GOP Loses Three Seats in Republican Districts: Voters are Rejecting MODERATE Republicans for CONSERVATIVE Democrats

The GOP is crying about losing three longtime Republican seats in recent special elections. I found it fascinating that they had fielded three moderate Republicans against three conservative Democrats, and lost all three elections. And two of the Republicans had serious issues that conservative voters were not happy with.

Is the National Republican Committee paying attention to what's happening?

Sort of. They do not appear willing to admit that their efforts to marginalize the conservative base have only made it stronger. And the conservative voters turned out for the conservative candidates, even if they were from the other party. That's a sign of things to come.

The GOP has to come to grips with this situation and field more conservative Republicans; otherwise the electoral bloodbath that many are predicting on Election Day will happen.

No Republican can survive without conservative support. The last three special elections in Louisiana, Illinois and Mississippi are the proof of that statement. If things stay as they are, the moderate Republicans are going to have a very bad day in November if they're facing conservative Democrats.

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that there may be more conservative Republicans left in Congress than moderate ones the day after Election Day if the GOP doesn't shift gears and get with the program.

Michigan's Primary May be Over, But the Fight Between Michigan and Both National Committees Sure Isn't

Michigan's primary--such as it was--is said and done, but there's still major trouble between Michigan and both national committees. This primary (and Florida's) will throw some big wrenches into the works if the Presidential Election in November turns out to be close.

I am of the opinion that the Republican and Democratic National Committees (dis-respectfully) needs new leadership. That's aimed more at the DNC more than the RNC. The RNC only docked half of Michigan's delegates and voting power, while the DNC completely stripped Michigan's represenatition at the Democratic National Convention. The Democrats even canceled hotel reservations for the Michigan delegation.

Further, the RNC punished every state that has a primary before Super Tuesday. That was, in my opinion, a more measured response than the Democratic one.

Under the current leadership, the DNC disenfranchised seven million registered voters in Michigan and ten million registered voters in Florida. They whined and bitched about thousands of disenfranchised Florida voters in 2000, and fought for every vote. Yet now, they deliberately did to their own voters what they accused election officials and the Republican Party of doing in 2000. Is this a violation of the same equal protection clause cited by the Supreme Court in 2000 in Gore vs. Bush?

The replacement for Howard Dean should be from Michigan or Florida, and there should be no one on the DNC who favors keeping the current primary system. The system is so rife with favoritism toward particular states that it should be scrapped if it isn't changed.

I also think that the RNC needs a housecleaning too. They need to back off of the current system as well. It's broken and needs to be fixed. They should get with the program, or get out of the way and have more open-minded people take their places.

Shame on both committees, and double shame on the DNC.