Thursday, November 09, 2006
It's the Corruption, Stupid
Mona Charen on why the Congressional Republicans lost:
Some conservative voters may have chosen to sit this one out. But the overriding reason for the Democrats’ sweep — just as it was for the Republicans 12 years ago — was corruption.The big loser in the election is Big Government Republicanism, or "big Government conservatism", an oxymoron as unpopular as it is unwise:
Here's one telling exit poll result: In battleground districts, only one in five voters said Republicans would do a better job to "keep government spending under control"; almost twice as many voters said Democrats would do a better job. Yet this week a separate poll found that 59% of Americans still favor fewer government services and lower taxes compared with 28% who favor more government services and higher taxes. "Big government conservatism" was a nice think-tank proposition; it merely lacks support from actual voters.The advice for Republicans? "Republicans must operate as the party of change, ... they need to reclaim their fiscal conservative birthright."
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