Spirit of '76
08-18-2007, 10:04 AM
To Save Homeland or Empire? – The Existential Struggle of the GOP
R. Kent Nowviskie
August 18, 2007
In November of 2006, the citizen-voters of the United States swept a Republican majority out of the Congress and handed dominance of that august body over to the party of the Democrats. In one fell swoop, the GOP, which had been riding high on having a Commander in Chief in the White House and a majority in both houses of Congress, found themselves suddenly under the sway of a Democratic majority.
It is unlikely that this election was fought over social policy, as a number of the Democrats taking seats from incumbent Republicans were socially conservative or “Blue Dog” Democrats, like Virginia’s Jim Webb, whose narrow slide into the Senate tilted that house's balance toward the Dems by one vote. It is fairly clear that people weren’t looking for moral leadership from the Democrats. So on what issue was this election decided?
Read the rest @ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=35398
R. Kent Nowviskie
August 18, 2007
In November of 2006, the citizen-voters of the United States swept a Republican majority out of the Congress and handed dominance of that august body over to the party of the Democrats. In one fell swoop, the GOP, which had been riding high on having a Commander in Chief in the White House and a majority in both houses of Congress, found themselves suddenly under the sway of a Democratic majority.
It is unlikely that this election was fought over social policy, as a number of the Democrats taking seats from incumbent Republicans were socially conservative or “Blue Dog” Democrats, like Virginia’s Jim Webb, whose narrow slide into the Senate tilted that house's balance toward the Dems by one vote. It is fairly clear that people weren’t looking for moral leadership from the Democrats. So on what issue was this election decided?
Read the rest @ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=35398