It gives me no joy to say this but the Republican Party is headed for a fall… They’re going to lose the White House and more seats in the house and senate in November unless they get a clue.<\/p>\n
They’ve alienated the party’s conservative base, they have no agenda, no ideas, and no clue about the trouble they’re in. I’m not going to pretend to be some sort of policy wonk and tell them how to fix what’s broken; I’m just going to say what I think. And from my perspective out here on Main Street we’d all better get used to the idea of a Democrat in the White House and Democrats in control of the House and Senate because from what I’m seeing and hearing out here the Republican Party doesn’t have a prayer… They’ve lost their way and stopped fighting for the principles that got them elected. If they can’t find their footing and stop trying to out democrat the democrats and start fighting for traditional conservative principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, and a strong national defense they’re toast.<\/p>\n
I don’t have much hope of that happening though… The Republican Party has lost its way and the leadership seems clueless about how to right the ship.<\/p>\n
Just my 2 cents\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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