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When reading your article I wonder why you do not mention why the Republicans are going to lose this November so I'll take a shot at it for you.

I surmise that the people are tired of being fooled by a conservative PR machine which tell one thing yet represents another.

Yes the Democratic Party has a diversity of views, but so do the people of the United States. The Democrats are poised to take over precisely because of their diversity. The Democratic Party represents a huge swath of the American people and it's the diversity of the party that brings challenge, debate, then finally a compromise. Unlike the lock stock and barrel method of everyone agreeing with a party line that the Republicans are so famous for.

It is precisely the so called cohesion of the Republicans that are killing the conservative movement -- now it's the Republicans who are out of step with the American people.

You mentioned the lack of principled leadership in the Democratic Party, is this a joke? It is hardly worth rebuttal, but I'll say it in one name -- Tom Delay.

p>You should take a good look at your party and your so-called principles and ask if radical conservatism is really the answer to America's problems at this juncture. I suspect that I know your answer, but for the those of us who live in the real world of rising inflation, rising healthcare and insurance costs, and skyrocketing college tuition and mortgage payments the answer is getting easier -- throw the bums out! br> -- Thomas Van Nostrand br> Technology Resource Specialist br> CCNA, BCMSN, MCP, CNA, A+ br> Clearwater Campus br> St Petersburg College /p>

Mr. Tyrrell, good column. I predict that the elected GOP and GOP consultants will blame the voter base for being too radically conservative. This will be the analysis regardless of how well or ill the party does in the election. If they were to manage to hold on to both houses of Congress, the base will be blamed for them not winning in a landslide.

p>The country club Repubs will once again decry their need to endure the right wing, Christian conservative anchor dragging them down. Nothing will be said about such as Sen. Snowe joining with Sen. Rockefeller in threatening the Chairman of Exxon because he dares to contribute to the CEI. No, it is all the fault of those right wing crazies that are so bothersome.

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