If you would have told me last year that the Republicans have a good shot to win back the House of Representatives and/or the Senate after what we saw in 2006 and 2008, I would have called you crazy. In both elections the Democrats wiped the floor with the Republicans winning back both chambers and the Presidency. They were riding the wave of Obama and his vows of “hope and change.” Now its 2010 and what a 180 degree swing have we seen with huge Republican victories in heavily blue state of New Jersey and Massachusetts where the Democrats did everything in their power to win. I makes me wonder why did the Republicans lost the last two election cycles. More and more each day I believe that a lot of it was because of the anti-Bush resentment of Americans (shown in low approval ratings) and the Republican party moving away from their core beliefs. Now with the emergence of the tea parties and the Obama administration's persistence on pushing through major health care reform, bad stimulus packages and their socialistic agenda when it comes to corporations especially banks, Americans are scared. You would think that President Obama and congress would move more to the center right where most liberal Presidents move too (look at Bill Clinton) but he hasn't wavered from his agenda, just regrouping.

This growing revolution will happen all over the country, where there will be not as many safe seats. There will be many long serving congressmen losing including majority leader of the Senate Harry Reid in November. If he does lose, Reid will be the highest ranking congressman to lose since Tom Foli who was Speaker of the House in 1994. This up-swell hopefully holds true in my home state of Wisconsin. We can see close battles for two of our long serving Democratic congressmen, Ron Kind and David Obey, even though they should win in the end but they will have to work for it. My focus here is on Senator Russ Feingold. He has held the seat since 1992 winning a very dirty election. Russ stayed away from all the mudslinging with his hokey ads protraying himself as as Washington outsider. He has won re-election twice, albeit by small margins against underfunded weaker candidates. If rumors are true ,this time around he will have stiffer competition in our former governor and Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson. He still is extremely popular, has name recognition and will be able to raise the money to compete dollar for dollar. As a candidate, he's about 60-70% of what I am looking for, which is much higher than Russ Feingold. Although he had reformed welfare in the state, which was used as a template for other states, he liked to spend and tax to make sure Wisconsin had the “Cadillac” of services. He needs to run as a reformer and listen to the tea parties which have a strong following in the state. We don't need another Rino (Republican in name only).

Well, I won't be making any guarantees this time but it looks like unless President Obama and congress reverses their course on several fronts, it would be every interesting watching the second Tuesday of November and the spin afterward. This time they don't have President Bush to blame, but they might find a way to spin it anyway.

Thank you for stopping by and taking a look and reading my re-launched blog. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. My name is Marc, I am 36 working as a retail manager in a suburb of Milwaukee Wisconsin. For those who know me, I am not shy talking politics, current events and society, I could do it all day. Sometimes, these conversations have become heated but I never take it personally. For those who don't know me as well or you are visiting for the first time, the following is a brief description of my beliefs. I used to classify myself as a “card carrying Republican” but now I refer to myself as conservative or libertarian. Over the years, the Republican party has let me down to a point where now there isn't a huge difference between Republicans or Democrats. Simply put, nothing gets done in Washington (which is not always a bad thing). I also think that the evangelical and moderate wings has taken over the Republican party and has taken too big of a role in choosing candidates, especially in primaries. Hey, I am as religious as the next guy, but the evangelicals chooses candidates mainly on their social views. Hey, I am religious as the next time but it seems that this trumps everything else, like their views on fiscal issues and overall electability. A candidate who is with me 70-80% of the time is better than nothing.

 

First and foremost, I am a fiscal conservative. Higher taxes isn't the solution, it's the cutting of spending and streamlining the federal government to what the founding fathers imagined. I use a strict interpretation of the constitution where the federal governments role should be national defense, infrastructure and public welfare. The rest of the powers should belong to the states, where the people have greater power. I hate to say this liberals, but trickle down economics and a truly free market works. I am pro-life, pro-gun (why do we always fight for the first amendment and not the second), and for the death penalty. I think that ILLEGAL immigration is a fiscal and security concern for the country. On more controversial issues, my libertarian views really show. I am pro gay CIVIL UNIONS (let the religious keep the term marriage). Although I am not pro gay, its out there and as long as there is a commitment relationship, who cares, as long as its not in my face. There are more important issues out there to fight for. I also believe that prostitution and certain drugs should be legalized. Have the government regulate and tax it. This takes the crime out of it and if someone breaks the law we put the hammer down.

This was just a little synopsis of my beliefs, I use these as the basis of my options of news that I come across. Feel free to make comments on any of the entries I make, and if there are any topics that you want me to tackle and comment on post it here or email me at conservativemarc@yahooo.com. I would like to have a rotation bloggers on my site, so if there are anyone interested, just let me know.