GOP majority over????
The Patriot ran an article about GOP fears that their time in power might be over on Nov. 7th.
State GOP Chairman Rob Gleason got this one right when he said:
“We have a platform, but our guys didn’t read it. They lost their way,” Gleason said as he mentioned the pay raise, state budgets, approval of slot machine gambling, expansion of government and this year’s vote to raise the minimum wage as a few examples.
This may be one of the few times I actually applaud Gleason. In this case, he’s absolutely right.
The sad part about the GOP most likely losing control of power is that it is their own doing. You can’t blame the Democrats - they haven’t a clue what they stand for politically. Seriously, does anyone thing that Rep. DeWeese got some major political insight in the last couple of months that improved his chances of being the next Speaker? This is the guy that Republicans have cleared the way for to ensure that he stays in charge of the Dems for the reason that he hasn’t been able to close the gap in the House.
No, the GOP got greedy - mostly its legislative leadership too. They got greedy, arrogant and comfortable. They started to get out of touch, started taking personal benefit from the positions they were elected to serve the public with, and started convincing themselves that they are really, really important. Then they started telling everyone else how important they are. That’s when people like me started to get upset. But then these same legislators started telling us we had no place to go on election day.
A voter can only take so much arrogance. When a legislator, or group of legislators have crossed the line, broken trust, Republican voters are wiling to vote to remove the disease that has infected the legislative body. Is it because they support what the Democrats are about - hell no. these voters, who actually care about the what it means to be a Republican willing to suffer for a couple of years to get rid of the deadwood - then go back to voting for newer, more-in-touch Republicans.