Way to Go Sen. Chaffee
Gee, I bet the White House was so glad that they came to the support of Lincoln Chaffee in the Primary a few months ago to beat a more conservative challenger. That investment paid off didn’t it? The last installment of that bad investment was just announced - Chaffee will not support John Bolton’s nomination as ambassador to the UN.
Maybe the Republican Party can start acting like Republicans again. Maybe we can get away from always supporting the incumbent, especially when it’s a horrible incumbent that doesn’t even vote for a Republican President. Maybe we can have a Party that just plain stays out Primaries and let’s the party members actually determine who they want to represent them in the general election. What a concept.
Maybe Bush will start filling the ink of his veto pen and use it alot. Maybe Bush and Congress will just create gridlock so that the American people don’t get screwed over. Maybe, but not likely.
When it comes down to it though, I’m not sad by the election results - did I want both chambers of Congress to go to the Democrats, no. But ultimately who wins and who loses does not control how I feel. I’m an optimist. I see alot of opportunity ahead for Republicans. We got rid of some deadweight. We can now start re-building again from the bottom up. We need to put in conservatives at the lowest levels of government. That’s where everyone starts in the political process. They win and advance up. That’s where we need to focus our energy.