06 PM EST
    The Republicans can go back to being the party of small gov't.  Can't handle anymore Rockefeller types.  Absolutely, right now deadlock looks good for the next year or so.  

    Agreed, but... (none / 0) (#8)
    by roy on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 04:27:37 PM EST
    The GOP will probably go back to the rhetoric of small government, now that big government doesn't mean Republican-controlled government.  But don't let's take them too seriously.  They sold out their small-government supporters and don't deserve us back.

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    I think they lost (none / 0) (#9)
    by aw on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 07:15:21 PM EST
    because they were a bunch of crooks and hypocrites, and a rubber stamp for Bush and Halliburton on Iraq and every other issue.  I can't imagine most voters were thinking about small government in particular.

    Just ask Newt.... (none / 0) (#10)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 07:28:36 PM EST
    Gingrich says Bush, GOP to blame for defeat
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 11/09/06 via Rawstory
    After having watched the majority he engineered in 1994 crumble in this week's elections, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich laid into President Bush and congressional Republicans in an Atlanta appearance Thursday.

    Taking questions after a medical forum, the former GOP congressman from Cobb County said four c's -- an absence of competence in Republican performance, an absence of candor, corruption and the bad advice of consultants -- led to Tuesday's defeat.

    But Gingrich saved his strongest words for President Bush's performance...
    ...
    "If the president had decided to replace Secretary Rumsfeld he should have told us two weeks ago," Gingrich said. "I think that we would today control the Senate and probably have 10 to15 more House seats. And I found it very disturbing yesterday in the press conference, the explanation that the President gave.
    I wonder (none / 0) (#13)
    by aw on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 08:45:30 PM EST
    if that would have worked, firing Rummy.  Did they ever do a poll on that?  I'm kind of curious now.

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    red blogs and denial (none / 0) (#12)
    by oldtree on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 08:19:43 PM EST
    are they all ignoring the corruption?
    if so, it gives you a good idea of who thinks cheating and stealing are okay.   sorry folks,  these are the people we heard our parents tell us were wrong for cheating and lying and stealing.

    their parents may have told them too,  but I am guessing it was not too important to them or their progeny.

    they are still among us and they still run our government,  do not go off watch,  or they will steal your future

    Now let's get down to business! (none / 0) (#14)
    by Bigfoot on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 09:56:38 PM EST
    Now we can get down to doing the things that will bring us peace and prosperity.  End the war.  Raise taxes on all people who work.  Make gay marriage legal everywhere.  Increase abortions and utilize as much of the fetal tissue as possible. Increase welfare, tax credits, and the minimum wage.  Let everyone into the country, with no regard for their criminal records or health.  Oh yeah, free health care to everyone. Ahhh this will be a great improvement.

    Now let's get down to earth. (none / 0) (#15)
    by Edger on Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 10:03:04 PM EST
    Really? You figure? That's why they lost? Because you're in fantasy land? Are the rest of them there too?

    Ok, well... maybe you've nailed it, Bigfoot! Heh. ;-)

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    Because Of Bullsh*t Like This... (none / 0) (#16)
    by Edger on Sat Nov 11, 2006 at 08:20:00 AM EST
    Did I hear someone say something about "Conciliatory George"?
    Bush commenting after the elections, and full of lies and crap as ususal:

    "The elections are now behind us, and the congresswoman's party won," Bush said, the pair sitting side by side in the Oval Office afterward. "But the challenges still remain. And therefore, we're going to work together to address those challenges in a constructive way."

    From Steve Clemons at TWN, November 10, 2006
    White House Chuckles as It Stabs Dems in Back: More on the John Bolton Nomination Story

    John Bolton's nomination was formally sent to the U.S. Senate yesterday, Thursday, between 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. when the Senate was called to order for a pro forma session designed just to exhange letters and paperwork between the various branches of government.

    In other words, correspondence from the White House to the Senate was received during this time.

    Remarkably, House Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi was caught off guard by the Bolton nomination. The nomination is a Senate matter -- but it is also a political matter -- particularly when the theme of the President's lunch yesterday with Pelosi was "trust-building behavior" and "bipartisanship."

    Nancy Pelosi's office would not comment on the President's failure to inform her of the White House's new moves on the controversial US Ambassador to the United Nations.

    However, Pelosi's office did confirm that (a) the President mentioned nothing about re-starting the Bolton process again and (b) Speaker Pelosi opposes him firmly -- arguing that his brand of diplomacy has seriously undermined America's interests and our ability to achieve our national security and foreign policy objectives in the United Nations.

    The President's office released word of the Bolton nomination at 1:22 p.m. to the public -- about 7 minutes after Nancy Pelosi actually left the Oval Office.

    Don't trust this guy as far as you can throw him. Everything he says is a lie. When he sounds reasonable, it is only divert your eyes from the knife.

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