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Yes, there were Dems at the tea parties. It’s the people who do not watch the abc, nbc,cbs or the Tonight Show and SNL that I was talking about. I saw a video taken the day of the election asking people why they voted for Obama. It also asked what his position was on different issues, who Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid was, things about Gov. Palin ect. Just about the only things these morons got right was the stuff on Palin and even that wasn’t quite right. THOSE are the people I was talking about. The hatred on their faces for anything Republican was disturbing. But their willful blindness was worse. I wonder what they think of Obama and the dems now. I’d like to see a second taping done of the same people now.

Unfortunately, everything Bush did is an anathema right now. I’m not sure Steele can do much there.

Regarding your point about the intellectual laziness of Americans, I don’t fully agree with you. Remember that a lot of Dems also went to the tea parties as well and a lot of them are regretting their votes for Obama. People are waking up, albeit too slowly for most of us who post here, but it is happening. Fox News is absolutely killing everyone else in the ratings, so this is a great sign.

On Michael Steele, like many others here, I have serious doubts about him, but it is unlikely he will resign in the near future (and probably not at all). This will work itself out over time, but he can’t expect to get the support of the base if he keeps staying stupid things. If he’s as much like GWB as you say, then he should be promoting the things GWB did right, like keeping our country safe, promoting tax cuts, and promoting SCOTUS justices who actually believe the constitution. I hope he will start getting the message sonner rather than later.

And Arlen Specter.

These people are just trying to help, right?

PS What’s that sarcasm emoticon again?

Does anyone believe the Dems and their pundits really care and want to help the GOP regain power? Lets get real!

Sites like rs are important but the information is not reaching average voters. Americans are typically lazy. They don’t want to have to work too hard for their information. It’s easier to watch GMA or the Today Show to get their news. More people have switched to Foxnews but it’s still not enough. They’re being fed misinformation and being led by the nose to socialism.

I have to say I’m very disappointed in Michael Steele. He’s allowing himself to be the laughingstock of the GOP rather than standing up to the opposition and refuting them. He’s acting like GWB and playing nice and it’s infuriating! It’s time to play the game their way and get a little dirty.

It the Republicans are able to rally and it starts to look like some Blue Dogs may be facing a hostile electorate and a credible Republican challenge, then the Blue Dogs may feel forced to shift to the right a bit to triangulate, to start to give them so cover to back up their rhetoric.

That’s why I said that the Republican party will have evidence that we’re getting some traction again if the Blue Dogs start to feel a necessity to act more conservative and start opposing the leadership in their votes – assuming the Republican party hasn’t thrown in the towel and decided to become “Democrat-Lite” – in which case we may end up with 30 senators and 150 in the House come Jan 2011.

Lots of mixed metaphors here – it’s getting late.

But then Lehman went bankrupt on Sept 15, and the economy became the whole ball of wax. Obama could talk of “those failed policies of the past eight years”, and with a campaign manager that had dined well at the FannieMae pig trough, all McCain dared to muster was a few weak attempts to explain the enabling role of the GSEs.

The Vice President is always minor factor. Playing the “I’m not Bush” card while failing to play the GSE card was a guaranteed losing hand, no matter the choice of running mate.

McCain was the first candidate I was ever really excited about. And when he chose his running mate, well, the man insured the future of the GOP.

Since then I’ve become MUCH better informed about several issues in which I disagree with the Senator from Arizona. But the more I watch our president, the gladder I can say, “Don’t blame me, I voted for ….”

My hope at this point is that these encouraging poll numbers on the various issues will translate to the GOP either taking back one or both houses or at least getting the voting margins closer where it will be mujch harder for Obama to get things done so quickly. This would be especially helpful in the Senate. Perhaps we can chip away in the next 2 to 3 election cycles to make this happen.

Last month it was 34/31: I suspect that it bounces back whenever there isn’t anybody actually under indictment.

FWIW, John McCain is *the* reason I am now a flag-waving, patriotic, dyed-in-the-wool Republican. A year ago I didn’t care much about our country’s government, and it was John McCain that woke me up. While I am sure the long-time Conservatives have legitimate beef with McCain and his campaign, I think it’s important to realize that he did have a positive impact, because I *know* I am not alone. Nothing is new under the sun and if I feel this way, I know there are many others who can relate.

IMO, John McCain did not lose because of something he did or did not do, he lost because American voters are almost uniformly un-informed. Period.