Well.... here's to hoping we can. Because the Party leadership seems determined to do it again, only HARDER!
Republicans: The Senate Republican Conference meeting Tuesday, amid the ruins of the once-powerful majority, was business as usual.
- The leadership elections were all uncontested. The top three leaders—Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Whip Jon Kyl (Ariz.), and Conference Chairman Lamar Alexander (Tenn.)—all stay in place. John Thune (S.D.) joins leadership as vice chairman of the conference, while John Cornyn ( Tex.) will head the National Republican Senatorial Committee and his predecessor, John Ensign ( Nev.) will head the policy committee.
- Any sentiment for a serious shakeup was buried amid a belief that upper chamber Republicans had suffered from "circumstances out of our control," as Ensign put it. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) pushed some reform measures, such as term-limiting appropriators, but all such changes were shot down.
- The party postponed any vote on expelling convicted Sen. Ted Stevens ( Alaska) from the conference, but many senators stated there were certainly enough votes against him in the conference were a vote to be held. A larger majority of the conference, however, preferred not to vote if they didn't have to—and Tuesday night's results make it look like they don't have to.
I would say that the Republican Party elite have not only NOT learned their lesson, but they steadfastly refuse to learn it. They are ignoring every last lesson being offered up. If the Republican Party doesn't force them out, they Republicans are going to continue to lose elections.
And this country will suffer as a result of it.
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