The following was sent out through Renew America,…

The following was sent out through Renew America, Alan Keyes organization. Below are my answers to their questions.

What can we expect of Republican control of both Congress and the White

the GOP leadership somehow blow its new-found opportunities in Washington?

–I expect the Republican Leadership in Washington to make some relatively substantial minor changes (oxymoronic I know) but not to deal with the big issues. We will still have an Income Tax, Abortion-on-Demand, and a government that is as big and probably bigger than it is now.

We’ll see the end of some taxes, passage of some landmark abortion legislation in the process. I don’t really expect President Bush to appoint strong pro-life justices to the Supreme Court. In fact I’m very concerned that President Bush is more concerned about appointing a Hispanic Justice and may put his friend Al Gonzalez who is pro-abortion on the court.

How do you expect the Democrats to respond to their considerable

disadvantage?

By moving further left. With Nancy Pelosi replacing Dick Gephardt and Hillary Clinton replacing John Kerry, it’s truly apparent that the inmates are running the asylum.

What do you make of predictions that the Democratic Party–as

to rise in influence in the foreseeable future?

Nonsense! There is a big limit to how high the GOP can “rise”. Everywhere that has an Urban population is so Democratic it’s ridiculous. From Chicago to New York to Boston and Los Angeles, it’s ridiculous but as long as the Democrats control those strongholds and are unable to win enough other seats, they’ll be a force to be reckoned with even if they are a joke.

Be creative–predict the

long-term effects of those predictions.

The long-term effect of the GOP control will be nill. Lets face it, Trent Lott, George W. Bush, and Dennis Hastert are good people who will have no impact on the nation’s domestic policy. We’ll have lower taxes, but we’ll have the same type of taxes. We’ll look back at George W. Bush and his administration and remember a man who led the nation through one of its darkest hours and we’ll laud him for that. But we’re not going to look to the Bush adminstration for great domestic policy, it is for the most part Status Quo.

Finally, if you were a Republican

personally focus on in the upcoming months?”

I would push for real changes and use the “bully pulpit” to address the American people. I fear that our current leadership is set to squander it’s mandate. Having the superior advantage, Republicans are set to violate Clausewitz’s rules of war by playing small ball, rather than challenging “all to win all”.