As usual, there are plenty of people out there that can summarize how I feel about the election better than I. Below is just a couple at random. Bottom-line: Democracy at work. The country will benefit in the end. I have faith in our system.
Dean Barnett (Hugh Hewitt)
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Most importantly, we didn’t lose because our countrymen suddenly misplaced the virtues that make America great. It is a distinctly liberal trait to blame “the people” when they don’t vote as one would dictate. I’ll brook none of that from our side. The fact is, we thought our country would be better off with a Republican congress. We made a case to the American people. They didn’t buy it because they thought it was a weak case.
And you know what? They were right. In the closing weeks of the campaign season, I felt like I was a lawyer who had a bad client while writing this blog. That client was the Republican Party which had broken its Contract with America from 1994 and had become unmoored from its conservative principles. As its advocate, I couldn’t make a more compelling case for Republicans staying in power than the fact that the Democrats would be worse. I believed in that case, but when that’s all the party gave its advocates to work with, you can honestly conclude that Republicans got this drubbing the old fashioned way – we earned it.
And Bill Quick via Instapundit
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Remember: what happened last Tuesday wasn't a disaster. It was Democracy. It was a disaster only for those who believe that there should be one permanent ruling party, no matter how decadent, treacherous, and sleazy that party is.
Be of good cheer. The Republicans will be back in 2008, and much better for what happened to them in 2006.
Finally a couple quotes at Eject!Eject!Eject!
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"The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first, the love of soft living and the get rich quick theory of life." -- Teddy Roosevelt
"Americans can always be counted on to do the right thing...after they have exhausted all other possibilities." -- Winston Churchill
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It's interesting that the Republican response to the elections is rather reflective such as in your quotes here.
If the Dems lost they would be complaining (again) and scrambling to find out why they lost and how to re-coup again.
Yet, instead of the Republicans complaining, they are thinking about why they lost (quietly and not publicizing it) and accepting defeat.
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