Some good news from last night
Written by Benaiah on November 8th, 2006There was some good news last night. My home state of Georgia continued to push further into the red. Sonny Perdue won in a landslide and Casey Cagle (whom this blog endorsed) won convincingly. Cagle is the First Republican Lt. Governor in Georgia history. The GOP almost had 2 pickups in the House (not that it would have made any difference) in Georgia’s 8th and 12th districts. Collins and Burns lost because of failures in the GOP at the National level.
But what is lost in all the hype of the Democratic takeover is the victory of property owners in the wake of the disastrous Kelo Supreme Court decision. 9 states passed provisions to restrict eminent domain. Voters in Florida, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oregon, and South Carolina all voted to restrict the use of eminent domain. The measure passed here in Georgia with 83% of the vote.
H/T: Boortz
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Michael, you forgot the other good news from last night: the defeat of Lincoln Chafee. While I’m not happy to see the GOP lose control of the Senate, especially with John Paul Stevens likely to be retiring soon, I’m glad to see RINOs go down in flames.
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I think in the long run, the loss last night is good for the GOP and the country. Just bad for the short run. No doubt Islamic Facists are embolden, but the GOP will now (hopefully) cull the ranks of people like Chaffee and return to the First Principals of reduced government and strong national defense.
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I think the GOP with have a little blood bath in the coming months to determine its future course. It is far from certain whether the right lessons were learned.
What if they conclude that they need to be more moderate? These numbskulls will need some help to find the right answer.