The Aftermath

The dis-oriented author is a conservative Republican. Between work and the mid-term elections, it has been hard to find the time or motivation to blog. I was already depressed about the lack of conservative candidates in the 2008 Republican presidential field. Election night 2006 was a nightmare for Republicans. In Iowa, we lost the governors race and my Republican Congressman, a 30 year incumbent, lost, Iowa elected another Democrat governor and all of the local candidates for whom I worked were soundly defeated as well.

The thing that bothers me most is that at all levels — we deserved to lose.

For the last six years, Republicans have controlled the House, the Senate and the presidency. Over that time we have managed to grow the size of government. We have failed to deal with illegal immigration. We have failed to implement real Social Security reform. We have grown the deficit. We have grown the federal education bureaucracy. We have been rocked by scandals.

And, regular readers of this blog know that I have not been a big supporter of the so-called war in Iraq. With the death toll rising and our military forces stretched to the breaking point, I am not the only one.

As the 2008 presidential race officially begins, the only thing left is the finger-pointing.