In the last two Congressional elections, Republicans took it on the chin.  They were decimated in New York; they took terrible blows in Indiana and some big hits in Florida.  They lost seats they should have won in Alabama (of all places).  The carnage stretched all to way to Idaho, Washington, Oregon and, of course California.

It was one long, electoral tidal wave.  Some thought these were transformative elections, that the Democrats were now the majority party for the foreseeable future.

But as often happens in politics, things change and the tidal wave that swept the Democrats into power is starting to recede.

I haven’t met all of the contenders, but I have met a few, and I have been impressed by their passion, their commitment to this country, and their ability to win.

For example, I met earlier this week with Randy Altschuler.  Altschuler is running against Democrat Tim Bishop of Long Island, New York.  Bishop represents a seat that tends to blow with the political winds.  During the Eisenhower years, it was Republican.  During the Johnson and Nixon years, it was Democrat.  During Reagan, it was Republican.  For the first Bush and Clinton years, it was Democrat again, and during the Republican revolution in 1994, it swung back to the GOP.  Michael Forbes continued this trend by being first a Republican and then a Democrat.  Felix Grucci beat Forbes, and then improbably, after running the worst campaign in history, lost to Bishop.  Read more...