California Conservative

“For the Republican Party, 1994 is the year that was,” writes Salena Zito.

The “Republican Revolution” that year gave the GOP its first taste in more than 40 years of being the majority party in both houses of Congress. On that one election day, Republicans gained 54 seats in the House, 8 in the Senate and 12 in governors’ mansions around the country.

Now, 12 years later, Republican power — majorities of 10 seats in the Senate and 20 in the House — could unravel, or at least begin to, with this year’s elections. Already, Pennsylvania’s primary showed an anti-Republican incumbent mood. Of 17 incumbent state legislators who lost, 13 were Republicans, including the party’s two top state senators.

Polls show that for the first time since 1994, Americans have more faith in Democrats than in Republicans to govern and to guarantee national security. If that attitude persists through the November general elections, Republican power could decline.

“If everything goes bad, Republicans could lose three or four Senate seats and 10 to 20 House seats,” said former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich. [Read the full story]

Is anybody listening? Memo: shape up, or get shipped out.

Being soft on immigration in order to not “offend” Hispanic voters and illegals from Mexico in this country is a perfect example of Republicans losing their way.

Listen to the public on this one, and act upon the majority will — not special interests. As we told John McCain last week, they’re not going to vote for you anyway.

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