Rossputin.com: Rational Thinking About Our World

The leader of the Republicans in the House of Representative, John Boenher of Ohio, wrote an article for Townhall.com in which he describes what the GOP will do to "earn the majority" back. It's worth a read, as is my note to him:

Dear Congressman Boehner,

I applaud your effort to get the GOP back on the track of responsibility, especially fiscal responsibility.

Karl Rove was wrong to ignore the fiscal conservative base of the party and focus only on the religious right. Personally, I have stopped giving money to the NRCC or the NRSC as long as people like Don Young, Jerry Lewis, and even Tom Cole still have substantial influence within the Party. Any Republican who argues that spending was not a major reason that the GOP got trounced in the last election is either an idiot or corrupt or both, and I urge you to make a public showing of stripping them of influence, particularly in the case of Don Young.

I was actually not disappointed to see the GOP do so badly in the last election because absolute power had clearly gone to your heads. I know the Democrats are and always will be horrible, but the GOP was acting no better. Maybe some time in the wilderness will encourage you to get back on track, as you seem to be describing now.

On a separate note, I would suggest that you do not spend resources to defend Doug Lamborn in CO-5. There's a very good chance he'll lose in the Republican primary...hopefully to Jeff Crank, who is a better man than Lamborn could ever hope to be.

Best regards,
Ross K