I ask what so many voters are pondering: If Republicans win this fall, will they have learned the lessons from the overspending and corruption that got them tossed out in 2006 and 2008?The GOP has to get it right because a move to a third party would only guarantee the election of Democrats from now on.
“In the House, John Boehner and the Republicans get it,” Mr. DeMint says. He’s not so sure about the Senate. “I think we’re in danger of doing the same thing we did before, where a lot of young conservatives come in who have been out there campaigning on the right issues, but then all the senior guys take control of the committees and it’s business as usual.”
He warns: “This may be our last chance with voters, because if we’re given the majority . . . and don’t reform Washington, everybody is going to say, ‘What’s wrong with these guys? We need a third party.’”
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Warning Shot
Sen. Jim DeMint is issuing a much-needed warning to the GOP:
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Doubt that ....
conservatives will just have to eject the Bennet's, Mutowski's, etc from the party in primaries. People are just too pissed at dems AND biz as usual republicans to put up with this and the cat is out of the bag. This is not a flash in the pan - this is true deep grass roots that is not going away. I expect the dems to get pounded in Nov, in 2012, and thereafter.
You can not piss away 2 trillion dollars and get away with it.
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