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If you analyze the sheer volume of votes cast in the 2006 congressional elections by republicans compared to the presidential election in 2004, less than half came out to vote this time.

What this means to me is the repubs were unable to rally the troops.  The “why” part of it is up for debate but I believe it was because the people in the 2004-2006 congress weren’t republicans, so the conservative base of the republican party shunned them.

I think the message to congressional republicans for 2008 and beyond is to be conservative first and republican second if you want to stay in power.  People don’t vote republican if that stands for out of control spending, lassaiz fair immigration/amnesty for all, and multiculturalist dogma as foreign policy.

Maybe some of the voters voted outside the party. Like in Connecticut, let’s say, where the temptation to actually cast a vote for an honorable man was too great.

I’m a registered republican- we can cite all the stats and reasons we want to. The fact is, the bums, and they are bums, got voted out.

The solution is, don’t run bums for office.

I’ve said it before, and I’m going to say it again.

The people sent a message:

“If we want Congressmen that act like Democrats we’ll elect the real thing. Watch us.”