Posted by
Rich from NW Indiana on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 2:58:59 AM
Well, we all knew it was a long-shot. Its over and Obama is going to be the president. All the hard work of the "mainstream " media has finally worked for the Democrats. The deck was stacked against McCain and the Republicans from the beginning. Eight years of the continuous rhetoric brought to your living room by the media was bound to wear thin. If you hear it enough, it must be true.
It could be worse, the Democrats didn't get the 60 seats in the Senate. Hopefully the Republicans can slow the worst the Democrats have to offer. They will try hard at "change" because they will think they have a mandate. We no longer have a veto to stop the nonsense.
Here in Indiana a bright spot. Mitch Daniels was reelected. Indiana will continue to be a oasis in the midwest. So thats good news.
Two years in exile will hopefully bring some changes to the Republican Party. As a party it has been off base for a while. This loss was a long time coming. In a lot of ways Republicans have been Democrat-lite, so in the mind of many voters, why bother when you can have the real thing. There will be talk of the end of conservatism but we all know that isn't true.
Conservatives must take control of the Republican Party and clean house. It was the most successful when conservatives principles were in charge. We must be united as a party, the Democrats are, we aren't. If that doesn't happen, it will be a long time until Republicans will be in the White House or control Congress again. We cannot count on complete Democrat failure and scandals, they will manage good spin on anything.
They fooled America today. Too many drank the kool-aid. We have to make the best of it. If we worked at it, Congress could return to the Republican Party in two years. Hopefully Obama will be more Jimmy Carter then Bill Clinton. That will make it easier but it will not easy no matter what. Obama will lose a lot of support when people discover he cannot change the world the way they think he will.
More on this all soon. It not the end of the world! Peace!!