Like a cliched surprise ending, the Republican Party, recently left for dead on the sidewalk, appears to be stirring. A groundswell of opposition to massive spending, the forced bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors, and closing the terrorist holding facilities at Guantanomo seems to be resulting in some potential electoral victories.
Already, two Democrat state senators in New York have chosen to caucus with the GOP, a sure sign that the Democratic Party in New York is suffering from internal problems and external perception.
Recent polling data indicates that Obama is suffering from his high deficit spending (his main attack against President Bush), and that the majority of Americans disagree with his decision to close Gitmo (perhaps a reason he is dragging his feet and Congress refuses to cooperate).
The Republicans are finding their voice, and are leading in governor's races in Alabama and New Jersey. This is a hopeful sign, because prior to 1994, the Republicans managed to win significantly at the gubanatorial level with governors like Tommy Thompson (Wisconsin) and John Engler (Michigan) emerging as leaders in free market economics and conservative principles. They applied these principles at the state levels, which led to significant budget gains and electoral gains in 1994.
The Democrats also won a majority of governor's offices prior to their winning control of the federal government.
There is definitely reason for hope in the 2010 election.
However, there are people in the Republican establishment like John Cornyn, who is bravely leading the National Republican Senatorial Committee to certain defeat in 2010 by backing committed moderate-to-liberal Republicans in primary races and by refusing to campaign competitively in key states such as Indiana, where the only declared candidate, Don Bates, is a charismatic, committed conservative who can give Democrat Evan Bayh a run for his money. (Other potential candidates could also pose a serious challenge to Bayh.)
Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele (endorsed by frontlinesblog) said that the Republicans would give up no territory to the Democrats and would give up no districts to them. Unfortunately, the Republican leadership appears uncommitted to victory everywhere or to conservative principles anywhere, and in this case, we could be our own worst enemy.
The corrupt Republican Establishment and the corrupt National Republican Senatorial Committee rely on your money to conduct their corrupt business. End the corruption by immediately ending your support of the establishment! Only donate money to trusted Political Action Committees (like HuckPAC) and, even better, give your money directly to quality candidates like Marco Rubio in Florida and Bob McDonnell in Virginia.Senator Cornyn and the NRSC are either too corrupt or too incompetent to realize the importance of endorsing conservative Republicans. Make them realize the importance by shouting, writing, typing, and declaring as loud and as publicly as you can that you're not going to help them elect more liberals to political office! Make absolutely clear to Senator Cornyn that you're a conservative before you're a Republican. Let's make it undeniably clear that you vote on your values, not the politics of Senator Cornyn and the NRSC.
We can make significant gains in 2010 if Republicans are willing and able to fight a clean but tough fight for victory.
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