Gathering the Base

[niczone]

Election Day is less than one month away. Democrats are getting ready for their victory day. Victory is, exactly, what it looks like they are going to have. A party of no ideas, is going to takeover both the house and the senate because the Republican leadership has lost touch with its conservative voters.I have labeled the 3 types of conservatives

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Hear, hear, it's time for a change!

[elvo86]

(Sorry, Nic, but I think you already knew that's what my response would be.)

As far as being fiscally conservatives, the Republicans blew it majorly in another area--the budget. Clinton had us on track for a balanced budget, and I know you can cite 9/11 recovery efforts as a need for adjusted spending (I may or may not concede other spending "needs" the Republicans have deemed necessary), but tax cuts weren't the right answer. Tax cuts were a political ploy and not what was smart for the nation.

If I were to put myself in any of the categories of conservativism you mentioned, it would be fiscal conservativism (though I am for social some spending), and I'm sorry, but the Republicans blew their chance there too.

Unfortunately for the cause of a legislative changeover, I live in a blue district, so the Democrats won't be gaining any seats through my efforts.

Re: Hear, hear, it's time for a change!

[niczone]

Exactly right. Percent increase in federal spending, even excluding military spending, has went up at a higher rate than under Bill Clinton. I don't buy the Democrat talking points that Bush turned a huge surplus into a huge defecit, I think most of that was erased by 9/11. That being said, introducing new expensive social programs have not helped with the budget.

I just hope that this potential takeover wakes the Republicans up, cause I don't think the Democrat ideas will work in general, they need to comethrough on their their promises. The GOP blew a huge oppertunity having both houses and the presidency.