Why The GOP Lost
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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