Pit Bulls vs. Stalwarts in House GOP

In this story from The Washington Time we learn, to no great surprise, that many befuddled Republicans, who still cannot figure out that they lost the majority by failing to uphold and fight for conservative ideas and principles, are now going to roll over on their backs, show their bellies to the Democrats while wagging their tails wildly and begging for scraps from the table, in the hopes that this will be their path back to glory. That any of these losers are stupid enough and out of touch enough to actually believe this is, perhaps, not a surprise.

Unfortunately for all of the rest of us conservatives, we must deal with the fact that there is a significant portion of our party which is unable to grasp that politics must be about something and that for a party to succeed, it must act on its ideas and put them into practice. Bending over and grabbing one's ankles is not, as a rule, a method which usually works to gain either success or respect. The only way that Republicans are going to win back anything, is if they stop acting like losers and fight for their ideas with confidence and conviction. Spending you time apologizing to everyone for being a Republican is the best way to insure that we remain out of power for another 40 years while the Democrats enjoy four decades of taking more of our freedoms away.

Several Republicans confirmed privately that more than two-thirds of House Republicans are favoring a slow approach, while a minority of members think the attacks on Democrats should come rapid-fire.

Already, some say the opposition has been too quiet in allowing Democrats to pass key elements of their initial agenda.

There have been four major votes on Democratic bills since Congress convened under the new majority earlier this month. Of those, 24 Republicans crossed the line to support changes to Medicare, 37 voted with Democrats to expand funding for embryonic stem-cell research, 68 voted to implement more recommendations of the September 11 commission, and 82 Republicans voted for increasing the minimum wage.

Some Republicans privately fumed at these votes and noted that Democrats in the last Congress were far more united against the Republican majority's bills.