The Republican Party deserves to lose the House and the Senate in the mid-term election to teach the GOP a lesson for betraying conservatives. The closer we get to the November elections, the more I hear and read sentiments like this.

As a Reagan Conservative, I am beyond frustrated at the lack of conservatism in the White House and the Republican controlled congress, especially in the White House and the Senate. Simply put the current Republican controlled congress is pathetic. The Senate and the President have been trying to ram amnesty for criminal aliens down our throats, our borders remain wide open, non defense government spending is out of control, and the federal government is getting bigger not smaller! With a Republican majority, Bush could not gain momentum on tax reform and social security reform, two issues that could help put the Democrats out of power for a generation. How sad.

President Bush does not lead a conservative movement because he is not a conservative. The president is unpopular not just because the left hates him, but also because he has betrayed his conservative base with his big government “compassionate conservatism”, amnesty for criminal alien’s, and his refusal to secure our borders. America has also grown very tired of Bush’s mismanagement of the Iraq War. You will never win a war with political correctness and by being nice to your enemy.

Time and time again we see Republican candidates campaign on a conservative platform, but once elected, betray their conservative base by enacting a liberal leaning agenda. No doubt part of their motivation is to be popular and part of the Washington social circuit.

But how does losing control of the House and or the Senate in November help our conservative movement? If Democrats gain control of one or both branches of congress we can say goodbye to all tax cuts and economic prosperity, the safety and security of our nation will be in grave danger, we will retreat on the War on Terror and Islamic Fascism, our military and intelligence services will suffer dearly, welfare programs will skyrocket, the courts will be packed with activist liberal judges, and we will witness unprecedented government expansion and spending. The only reason Democrats are mad at Bush for massive increases in government spending is that they are not in charge of it! Democrat victories in the mid-term elections would be a disaster for America.

I have never seen a successful strategy for victory dictate that you lose first. As painful as it will be to reward this Republican majority for their bad behavior, a Democrat victory would be significantly more painful and damaging. If the Democrats gain control of one or both houses, they might be in power for ten years or more.

Democrats are hoping conservatives stay home on Election Day and are trying to find ways to discourage conservative turnout. Staying home on Election Day is not a strategy for victory. A conservative crackdown, not defeat is a strategy for victory. It will not be easy and it will take time, but a grassroots conservative movement will defeat Rino’s like Lincoln Chafee, Lindsey Graham, McCain, and others in the primaries and replace them with solid conservatives committed to the ideals of limited government, strong national defense, fiscal discipline, lower taxes, and traditional moral values.

Ronald Reagan once said, “If there are those that cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way”.