WHAT NOW?

The Only Way for Republicans to Win
By Lorie Byrd

During the recent election season pundits talked constantly about how the deck was stacked against Republicans. They suffered the misfortune of having as their party head an extremely unpopular President, they were defending more Senate seats than the Democrats, and the top issue in the election ended up being the economy rather than national security which traditionally benefits Republicans. Conventional wisdom was that even with outstanding candidates and unlimited money this would be a hard year for Republicans to win.

I guess I have never been big on conventional wisdom. Instead of the glass half empty view of the election, I saw.....