Conservatives at CPAC Talking the Talk — But Can they Walk the Walk?
Conservatives do have a higher bar to clear right now to get the public’s trust back and regain Congress than they did in 1994 because Republicans had been out of power for 40 years at that time. Here, you’ve basically got the same cast of characters who had no problem with expanded government spending in the 1999-2006 period who are now saying they’ve turned over a new leaf.
It’s not surprising that swing voters would be skeptical, to the point that it’s more about what Obama, Pelosi and Reid do wrong over the next 6-8 months than anything that conservative Republicans do right that’s going to get those swing voters to take another look at the GOP. Conservative Republicans can talk the talk right now, but they need to have their plans outlined and in place, and they need to be speaking with a unified voice by the end of the year, where if the economy is still in the dumpster all the media hype/George W. Bush blaming in the world isn’t going to stop the swing voters from being angry at Democrats, and even angrier when they start realizing the tax hikes that are going to be coming down the pike starting in 2010.
