Griper Blade: Republican Spin: The Elections Were a Victory for Conservatives

I don't really seem to get tired of saying it; the Democrats ate Republicans' lunch tuesday night. And Republicans, being Republicans, are blaming everyone but themselves -- not that they aren't blaming each other, just not themselves. Despite the fact that the GOP was dissolving long before the elections, they seem to think that their problems are all everyone else's fault.

In a two party system, both parties are coalition parties, by necessity. The Republican coalition has been tearing itself up with an idea of ideological purity. Club for Growth, which puts tax cuts above all, coined the term RINO -- or Republican In Name Only -- to describe Republicans who don't think that tax cuts are the only reason government exists. Evangelicals will tell you that a Republican is a pro-life, gay-hating christian by definition. The security types -- i.e., the cowards Bush's scare tactics appeal to -- are willing to throw every right out the window, which makes everyone else nervous. The fiscal conservatives pretty much hate them all and don't like the way Bush hands out money to anyone who wants it. Which puts them at odds with the hawks, who want to throw money at boondoggles like missile defense and have no problem with military contractors engaging in war profiteering.

Most GOPers are a mix-and-match of these guys. But the idea that Republicans have a single ideology is ridiculous.

So, it's kind of surprising to see that the GOP does have a message now -- that Democrats are in disarray and are using conservative democrats to get elected...

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