The entrenched GOP establishment can wail & gnash their teeth, but the folks on the ground know where the blame lies. If they do not learn from this, then conservatives need to find quality alternatives to challenge them in the primaries.

It is bad enough we must fight so hard to preserve the Republic from the internal cancer of the left, but it is utterly reprehensible to have our nominal leaders not only complicit in the problem (as they were in their big spending incarnations of the past twenty years), but seeking to preserve the problem.

I doubt it. John Cornyn is a bright guy, but he can be so stupid sometimes. His arrogance could give Obummer’s a run for its money. He also seems more interested in “reaching across the aisle” than in “reaching out to the people”. We should start looking for his primary opponent immediately. That way, maybe he will “pull a McCain” and make some conservative votes that he otherwise wouldn’t.
Or, maybe we should just find his opponent silently and then hit him at primary time, so that he doesn’t have time to hide his true colors. You are much wiser in these matters than I. So, just tell us who when the proper time comes. But, either way, we need to get rid of this RINO. And Michael Steele too!

No doubt, we are celebrating the results of the election, knowing that we have to watch the Republicans and make sure they do what we elected them to do. We do not care if Obama will veto their legislation to repeal Obamacare, etc. We do not care. We care that they voted it out of the House. That is true with other items, such as border security, elimination of ear marks, instructing the Fed Reserve not to monetize our debt, rein in the czars, hold hearings on the Black Panther voter intimidation scandal, and many others.

The entrenched elitist and establishment Republicans need to be watched, rebuked and revealed when necessary. Then somehow gradually get rid of them for true conservatives with core conservative values and good sense.

At this point it is 100% clear to me that one of the major actions that grass roots conservatives must engage in is to remove the current Senate leadership. ASAP.

If the majority of the Senate has chosen to go along with the NRSC’s above argument, then it is time that they go too.

McConnell, Cornyn, NRSC staff and all that are aligned with the above thinking have not gotten any of the message that was sent yesterday. THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY OF THE MESSAGE.

The GOP Senate now needs to get it delivered to them. If that means that the entire Senate minus a few choose to fall on their sword for the current PATHETIC leadership……and go down the tubes with them…..so be it.

The GOP Senate NON-leadership is the problem. Time to deal with it now.

I was unaware of the actions either taken or not taken which were recounted here.
However, as someone who has voted republican his entire voting life, I can say that there will be more conflict and wasted effort and therefor likely losses in the future if the NRSC does not take a hands off approach in the primaries going forward.
I experienced this kind of problem in Kentucky early on when I was supporting Rand Paul (WINNER) in the primary and the NRSC his opponent.
So far as I am concerned, to win a race such as Delaware with a Castle would be no victory at all. His membership in the senate would bring it no closer to being an institution which would move the country in the right direction than Coons in my opinion.
To me, the Tea Party is the most exciting thing to happen in politics since R.R. ran in 1980. If the senate establishment republicans will not get on board with this new movement, one of two things will likely happen. Either they will get run over, or they will be left behind when the new party arises.

that I won’t give to any of them until they stop trying to pick candidats in the primary.

I was unhappy with Angle and Buck’s performances, but agree with you that the RNSC have made horrible mistakes including the 8 million in California.

I mean, it’s not rocket science that you can better use that money in multiple smaller states and maybe win 2 more seats instead of 1.

I believe your bullet points are pretty accurate here. The NRSC made big blunders in several races. And they didn’t have many races to really concentrate on, like the RNCC. The tsunami was well evident long before the primary battle lines were drawn. The “Old Guard” RNSC, which is about 3/4 elite progressive-minded, politically correct to the point of being stupid, lazy politicians. Note they let other groups do their jobs in some races, then have the audacity to complain. That money in the RNSC fund isn’t their personal “stash’ to be handed out to the good old boy network of progressive Republicans. It is for the Conservative Republican Party which includes the Teaparty Constitutional , Libertarian, Conservative voters. Like it or not, thats a fact.
Without O’Donnell and Miller, folks like Rand Paul and Marco Rubio would have had a lot harder trip to the Senate. Like it or not, without the TeaParty, the GOP wouldn’t be looking at 33 Conservative Republican Governors and storms of flipped State Houses and Senates! Here in Fl, we almost lost the governors race due to this same type of elitest thinking. Redistricting is crucial to saving our republic , as we need long-term solutions driven by voting by true conservatives. The hell with politically correct progressives, sneaking around under the GOP banner.

I called 63 House pickups and 8 Senate,Knowing that would be quite an accomplishment, considering the situation. Everyone is now talking about a “divide’ between GOP and TeaParty Congressmen and Senators. BULL! As an Independant who voted for Constitutional Conservatives best as I could, I say today we start restoring one thing in America. True conservative values, period. The Elites in the Senate know we will be watching every vote, every stance on the issues. We won’t hesitate to fire them at the first hint of Progressive Big Gov’t , irresponsible spending, UnAmerican policies. The TeaParty list of GOP RINOS is already out for 2012. Can you hear us now Mr Cornyn? How about you Mr McCain? We don’t care if you have been in Congress for 40 years, if you abandon true conservative values on ANY issue, you are gone. We have a huge mess to clean up, and we don’t need any “progressive-pimping” Republicans slowing us down!

As far as i am concerned Jim DeMint should be the head of the republican party–i donated only to his PAC and the TEA Party–@$##$ the the rnsc!!!

If Senate Republicans really want to take the Senate back, there’s a very simple solution. What’s more, they’ll be excited because they could remain active in primaries. The grassroots, I think, would be similarly excited because they’d be able to spend two years working on general elections rather than spending time and money on primaries. Senate Republicans now have a man among them who has actively recruited viable conservative candidates, helped them to run professional organizations, and raised millions to get them across the finish line. If Senate Republicans want to maximize gains in 2012, the best solution is to make Pat Toomey the new Chairman of the NRSC.

a 4-act play, as the Dem’s Far Left and Left (Communist and Hot-Tub Socialists) will be having at it as well, this coming year.

These indeed are interesting times. The Good news is, we have the People, none of the other three actors do. Si I say, play to our strengths.

I live in Florida and instead of letting the primaries taking their natural course, the Republicans went all in for their boy McCollum. The voters knew that and voted against the establishment for Scott.

Now, I think Scott will be a much better governer than McCollum, but the establishment Republicans were so angry at Scott that if the election were even a week shorter I think he would have lost because it took so long for the base to rally around him.

Bunch of whining sissies we have not grown men.

The people of Delaware were abandoned by the Delaware GOP leadership in the midterm elections.
State GOP Chairman, Tom Ross failed to back Christine O’Donnell in the same fashion that he would have supported Mike Castle, had he won the Delaware Senate Primary. His angry actions resulted in an attitude of showing O’Donnell that, “she was too big for her britches,” and that attitude hurt the entire GOP effort in Delaware.
Ross’ lack of action and lack of leadership was one of the direct causes of our disproportionate loss at the hands of the democrats.
I personally know how many people worked harder then I’ve ever seen in any election and their efforts were wasted by the inaction of the state GOP leadership
I am a ED (elective district chair)s and I am calling for Tom Ross’ resignation. He has failed to represent the grass roots working class republicans in Delaware and no longer represents his constituency.
Unfortunately, there are no articles of impeachment in the GOP State Bylaws. This is another situation we will remedy. Ross’ term is up in May of 2011 and we will be ready.

Now I choose which candidates to send $$ to instead of giving it to the RNC, NRCC or NSCC. I just don’t trust their judgement any more, instead basing my decision on whom is backed by the Club for Growth, SBA, American’s for Prosperity, 10 Buck Fridays and my own homework on the individuals running.

Further, gridlock from a 52/46 Senate can be a beautiful thing. It deprives Obama of being able to pass anything Republicans don’t like, while complicating his blame g

in my opinion–picking a fight where i don’t see a fight developing. I have heard one US senator or serious conservative political person blame Jim DeMint. Now maybe people at Politico or MSNBC are blaming Jim DeMint. I don’t take seriousily–ditto for articles at Rollcall or the Hill.com. The MSM wants to spread rumours and sow dissension. I don’t play their game.

The primary voters nominated Angle-Miller-ODonnell and Buck. The Voters in the general election apparently rejected all four of them. In the case of Angle and Buck over 20 million dollars -in each state-was spent in support of their campaign. They had over 20 million each to support them. In Delaware Christine had over 7 million dollars to run her campaign (direct or indirect money)and that’s a record for that state. In small state Alaska Miller had over 3 million-which is another record for a state. These four candidates have fablous campaign budgets–you can’t blame their losses on lack of money. Buck had more money spent on his behave then candidates in Ohio or Illinois.

Yes the voters in CO who picked Maes deserve a lot of blame for Buck’s loss. Maes does too. He should have withdraw. Yet the CO party had enough money to fund a ground game to win the house of representives in that state plus two US house seats. I have not seen one article from CO bemoaning the lack of money at the state party level.

I also checked the FEC records and the NRSC did not spend any money on Jane Norton’s senate campaign. What millions are you talking about? I don’t see it.

The NRSC put much more money-in proportion to the size of the state in CO & NV then CA.

Republicans in Pennsylvania a solid Blue State picked up; 1) US Senator (Jim Toomey) 2) five (5) US Congressman, 3) a Governor, and 4) a solid majority in the state legislature. Not only did they sweep, but now in the legislatures are Bills to;

a. Convert all teachers pensions into 401K’s with 6% matching like everyone else or a hybrid.

b. Schools are no longer to required to fund teacher pensions forcing the unions and teachers to put up more money.

c. Privatize the PA Turnpike system.

d. Firearms Freedom Act.

Pennsylvania is more Conservative than Georgia.

I settled back down yesterday and started thinking about 2012. I am ready, both physically and financially for MORE “insurgents” to take out the leadership of the both the Democrat and Republican Parties. I do NOT accept their premise that the candidates were flawed because the word flaw does not even begin to address the soul sickness that resides in the halls of Congress by those who have been there too long to remember why they were sent there. I relish the FIGHT against the Political Class and WE The People will be in their faces in a scant year (when new candidates put their name in to run).

There will be more Rubio’s and West’s out there in 2012 for US to pick over the power hungry animals that continue to stalk the halls of Congress.

the activists make them. That is the lesson of this election. Those who wail because they think perhaps more Senate seats could have bee won by “better” candidates are the same people who said we should support Charlie Crist over Marco Rubio, Trey Grayson over Rand Paul, Robert Bennett over Mike Lee, and Arlen Specter over Pat Toomy. In the past those same individuals said we should support Lincoln Chaffee, Jim Jeffords, and Arnold Schwarznegger.

Study the history of 1964. Then the Republican Party was remade from the bottom up by activists who worked in party caucuses to take over the Presidential nominating process. A bottom-up remake of the Republican Party through the primary process has begun and it must be continued. Activists need to continue to help find and assist conservatives who are willing to mount primary challenges to incumbents.

It’s all Jane Norton’s fault, huh. Whatever helps you sleep at night.

There is very little distinction between Mike Castle and a Democrat.

It is better for the RINOs to loose, we are better off with DEMs in power than Rs w/ RINOs calling the shots.

WE need to keep working on the bottom, the top will follow.

This is why, with what Cornyn and others did this year, I gave no one cent to the party itself and will never again give to the party. We have to learn there are principles worth fighting for and fight for them. This may mean not voting for certain Republicans. And, Michael Castle proved where his principles were. After the GOP attacked Christine O’Donnell in the primary in Delaware, she was no longer leading Coons in the polls, which she had been prior to that. We did not stand up for her like we should have either. And, Harry Reid is an embarrassment. Nevada and the Unions said they had to have Harry Reid and pulled out all stops. I will never vacation in Nevada again. The people were hoodwinked. Alaska and Joe Miller. The Murkowski family thinks they are Gods and can do whatever they want. Alaska has shown us that our national debt, the problems we have, mean nothing to them. They just want as much federal money and earmarks as possible and the rest of the country can die as far as they are concerned. And, our Senators in office right now refusing to strip her of positions and plum committees showed where their hearts are. Their hearts are not with the people. The blame in on the NRA and Cornyn. If they continue this they are not going to get anywhere and people, if they turn away from the party again, will not come back this time. We all need to look at 2Chronicles 7:14 and pray for our country. I think really, that is the only thing which can help us now. The Lord helped us in our establishment and he can help us again today. We just need to ask. As Pres. John Adams said: “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Do we really wonder why we have the problems we do today/

should be the next leader. Because those idiots currently running the NRSC are Not Really Strong Conservatives

Let me start off by saying what I always believe – groups like the NSRC should stay out of primaries. Period.

If they had, some of this would be a moot point and we would be responding to a thread focused on what needs to be done to keep Democrats in check during the upcoming lame duck session, which imo, is more worthy of ink.

That said, people forget that there were groups like the TEA Party express , Sarah Palin and Rush/Sean/etc who also had a hand in these matters. Not just Jim DeMint and the NSRC who figure into the equation.

Miller was an outstanding candidate who legitimately won the primary. The fact that he lost to a write in candidate by a wide margin cannot be blamed solely on the NSRC or Demint. It could have been a repudiation of Palin, or Democrats in the state rallying to help elect Murkowski. We would need to check exit polls to know for sure.

Buck, likewise, was holding his own until the end. I was shocked to see the exit polls with Bennett up. Could it be the vaunteded Democrat ground game turning out people? Dont know. Need more data.

Those two candidates were sound candidates working from sound positions for the most part.

With that said, we owe no excuse for Angle and O’Donnell who won not because of specific positions, but just to spite “the man.”

While Angle had a little more stable underpinning, we should not pin her loss to the NSRC or DeMint. She was a poor candidate who was elected solely on the basis of waving the TEA Party banner. People voted on that basis alone – and the only candidate who could put Ried within striking distance of re-election won.

As for O’Donnell, she was someone who could not stand on her own two feet. Again, there were pleas from her for Palin, et al to save her candidacy. They did. Rush, Sarah, Sean, et al jumped in and drilled Castle. Much of what was said was deserved – some not so much.

In either case, Castle could not survive the onslaught and O’Donnell won.

When it came to the general election, guess what, she had no legs to stand on and lost substantially when it was solely about her and the bearded marxist(tm).

Im not saying I would have voted for Castle, but I dont live in Deleware and do not know or understand enough about their state political culture to make a judgement. I do know O’Donnell was a terribad candidate. Remember, she was not a witch!

In short, the Buckely Rule(tm) is still in effect. We shouldnt trip over our selves to vote for the first guy who claims to stand for Constitutional values or the TEA Party name. We must strive to vote for the candidate who is most conservative, but electable.

How do you define electable? Yes, that means someone who can win in the general election. That doesnt mean you drop the first part of the statement and go all “RINO.” It does mean, however, that before we push a challenge to someone, you consider the district they are from.

Hope that makes sense. Lets stop pointing fingers and start focusing on policy – and doing the will of the people.

Also important to note is that even with DE seat, which IMHO is the only one where you can say that DeMint et. al. were at least in some way responsible for influencing the nominating process, that still would not have made the difference in taking control of the Senate. Furthermore, that race, like the one in WV is not for a full term, so we won’t have to wait 6 years for another shot at it. In fact, I’d say there is a good chance we see a bitter, divisive Dem primary for that seat next time around between Coons and Beau Biden that leave the eventual winner vulnerable in the general.

….is that in their recriminations they do not even acknowledge or celebrate the great victory of the American people on Tuesday.

Now we know where their center is. This is news we can use.

Hat’s off, by the way, to Haystack, for the work he did for Sharron and Christine. Sorry, Dave, the fix was probably always in in Vegas, and probably legal in a wink and nod sort of a way. Good news is Reid will be perceived as a crook by all of America now, not just our side. Sharron came much closer than any establishment Republican, no matter what they say.

Delaware on the other hand, the GOP establishment openly conspired against CO’D to the aid of Coons. 20% voted for Coons. They have no one to blame but themselves. But what the Delaware GOP began, the citizens of Delaware need to finish, and go thru that party apparatus with a meat cleaver.

Conservatism is on the rise, and citizen participation (sometimes called Teat Parties) is in the ascendancy. Before they can reach out and touch the hearts and minds of other Delawarans, they need to remove this cyst. If it takes 20 years, still, get it done.

The Tea Party sent a message to which Republicans need to listen as carefully as Democrats:

If you are an elitist, you will be thrown to the wolves.

This election, though beneficial to the Republicans, was not a great victory for the Republican party, it was a great victory for the people. The people made it clear that the government works for them, not the other way ’round. Any politician who does not grasp this, whether D or R, will face the same fate as Charlie Crist and Mike Castle when their re-election rolls around. The era of Living the High Life on the Backs of the Rubes is over.

How pathetic can that be?

State Senate GOP Minority Leader Bill Raggio endorsed Harry Reid over Sharron Angle as did GOP Mayor Bob Cashell (and former State Party Chair). It was this kind of shenanigans that contributed to her loss on Tuesday.

Today we will see if the new State Senate GOP caucus has any cajones. They will be meeting to elect their leader for the upcoming session.

That is a bumper sticker for sale on the NRSC web site. Seriously.

If I have have money in my hand to donate, I can not see a reason to send it to the NRSC or RNC instead of DeMint’s Senate Conservatives Fund.

1) A Historic Shift

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/03/us/politics/election-results-house-shift.html?ref=politics

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr3sj8q5lfY

The republican party, have not for years. Much better they took the house than the senate in my opinion.

The GOP received a lot of votes from democrats and independents on Tuesday, and for once conservatives went out to vote. They better be very careful, they will not get those votes back. The reality is, there are quite a few conservatives who will not vote if their interests are not in line with the candidate. They will have to work hard to keep them. My husband got a call believe it or not yesterday from the NRSC requesting money.. He said ” I will give the republican party money again when the health care bill is repealed, beyond that do not call back”.

until the next cycle.

I think a lot of these dolts in the Senate are the worst of the back slapping go along to get along crowd that believes that once they are in the club, they are there by right.
Lindsay Graham and the rest of those back stabbers abandoned Joe Miller and kept their butt kissing corrupt buddy, MurCokeski, in her position of power even as she sneered at the rules.
There will be a war between the real Conservatives and the Tea Party Movement types and the Washington version of the Alaska Corrupt Bastards Club.
(by the way, Google the “Corrupt Bastards Club Alaska” to read about what Sarah Palin had to fight when she was there)

To watch the RNC actively work to bring down the primary winners because they were not the RINO choices was sickening. They ALLOWED Christine to be ridiculed and go down; the silence was deafening as she was repeatedly attacked by utter garbage and silliness that would never have been tolerated in other instances. In other races they played out-and-out dirty and denounced the tea party (wicked Murkowski) or actively worked behind the scenes with independents to simply throw the votes. Spite and spit ruled the day, and the will of the people ended up having to not only fight the Dems but our own party sabotage.

Thank GOD for Jim DeMint. His quiet determination and strength continues to be an uncompromising voice for conservatism. The reality is, we have done the impossible!

I agree that’s it better to have lost Delaware than to have won it with a liberal Republican. So many uninformed voters these days repeat the mantra that “there’s no difference between the parties.” When we compromise on basic principles just get a butt in the seat, they come close to being correct.

I’d rather see a conservative go down nobly in a hard-fought campaign than to win a lukewarm victory that will do no more than slow the pace of an inexorable liberal advance.

It’s been a tough couple of years. If John McCain had won the White House in 2008, we’d undoubtedly be in a better place right now than we are. But his loss resulted in Professor Obama giving the country a public demonstration of the dangers of Marxism. The people are learning their lessons well (they just passed their midterm exam with flying colors) and that will mean a much stronger nation in the long run.

It’s been said many times before but it bears repeating: it took Carter to give us Reagan.

“Nonetheless, the Senate Republicans are unhappy because they thought they should have won the Senate. Never mind that few people think the Senate GOP has learned a single lesson from 2006 or 2008. But instead of taking responsibility, they are forced to blame someone. Much like Mr. Obama blaming the voters for Democrat losses by not appreciating what he’d done for them, the Senate GOP is blaming conservatives. And the face of that blame belongs to Jim DeMint.”

Shut up NRSC. Just shut up for about two weeks. And then decide to stay quiet on this. We’ve all worked tirelessly and without your idiotic guidance and help (pretty much.) You are at least as much to blame for the muted Senate success, and your actions and outright opposition to the Tea Parties did very little to help the actual wave that we’ve seen in the House, Statehouses, and State Legislatures. So shut up.

We’ll continue to give directly to candidates as we see fit and without your lame big tent strategy, and unless you start to listen to us, and if you continue to oppose us directly like this, guess what? Your funding will dry up from average Conservatives. Is the Tea Party strategy perfected? Certainly not. Is it tough to work with a decentralized organization, but certainly better than working with a top down authoritarian group that’s so OFF BASE.

Figure out who you are NRSC, and who your base is. You ARE us and if you don’t recognize that, you will whither and die. And rightly so.

Did I mention that you should shut up – and that we’re listening and acting?

Anyone and everyone involved must be removed from their position…. 8 Million in CA?? EPIC FAIL!

get to pick our candidates, not the NRSC. This just proves that even Republican Washington elites need to be replaced. They have let the power go to their heads!!!!

Jeff Sessions takes over the NRSC. There would never have been a debaucle like Colorado under his leadership.

It was an incredible lack of judgment on his part.

I like that DeMint recruits conservative candidates, but it can’t be a kamikaze mission. Any time powerful figures like this wade into a primary, they need to make sure the person they endorse is truly ready for prime time.

Anyone taking a casual glance at O’Donnell’s past should have run in the other direction. A savvy Senator that puts a lot of stock in his endorsements should have done some research. He really has no excuse for making such a bad call, and he was a big reason she won the primary.

I certainly understand not endorsing Castle, but if you can’t find a solid recruit to challenge Castle, just stay out of it. You can’t simply say,”Castle is too moderate, I’ll take anyone else, even a kook”

I believe O’Donnell tainted Republican’s image substantially around the country, and brought to the forefront our worst stereotypes.

small number of posters on here can trash the tea party to high heaven for nominating ‘bad’ candidates, or sucking up funds to bankroll a Christine O’ Donnell but are somehow strangely silent when it comes to the NRSC’s decision to dump $8 mil into CA at the last minute.

Selective outrage apparently.

small number of posters on here can trash the tea party to high heaven for nominating ‘bad’ candidates, or sucking up funds to bankroll a Christine O’ Donnell but are somehow strangely silent when it comes to the NRSC’s decision to dump $8 mil into CA at the last minute.

Selective outrage apparently.

Good grief, what would it be like if the Republicans had LOST the election?

It’s important to point out that the Republicans face a demographic hurdle in many states. The large populations of the Democrat urban centers dilute the impact of rural/suburban Republican strongholds to a degree that you don’t see in House districts. For example, a Republican can win a House district in Washington, but cannot overcome the voter regisstration in Seattle and King County.

I think it’s far more productive to learn real lessons from each election and shape future strategy accordingly than it is to engage in a circular firing squad of recrimination. That’s how DailyKOS kills the Democrat party. The real challenge for any poitical party today is to find a way to include both rabid ideological purists and attract the support of independent centrists. To the extent that eaither party rejects the middle, they are making it more difficult to win outside of heavily-tilted House districts.

BTW, I agree with the above comment that O’Donnell hurt the Republicans nationally, far beyond her own race in Delaware. Obama is killing the Democrat party because he doesn’t have the political chops to avoid walking into obvious land minds and handing his opponents easy attacks. O’Donnell handed the Dems an easy attack on a silver platter.

To me, the most important lesson for the Republican Party to take from the Tea Party movement is to focus like a laser on the branding as the party of fiscal responsbility and competent, honest, transparent government. That’s a brand with widespread appeal.

It was a good point and reminder for others that our candidate did not win in Nevada in the primary. He (Tarkanian) may have had a better shot at winning the race and beating Reid. But we can’t even know that for sure given that as Limbaugh (who I don’t listen to often, but happened to catch a bit of today) pointed out that whoever the nominee was would have had to face the union/Reed machine.Reid took out Lowden, remember? He trained his guns on her in the primary because he was certain she would be the nominee.
With the facts that you stated and the historic wins on Tuesday, it boggles the mind that today there is a Politico article in which establishment GOP members are going after DeMint and the Tea Party. Constructive criticism behind closed doors is fine if your goal is to refine and improve our methods on the ground. But their actions defy logic.
You just had an historic win largely due to the Tea Party/Conservatives and you are throwing a public fit that you did not gain three seats that would have made the balance in the Senate 50/50? The only thing that could explain this is a combination of elitism and the desire to diminish the Tea Party. If anyone has any other ideas to explain this behavior let me know.

If either or both had been elected, they would have become the face of the reemerging, tea party driven, GOP very quickly. Not Rubio or Paul or Toomey. LIke it or not, and as bitter a pill as Reid’s reelection was, it would be unhelpful in the long-term to have every camera and microphone running after these two, first and foremost.

Except through outlets like redstate, I have no idea who made what decisions about how or how not to help which candidates. But in my humble opinion, the absence of these two will be fortunate in the big picture.

I communicated with John Coryn about Arlen Spector bdeing put in a leadership position and was told that Spector was the ideal person to be there. Not very long afterward Spector jumped to the democrap party. I am not highly educated but I have been on this old earth for seventy-five years and have learned a few things. I am thinking that KBH will be running again soon. I don’t have much use for her either andd I believe Michael Williams will be in the mix and he will definitely get my vote. And the way I feel now I will be voting for whoever is running against Coryn. I will not break my vow to ever vote for a democrat again.

Angle or Buck or Tea Party enthusiasts for their failure to be elected is to ignore the fact that the NRSC seemed to do its best to help their opponents defeat them. Especially in O’Donnell’s case, it’s shameful. They “forget” that she was the “official” Republican candidate in Delaware for Senate in 2008 against Joe Biden.

“frankly, I’d rather Chris Coons than Mike Castle. You may not think you would, but you would.”

We don’t really know if Castle would have done better than O’Donnell, but as it turned out, the nomination of O’Donnell did NOT result in our failure to win control of the Senate. So I agree with you, 100%.

We had a historic night last Tuesday. Without Tea Party efforts in energizing conservatives to get out and support Republicans, it wouldn’t have happened. One might argue that the Tea Party did the Republicans’ work for them in some places.

A little more than a year ago, we were told:
a) Republicans would lose Senate seats;
b) GOP House gains would be below average for midterms, if they came about at all; and
c) Democrats were the new majority party because of a historic realignment brought about by the genius Obama.

None of these things were remotely true. In fact, the exact opposite proved out.

Did the NRSC make mistakes? Yes, many. If it doesn’t get out of the Special People’s Club mentality it richly deserves purging from top to bottom—if it doesn’t already. Erick’s points about the ground game and allocations of resources are dead on and probably account for some of the senate disconnects between the polls and final tallies.

Did Demint/Tea Partiers make mistakes, albeit fewer? Yes. But nowhere near as many, and on the whole the Tea Party ushered in a historic win for us. Sen. Demint acquitted himself well, although I reserve the right to pass judgment on him until I see whether he personally puts aside comity when it comes time to sack Lindsey Graham in the primary.

But did both the NRSC and, especially, Demint/Tea Partiers do things right for the most part? See items 1, 2, and 3.

when the NRSC called me, I told the nice woman who was soliciting donations that I did not trust Cornyn, and that I would therefore be directly supporting candidates of my own choosing. Cornyn is an establishment Republican of the worst sort who, being a ‘pragmatist’, simply cannot comprehend the ideological fervor that drives the Tea Party Movement. He must resign immediately and be replaced by someone with political perspicacity. The Dems will have 23 (I believe) Senators up for reelection in 2012. Good leadership at the SRSC should put the Senate back in Republican hands.

when the NRSC called me, I told the nice woman who was soliciting donations that I did not trust Cornyn, and that I would therefore be directly supporting candidates of my own choosing. Cornyn is an establishment Republican of the worst sort who, being a ‘pragmatist’, simply cannot comprehend the ideological fervor that drives the Tea Party Movement. He must resign immediately and be replaced by someone with political perspicacity. The Dems will have 23 (I believe) Senators up for reelection in 2012. Good leadership at the SRSC should put the Senate back in Republican hands.

Isn’t it funny that DeMint is being called the ‘undertaker’ by his Senate brethren whilst Lindsay Grahmnesty came within a whisker of giving us tax and cap. Vilifying the good guy and lionizing the traitor? High irony indeed. This will not end well.

DeMint has the undisputed support of the Tea Party and any real Conservatives including most blogs and the the talk radio mafia. Levin, Rush, Hannity, Church, Wilkow and the rest rightfully recognize DeMint as our best Senator.

I’m reminded of the summer of 2007 when the GOP Senate didn’t have the fortitude nor the intelligence to CRUSH amnesty…it was there and then that I decided I could no longer fund these buffoons. I see that very little has changed in 3 years…our current GOP Senate Leadership is as inept and reckless as ever, they don’t represent me nor do they represent my values….except for DeMint and a few others.

Here on the leftist coast I feel that we lost the senate race due to poor management of the Fiorina campaign. When Boxer began running ads on TV blasting Fiorina for sending jobs overseas while she was the CEO at HP the campaign did not answer these ads. I know several people were swayed by this one TV ad. Had she responded by saying something such as ‘As CEO my job was to maximize profits for the shareholders and insure the viability of the company, not to create jobs. The extensive and oppressive California regulations made this happen AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO HAPPEN UNTIL CALIFORNIA CHANGES ITS BUSINESS CLIMATE.’

I felt that Chuck Devore was our better candidate, but Fiorina could have won if she had been properly managed.

Last year when John Cornyn and the NSRC asked me for more money to help “Save Our Democracy”, I nearly puked. The guy’s a leader in the Republican Party and sends me a plea to help him save our DEMOCRACY!? The establishment and ‘moderate’ Republicans in D.C. had better get a clue about our Republican form of Constitutional government or this Tuesday’s win will be for naught in two years. Someone please tell Cornyn et al to go find a copy of the U.S. Constitution and commit it to memory. We gave heavily to our local races, but I swear I won’t give the national party a dime until it can pull its head out of its D.C. Country Club arse. The current Republican leadership hardly knows the meaning of ‘Conservative’ much less. It’s about the Constitution, stupid!! If the NSRC doesn’t get the message after this election, in another ten years Cornyn will be asking for help saving our Socialist State. Where did these people get their education?

… they should have won more.

Of the races won, Republican candidates were victorious despite the N.R.S.C. with its lukewarm support and bungling throughout the campaign season.

Shall I list the terrible decisions one by one?

1. Endorsing Florida Governor Charlie Crist and then refusing to withdraw that endorsement (out of pride, spite or both?) when it became evident to everyone that Crist was going to abandon the party.
2. The Rand Paul-Trey Grayson and Mike Lee-Tim Bridgewater races. In both cases but especially the latter the N.R.S.C. did it’s best to influence and even (in the case of Bennett) attempt to sabotage the primary process.
3. Interfering in the Colorado primary in an attempt to get one candidate all the endorsements and donor money, even after declaring after the Florida debacle that they would no longer get involved in primaries. Which brings us to….
4. Not having any sort of GOTV effort on the ground in Colorado on the day of the election. This was a winnable race and the GOP had the better candidate, yet the Democrats worked overtime on their GOTV efforts and that was what made the difference. Of course, maybe the N.R.S.C. couldn’t fund a GOTV effort in a close race because….
5. They were too busy dumping 8 million dollars into the California race of Carly Fiorina, a moderate candidate who was a favorite of John McCain and many establishment senators. Of course, this mind-boggling move pales when you remember…
6. The N.R.S.C. sending lawyers to Alaska when sitting Senator Lisa Murkowski lost a close primary to help her find votes. As bad as this action was from a PR standpoint, it seemed like nothing when…
7. Senate Republicans failed to remove Murkowski from her leadership position on the Energy Committee and some of these same senators made comments to the effect that they thought Murkowski could win a write-in campaign, all this AFTER Murkowski said she would support the primary winner (but didn’t) and even AFTER she attempted to run as the Libertarian candidate.

The results speak for themselves.

John Cornyn should resign from the N.R.S.C. and someone who is more in tune with the voters as well as more competent should be put in that very important position. Besides Cornyn, Rob Jesmer should be fired immediately for his part in the candidate endorsement process. They are responsible for the loss of at least two additional senate seats (CO and AK) and for abandoning a GOP candidate in Christine ODonnell (DE).

Again, we won big on November 2 despite the N.R.S.C. and now an accounting is due. Everyone at Red State should join in demanding that the GOP Senate leadership gets changed.

The ugly face of secular socialism was seen and rejected…as usual, the dems cannot manage an economy or be manly in foreign policy… they had full power, all the votes..they had their way…distractions, lies and smears cannot change the basic laws of economics for them…J. Carter Obama learned nothing from Jimmah C. When will the dim dems get it? Cuba is not a good role model.

The OzBama lies daily that it was NOT his policies, the 13 trillion in debt, the 15 million jobless and the usual socialist nation killers. How dumb it is to learn nothing from history? Secular socialism sux…no matter how boldly it sold…of course OzBama sat in a church for 20 years and never heard a hateful ranting sermon….daaahh.

Not to worry suckas, the dim dems will be back in a few years with the same ole socialist OzLand scams that they once again will be shocked by when they fail miserably.

Its like teaching algebra to a dog…they never learn.

See the link below.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/gop-establishment-more-of-a-liability-than-the-tea-party-ever-was-106747538.html

It is so ironic to sit and watch as those in the ‘leadership’ continue to DENY the existence of the POWER of WE the PEOPLE!

Jim DeMint recognized it – and he has received more $$$ from this household during this campaign than we ever gave to the RNC in years past! NO MORE $$$$ EVER to Cornyn or the national party!

202.224.3121 is the Congressional switchboard – call and say thanks to those who deserve it and call and tell the RINOs to start LISTENING!!!! Graham should be cast out at the earliest opportunity – please, South Carolina, find a GREAT candidate to oppose him!!! Arizona failed to replace his fellow RINO, McCain, but I do hope the Arizona voters will hold the senator to his newfound conservative stance on illegal immigration.

OUT with all the RINOs – as quickly as possible!!!

We MUST continue to express our appreciation to Senator DeMint and also express our concerns to the likes of those who would attempt to discredit his HUGE impact on the changeover that took place in our country last week!

THANK YOU, SENATOR! Please know that millions of concerned Americans who still believe in our CONSTITUTION and REPUBLIC form of government are behind you 100% Keep up the good work!!!!