The blame game has begun. I'm guessing Governor Palin will be a big scapegoat and, of course, President Bush will be blamed too. In as much as they represent the GOP they should get the blame. The bottom line is that the GOP lost because they didn't get it done when they had the chance. They had the Congress & the Whitehouse and DROPPED THE BALL. They became the big government boys that they had impugned in the past. And I'm not sure that they can pick that ball up any time soon. I used to think that that pendulum would swing back in four years and the Repubs would bounce back. Maybe, but I'm not so sure any more. Pat Buchanan says, "demography is destiny" and he is likely right. Typical GOP voters are simply shrinking as a part of the electorate while democrat leaning constituencies are rapidly rising. Consider: The baby boomers are aging and becoming more government dependent (democrats). Immigrants are swelling and typically vote for more goverment and the democrats. Even the once solid evangelical vote is waning as the neo-social gospel leads some to vote for more government solutions for the underclass. Virginia is a prime example of this shift in the last several years. We once were solidly republican at Senator(s) and Governor. Now those posts are all occupied by dems. The demographic shift in the electorate produced democrats in office.
The obvious needs to be noted before I close. The Republicans have to stop nominating lame candidates. This will be ignored and/or explained away, I'm sure, but John McCain was a loser from the jump (just like Bob Dole before him). He stuck his finger in the eye of the right for years and arrogantly expected that they'd still carry his water. Of course, the GOP will analyze the results of this election and surmise that they need to move to the center in order the win. Meanwhile back at the farm the democrats will be expanding goverment and growing their constituencies too.
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Obama has the White house for 8 years u know...
Bush was so unpopular and Hussein Obama is so young and charismatic. Our Nation wants Change, that is to leave God and go into post-modernism so bad and he wants to give it to them. The Media has their backs and is already saying how he is like Kennedy. This guy has the American people eatin from his hand already and he hasnt done jack.
I think Mark Moore deleted his blog on voting for Obama...i went to find it and i cant....ohhhhhhhhhh pretty interesting
Yeah he did. It went wild over there with a bunch of comments and then it was gone. Funny indeed.
Dave - thanks for giving a thoughtful response to the election and the changing environment of our country. Bashing accomplishes nothing, but careful examination and thoughtful discourse does help us navigate our differences as a nation.I appreciated your comments.
Remember, our hope is in Jesus. The world has always turned their backs on him. My prayer is that we remain faithful, and be a witness not so much through words as we need to be with our lives. Are we as Christians really ready to die to self and serve Christ with our entire being?
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