Tuesday, October 23, 2007

NJ town's Republican leadership switch parties, en masse

Lyndhurst NJ to change from mostly Republican leaders to pretty much all Dems.

On the state & local levels, the party switching has been steadily gaining for the Dems the last couple of years. On the national level, there are few (if any) swaps going the way of the Democrats. Party unity on the federal level has long been a hallmark of the GOP, but at some level there has to be a sense of going down with the ship. After all, many Republicans were openly critical of the timing of Donald Rumsfeld's resignation (which turned out to happened before the election, but which many politicos point to as a contributing factor in the Democratics routing Republicans on all levels).

The problem for Republicans is simple: Stick with a politically-damaged President or not. Unfortunately, (and in taking their cue from the President) admitting a mistake is just not something Republicans do.

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