Their Own Worst Enemy

Read Tony Snow's piece in the Washington Examiner. It examines the huge problem republicans are having doing battle with leftist democrats. While being in a clear majority, republicans seem to be losing ideological battles with the minority party almost daily. Additionally, the vast majority of Americans are conservative and would cheerfully support a more aggressive republican party and, in fact, impatiently await strong leadership. Where is the republican leadership and what are they thinking on the right side of the isle?

To give a recent example: When left-wingers began treating membership in the Federalist Society as a crime, no one at 1600 Pennsylvania bothered to defend the organization, the nation's pre-eminent conservative legal organization. Instead, they curled in the fetal position and tried to hide.

This leads to a tantalizing and interesting possibility: Even though Republicans have won the war of ideas, Democrats in the short run could win the big political races: the House, the Senate and even the White House. That's because Hillary Rodham Clinton and her fellow Democrats are willing to fight with every weapon at their disposal, while Republicans still act as if they fear rather than cherish their incredible potential strength.

Is it because they want to "get along" with their opponents and those in the press? The republicans seem to be using the leftist policy of appeasement and accommodation with their political foes. The left, who embrace this policy when it comes to dealing with terrorists, know full well that it doesn't work when dealing with republicans. Whereas, the republicans seem to be tough on terrorists, but tend to appease and accommodate the domestic leftists. Go figure!

Conservative America yearns for effective leadership. It's sickening to see the leftist politicos control so many agendas.