Say Anything Blog

As a independent conservative, I don’t tie my political hopes to mere party label. That said, the Republican party typically does a better job of addressing more of my core concerns than the Democratic party does.

Since the election I’ve heard a singular refrain: “Democrats didn’t win, the Republicans beat themselves.”

Well, hornswabble and hogwash. Let’s be clear: the Republicans most definitely did lose, and they lost because the Democrats were able to paint them with a broad brush…the Republicans supplied them with the paint.

The way out of the wilderness for the Republicans isn’t to sink into denial, it’s to face up the reality of what happened. If the Republicans want to spring back, they can ill afford to alow the Democrats to define the national narrative.