Do you think our new congress is more conservative than our old congress?

Question

This is an interesting viewpoint from Sinagpore of our recent elections. What do you think?

http://www.rsi.sg/english/callfromamericawithjanadasdevan/view/20061108180559/1/.html

"Who lost the US midterm elections? The party of George W. Bush, of course. Who won? The party of George H.W. Bush, his father, a traditional Republican. Neo-conservative Republicans lost; conservative Republicans – who call themselves Democrats now – won. Let me explain....."

What do you think?

"Almost all the seats in the House of Representatives and the Senate that the Republicans lost were won by conservative, not liberal, Democrats The Democrat who won the Pennsylvania senate seat, for instance, opposes abortion. All the three Democrats who picked up seats in Indiana, a heartland state, are social conservatives. The Democrat who won the Ohio senate seat was a Yale-educated labour activist, an anti-free trade and anti-immigration Democrat. The Democrats picked up all these seats precisely because they fielded candidates who were unlike the national party.

Ironically, this election has produced a more conservative Republican party in Congress, for many moderate Republicans lost their seats. But it also produced a more conservative Democratic party, for most of the Democrats who picked up seats at the expense of the Republicans are social and fiscal conservatives. Bush Republicans lost; but they weren’t replaced by Clinton Democrats. "

Thoughts?

Answer 1

Republicans And Democrats Are But One Beast
With Two Heads
Feeding From The Same Trough

Republocrats
Demublicans

Somethin Like That






The fact of the matter is
that America as we know it (or knew it)
is being systematically destroyed,
and the politicians from both political parties
are making this possible.

Answer 2

The "conservative" democrats that you are talking about arent right wing conservatives. They are still on the left but are more conservative than most of the other people in their party. So they are on the right of the Democratic spectrum but on the whole political spectrum they are almost in the middle, slightly left. I believe conservative democrats and liberal republicans is what this country needs.

Answer 3

Probaby a lot of truth. The guy who defeated Allen in Virginia used to be a Republican and worked for Ronald Reagan. That did factor in the decission of some people I know here in Virginia. One quote: "He used to be a republican, he can't be that bad"

Answer 4

Mature? Yes.

Answer 5

it's a valid observation, I don't completely agree I can name some liberals that won election.

Answer 6

By Harry S. Truman standards they are all card carrying Communists.... It's twu...It's twu...

Answer 7

they never change. the old fuddy-duddys!!