illumined horizon

One can only hope Dick Armey's reading of the Republicans losing hold on the House (and possibly the Senate) is blindingly driven by ideology. He thinks that if Republicans get back to the big issues (like slashing entitlement programs), that this will raise his party's sails back into power. On at least one thing he's right, the Democrats haven't strongly put forward what they're going to do with their presumed post-election day authority. It will be the success or failure of the Democrats concrete proposals that determine if he's right, that the country will once again be open for the GOP's taking, if his party can reorganize as he suggests.