The American Spectator

p> I am reading your election post-mortem, and your reflections on the “renewal” of the “contract.” But I can’t help wondering: Where are the likes of a Newt Gingrich and a Vin Weber in the current band of GOP House members? Two years is not much time to spawn people of the caliber of Gingrich & Weber. br> — Peter Petzling br> on-line reader in Minnesota /p> p> Totally agree with your assessment. As an ardent pro-lifer I am dismayed by the two year setback but the BIG issue is still out there. JUDGES. I also strongly feel the Republicans will be more effective under Mitch McConnell and hopefully someone like pence in the house. We’ll see. br> — Annette Cwik /p> p> Conservatives lost big. For those who think losing is winning welcome to the wilderness. Those who believe the stealth Democrat candidates are conservatives just need to look back at Richard Gephardt to see how they’ll behave. The Rodham-Clinton/Obama ticket is now poised to win in 2008. br> — Michael Tomlinson br> Crownsville, Maryland /p> p> Disappointing night as it was, the Republicans lost that on major issues that they let down the base. GWB started off by collaborating with Ted Kennedy on Education. He ended with Guest Worker Program/Amnesty and in the interim he expanded government, schmoozed with the Clintons, forgot Soc Sec Reform and didn’t fight to win in Iraq. I am stunned that the Democrats will now be in charge. I grieve for our troops. But… I can’t even finish that sentence. Sent up there on Capital Hill with such promise, retained on their response to 9/11, and now this. I guess we all deserve what we voted for, but I can’t help but think that we are now turning into Europe.