Some Republicans are out blaming President Bush, Congressional Republicans, immigration policies, an unpopular war, and big government conservatism as they look at defeat on the morning after.
But others are saying: Look, we gave the election our best shot and the American people told us to get lost. So let us accept their decision and move on.
Unlike Democrats over the past years, Republicans should be philosophical about defeat. The American people decided what they wanted, and that’s the way it’s supposed to be. If we can’t persuade the American people in a fair elecion then we have a problem. So let us begin right now building a new Agenda of Hope.
- The Democrats have not been doing any thinking in their years in the wilderness. It is still 1933 and time for New Deal policies like raising the minimum wage. This is a huge advantage for Republicans.
- The welfare state isn’t going anywhere except downhill, with its overpaid functionaries doing less and less to deliver social services.
- Resurgent Islam isn’t going anywhere. Democrats are going to have to decide just what it is that they think the War on Terror is all about. Maybe some time about 2011 we can get to a national consensus on the war.
- The Democrats cold-cocked us on education reform in 2001 and Social Security reform in 2005. The time to start thinking the deep thoughts on how to do these reforms is now, while Republicans and conservatives are in the political wilderness. These problems will continue to fester because Democrats aren’t interested in a solution. They like the support of monopoly-wage teachers and dependent Social Security recipients. Why would they change?
- Democrats are going to spend money on global warming with a vast menu of mega-projects and subsidies for their pet schemes, and it is going to hurt the economy.
So let us be in good heart and start to build again. There will come a time when the American people will turn to us again, and we should prepare ourselves to deserve that honor.
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