will the republicans ever recover from?

Question

their loss.bush seemed quite confident that they would win.well by the looks of it he was wrong.

Answer 1

For the good of America, I hope the Republican Party never recovers. Under their misrule, we went too far down the road of Fasc1sm.

Answer 2

To answer your question. I don't think the Republican party is going the way of the Whig party. And ever is a very long time. In fact if the Democrats go into their tax and spend mode or if they just go into their tax mode in order to balance the budget I don't give them much hope in two years.

What many Democrats fail to notice is they weren't voted in because of their new ideas but because of the Congressional scandals and the perception the war in Iraq is hopeless. Democrats are now the power on the Congress but they really don't have an over riding majority. They are going to have to play nice with republicans or they won't get anything accomplished.

I just hope the Republicans don't do the same things the Democrats have done for the past twelve years. Offer nothing constructive but say everything the other side proposes is wrong.

Answer 3

I'd hate to say this but Bush seems to be an idiot. Probably more than seems that way. I hate saying that because I've met with him a couple times, and was able to talk to him for a while about a lot of things, and he doesn't seem stupid when you talk to him, but in terms of his decision making ability; I don't get it. Had he canned Rumsfeld (considering nobody in the Pentagon likes him and he's totally screwed Iraq over) two weeks before the election, the Republicans would have more control over congress.

I've argued that the Iraq war was legal, just, and necessary, and nobody can refute my argument based on fact. That being said he and Rumsfeld have delinquently managed that war, and towards the end of 2005 I was screaming for his impeachment. He's nice, but too many people are being killed in Iraq, and there doesn't seem to be a strategic plan to end this thing. The only problem is that the only thing worse than staying is leaving.

Because of this; the Rep's lost it big time, although Iraq wasn't the only issue. Lieberman won and he's pro war, while Chafee lost and he was anti war. Corruption was huge especially when Christian conservatives make of the numerical majority of your idealogic base. The Republicans lost their principles as a political party. Congressional Republicans left Bush hanging when he courageously proposed and campaigned for social security reform in 2005, and past a last minute, totally inadequate, completely symbolic boarder security bill (700 miles of fence that they voted against funding immediately after they voted for the fence!) and they said they would do something serious about earmarks (spending measures tossed into appropriation bills by individual members of congress) and did nothing. They had congress for twelve years and just didn't have enough to show for, so even as a Republican- I'm glad to see they lost, we'll see what the Democrats can do.

Their problem is that they stood for nothing tangible other than "we're not Bush", and it took them a while to finally win on it, but if they don't accomplish anything in two years; it'll be 2004 in 2008 all over again.

Answer 4

The Republicans can recover if they can learn from this election. If they keep insisting that they didn't really lose and that it was only about recent scandals (as Rove claims) they will continue to lose elections and become increasingly marginalized. The GOP lost so many elections this time because of Iraq, Bush, and scandals. The scandals were an issue because the GOP has for years claimed to be the party with better moral values than the Democratic Party. When it looks like your party is home to pedophiles and crooks it gets hard to make a claim of having higher morality than the other guys. Add to that the arrogance of a president who claims to be unable to think of any mistakes he's made and refuses to alter what is widely perceived of as a failed policy in his "war on terror" and you have a real image problem. If the GOP acknowledges these problems and addresses them they can recover from their 2006 election failures.

Answer 5

Well, for practical reasons they'll have to recover. It was moderates that pushed the vote to Democrats, and most of the Democrats voted in are moderates as well. I think this bodes well for bipartisanship. If we are to get out of this mess in Iraq the extremists will have to be shoved back from both parties and those with cooler heads will have to prevail. There are Republicans and Democrats who can accomplish this together if they ever stop backbiting each other long enough. As far as the Republicans who are still digging in the dirt because they lost and they can't handle it emotionally, let them whine, they are of no use to anyone right now anyway.

Answer 6

I'm in my 40s. I've seen it before. Just when one party is being counted out, it comes roaring back.

The Republicans were finished after Nixon. Then Reagan brought them back. After Carter and then 12 years of Republicans, people were wary of electing a Democrat. Clinton won twice.

A year ago, people were starting to wonder if the Democrats were becoming totally irrelevant. Now they control both houses of Congress.

Like it or not, the worm always turns . . .

Answer 7

No we are shifting forward and thinking government like in charge electorate could. seems to me such as you're residing in the previous, taking area in that glory of patting your self on the returned. Republicans lost by way of fact the american public has by no ability been so blind to its own government in years, coupled with the indisputable fact that Obama is charismatic and has an wonderful public family members team. The media ate him up and located a suited enemy in Palin.

Answer 8

You have made it no secret that you dont like America's President, but, he IS still in charge.... And just so you know, President Bush didnt publicly say anything in regards to being confident, he was just sitting back watching the results, like the rest of us... We bounce back, we have until 2008.... And as soon as the American people get a taste of Democrats, and what they are capable of, this Democratic voting spree will prove to be only temporary.....

Answer 9

It's normal for the sitting Presidents' party to lose seats in the 6th year elections. The Dems now have an opportunity to show us how they can put their words into action (hopefully good for us).
The Dems don't have a commanding majority in either house, so I think it's too early to write off the Repubs. I think 2008 will tell the real story.

Answer 10

The Republicans will start recovering immediately.
The Democrats will hurt working people. They will do a lot of freaky weird stuff.
They will start moving us to communism/socialism.
The Democrats are going to betray the very people who voted for them.
They always do.

Answer 11

Yes in about 2 years.