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The way back: '08 is the best revenge.(congressional elections)

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| December 04, 2006 | Ponnuru, Ramesh | COPYRIGHT 2006 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

THIS time, let's not fight among ourselves. It can be healthy for parties to engage in intramural recriminations after a defeat. But there really is no need for a Republican bloodbath this time. Everyone knows why Republicans lost so badly, and no faction of the party can take or escape all of the blame. Both moderates and conservatives lost, and both the congressional Republicans and the president contributed to the defeat.

Republicans lost because of setbacks in Iraq, scandal, and the absence of a reform agenda. Those last two factors combined to create the perception that Republicans were more interested in self-preservation than in the public good. None of ...

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