Reasons the Republicans lost the House:

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So how do you explain Lieberman getting voted back in, and Chafee getting voted out?
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Lieberman won't admit it and he will do nothing to return the favor but if the Republicans did not back Lieberman,he would have lost.If Lieberman had not lost so much favor for his pro-war stance,he would've easily again won the primary.He's a bit of an odd man out,but no mistake,he's still a very liberal Democrat regardless of the new found I beside his name.


The commercials for Sheldon Whitehouse were amazing.ENTIRELY DISREGARDING Chaffee's voting record,they showed him as a strong supporter of the Republican party line with images of the Iraq war he voted against.Never underestimate the ignorance of the voting public.Very few people here in MA can tell you a thing about Deval Patrick but they voted for him by a big margin because they thought he looks nice.


I can't add much to why the Republicans lost other than to simplify it down to sheer hubris.Bush and the Republicans have been horribly out of touch for years on issues of fiscal conservatism,limited government spread and invasion of privacy,true border security and so on.It hasn't been as if many conservatives haven't been jumping up and down waving our arms that things just haven't been peachy,we just got ignored.I had to LMAO at Bush all of a sudden saying that " it's never been our policy to just stay the course in Iraq".Good God,if there ever have been a groups of people who deserved to lose.Unfortunately,the alternative is even worse but what could anyone do?It wasn't as if Bush was listening to anyone besides Rove and Rumsfeld,certainly not the people who elected him.
 
If you are going to act like a Democrat why not have the real thing. What is really sad is the bloodbath should have been much worse.
 
In my eyes, the Republicans pander to the very rich. the Democrats pander to the poor.

WHY THE HECK WON'T SOMEONE PANDER TO ME FOR A CHANGE! :what:
 
The Pubs lost because they cast aside people like me - their base. Their hubris cost them and will continue to do so until they realize that their jobs depend upon my approval.
Listen up Pubs: I will fire you if you don't perform to my expectations.


Biker
 
Why did they lose?

Because they gave no compelling reason why they should remain in power while their foes were proclaiming multiple reasons why they should be removed from power.

Oh, and the whole 'ignoring parts of the constitution when it suits them' bit.

And, an unprovoked war of agression.
 
There is no rebublican anymore.
Republican is Democrats of 20yrs ago and Democrats are socialists. I have a very bad feeling that this country is unfixable until it collapses.
 
The Repubs lost because Bush Sr. and Bush Jr. both turned their backs on Reagan conservatism. Limited government, low taxes and strong national defense -- that was the essence of Reagan conservatism. The Bush's prefer big government, higher taxes, and have continued a process of military downsizing that began under Bush Sr. which has left us strained to the breaking point just to take the fight to a couple of little backwater hell-holes like Iraq and Afghanistan.

If Jeb Bush ever hopes to be President, he better figure out real quick not to ask daddy or bro for advice.
 
I think you're missing it

The Republicans ran on a platform of...

smaller government
border security
illegal immigration
stronger ethics & morals
lower deficit
lower taxes
better national security

they did OK on taxes and national security, but they screwed the pooch in Iraq with the "let's stay there for 200 years and wear the other guys down" philosophy. Most Americans have a memory of about 30 seconds. If something's in the microwave more than 2 minutes, they're ordering a pizza because they're hungry and don't want to wait. 9-11 is a long distant memory that happened a thousand years ago.

People that I know are real upset about the defecit and particularly spending. They're PISSED big time about the border. Don't give me lip service about how hard you work on national security when any Mexican can walk across at will.

A few years ago the Dems looked like the party of the perverts. Now it's equal opportunity for the Republicans. They went into the swamp in DC to clean it up and ended up using it for their party hot tub.

The money and power in Washington seem to corrupt members with even the best of intentions.
 
The election results are typical of a two term president in the 6th year. After 6 years, the other party can sell the idea that little is getting done and the Iraq war (right or wrong) is part of the sale. I agree with them, but I don't like their politics. Not enough is getting done, but the reason things weren't getting done is because of the Democrats primarily. The right and wrong of the war will be decided as part of history.

I find it interesting that the Democrats are talking a moderate line now that they have control. We'll see? As the one guy on TV said, sucessful politicians play between the 35yd lines.

I do expect to see gun control legislation come up if they have both the house and senate. The first thing will be the renewal of the Clinton ban.
 
Yes, the biased media has helped demoralize the public. Yes, the left has blatantly used the struggle in Iraq to divide and conquer. None of that matters though. The situation is what it is because in the US our elections reflect the mood of the country.

The GOP lost because the public simply cannot take the war anymore. The public is demoralized by the lack of success on the ground. They are ready for the war to end and kicking out the GOP is their way of ending it.
 
The public does not have the faintest idea of what leaving Iraq is going to do the the USA and Great Britain. It will alter our standing in the world.

I really feel that we will be fighting terrors here. There will be domonstrations like England, then there will be events. The demonstrations are legal. But, it will be nice to know who the bad guys are. :)

The US is a different kind of place and things could get out of control if there are lots of terrorist events here. A few, and people will just yell and scream and blame Bush or whoever is president.... lots of events..... and the people may begin to react personally with action that would generally be considered illegal in our country. It could be interesting. I dread it though.
 
The Republicans lost the House because they gave it away to the Leftists years ago; this was just the housekeeping of transferring title.

Ditto the Senate.
 
Reasons why republicans lost are varied and subject to debate. What I think is interesting is this outcome could be seen coming down the track for at least 18 months. Bush betrayed the conservative base by nominating Harriet Meiers, a political flack, for a supreme court position. The base had worked hard for 40+ years and Bush just flipped off all that work in favor of a buddy. The base erupted and he backed down.

A year or so later word gets out Bush and Co. agreed to sell 27 port facilities (that we know of) to an Arab country that served as the conduit for funding to the 911 terrorists. The base responded negatively and Bush figuratively responded by stomping his feet. He backed down, publicly,

So here we have a president who was caught red handed by his base engaging in actions contrary to the beliefs of his base. His response was cave in action but he saw nothing wrong with his initial actions. In other words he tolerated the existence of his base as merely the cost of maintaining his position.

Now we move to the immigration debate where he and the senate simply stuck his finger in the eye of his base and all Americans. He insulted those who did not want amnesty. He called Americans lazy. He played to the Mexican public and dissed Americans. He ran headlong into the opposition and only after being beat about the head and shoulders did he agree to a compromise (as half-assed as it was).

No man in the presidency in my memory has worked as hard as Bush has to PO those who put him in office. Based on his past performance I don't expect him to do a group hug with his base. I fully expect him to shed whatever conservative camo he is wearing and show himself to be what he has been all along, a blue-blood, Rockefeller, country club republican. Bush came into office with an internationalist agenda. He got CAFTA through congress. FTAA is dead. Doha is dead. He'll shut up about US-European free trade agreement. Bipolar trade agreements will get quiet. He will not get fast track authority for trade agreements. SPP will proceed quietly. Whether or not the new congress wants to investigate his actions remains to be seen. Bottom line nuthin' get done and I am just giggly over the thought.
 
although I wanted to like the Bushs', the stark fact is that Bush Jr. will go the same way as a failure as Bush Sr......I knew pretty much watching Bush campaigning that important social issues that I wanted some action taken were going to be brought up by Bush when pressure got too great..and then only enough to ease that pressure a little...i.e.....border security or saving American jobs from becoming Indian jobs or Chinese jobs...he doesn't lie very welll..stammers & stutters and his face flushes a bit...but the only other winnable choice was Kerry the wingnut...fighting a war in Iraq without securing the US border is like trying to slow down the course of a river but not repairing the leaks in the dam holding it back...utterly stupid and counter-productive ..he deserves an F in his presidency legacy...and I haven't gotten into other issues yet..
 
cbsbyte, as a generality, Democrats are urban and Republicans are rural, which is why the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections were battles between the cities and the states. Or take a look at CNN's "votes by county" maps for senatorial contests; Missouri is a great example - the little blue spots in the sea of red are the cities.
 
The Republican base didn't vote for them, while the Dem base turned out.
Why didn't the GOP base show up? Because the GOP's had control of Congress for about a decade, and control of the presidency for 6 years. They've been spending money left and right on every welfare program that they can. They could have repealed the 86 MG ban. They could've dropped suppressors from the NFA list. They could've done a lot of things... only thing I know of that they did good on was to not renew the AWB.
War on Terror and all that... I don't know. The Dems would've done much the same thing, I'm guessing.

The GOP said all the right things and did all the wrong ones. The base didn't put them in power for free medicine for old folks, No Child Left Behind, and all that. They wanted a conservative agenda set up - which meant repealing a lot of laws, vetoing many bills.

From my viewpoint, the GOP played Democrat. The only good things I can think of that they did? The things they didn't do - they didn't ban cars for the benefit of 'global warming'. They didn't pass the AWB.
 
cbsbyte, as a generality, Democrats are urban and Republicans are rural, which is why the 2000 and 2004 Presidential elections were battles between the cities and the states.
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Thank you for the link to the map. But I will have to disagree with your generalites. Democrats are now in 2006 winning in rural states, and areas that where solid Republican. Hence the reason they took the House. Most of the population of Missouri is based in a small area of blue. The vast red areas have less people.
 
Bear:

You hit the bullseye with your last shot:

"Dumb issues -- The Terri Schiavo situation was a disgusting spectacle, for example. So was flag burning. All this stuff alienates as many people as it might ever attract."

I was alienated enough to throw the bums out.

The supposed party of less government sticks its nose into the most private of family affairs. But hey, we know who you should marry, who should live or die, when to bear a child - we're Republicans.

Kowboy
 
Well let's drag out lbmii's weekly paycheck and take a little look at real world numbers.

I add up $405.55 taken out in various taxes in just one typical week. I am blue-collar middle class and every dime is hard earned. To take $400+ a week from my family and me is criminal. Now how long have the Republicans had the House, Senate, and Presidency, and even the Supreme Court? Income tax is a highly inefficient way to raise revenue and it is destructive to our ability to compete in the world economy. The Republicans had the ability to do something about it and did nothing. They do however, along with their Democrat friends, write special complex tax laws and exemptions for their special blue-blood buddies at the expense of everyone else.
 
The Republicans have never held the Supreme Court. We have tried, but never succeeded.
(Well, not since the days of FDR, anyway)
 
Hawkeyes original post is correct. Conservatives stayed away in droves because we're tired of ~30 million criminal immigrants living comfortably in within our borders. (This from a political action forum to which I subscribe.)

Personally, I no longer consider myself a Republican. Not after the way Bush has prostituted the presidency. And not after the way Republican politicians on the national level have done likewise with their respective offices.

Constitution party for me, I guess. Which means I'm through voting.
 
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