The Republicans are going to try to spin lots of excuses for why they lost - excuses that exonerate them. Things like, "if it weren't for the economy," or "if it weren't for George Bush." Well, you know what, you can't "blame" the economy for your losses if the voters don't trust you on economic issues. It's your fault they don't trust you. As for Bush, the Republicans voted for him, twice, and lead GOP politicians like John McCain voted with him 90% of the time. Bush's problem wasn't that he strayed from conservatism. George Bush was the embodiment, the epitome, of conservatism. And look where it got us. Tonight, so far, has been a repudiation of Republicans and the extremism that has taken over their party. Good riddance,
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“We've become a regional party, basically become a white, rural, regional party, and not a national party. And we're going to have to retool ourselves,” he added.
Davis, a leading moderate who is retiring from Congress this year, said that Democrats have for now boxed the GOP mostly into the South, though he cautioned that the party’s gains may not hold for long.
