Democrats are only in power by default, not because they have anything tangible or valid to bring to the table. It's like listening to 'Air Supply' on the elevator. They prove it every time they open their mouthes. And if you voted for a Democrat just to 'send a message' to the RNC, you are also a big part of the problem. When anyone talks about 'taking back' a party, the RNC didn't fall off the face of the Earth. Rush Limbaugh represents a segement of the Party, kind of like Nancy Pelosi represents a segment of hers. And the Democrats are going to demonstrate to the whole country that the 'Change' and 'Hope' were clever marketing and catchy slogans, not a substitute for leadership. Nobody will have to work very hard in the RNC, it will come to them. The Left will eff it up like they always do. The only question will be what the Republicans do when they get control again. If they screw it up again, the third party concept will give Washington what it really needs...an enema!

Greed:
"excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions."

So you are saying the desire to build and maintain wealth is what caused our current problems...? Yea... that makes sense.

That is what I am waiting for....our so called Republican leaders in Congress to step up and start calling out "BS" on the happenings in Washington....I suggest starting with anyone who claims "I didn't know......, or I was unaware"......

Until Americans have an understanding of what "greed" is we will keep suffering from the consequences of it.

The more poor people there are the more democrats you are going to get.

If you pay your employees as little as you can, guess what you are going to get?
I don't have the answer but I see greed as a huge component of our problem. If you can't admit that then there is no use arguing about it.

Listening to Pelosi makes me tired all over.

get off your frickin soap box and out of the thin air long enough for the oxygen to get back to your brain and you would realize that government grew under every president, no matter what party,since George Washington.The country got bigger, had more responsability to a bigger population at home and abroad. Government has NEVER got smaller and spending has increased just as the country's economy has.The only difference is in what the money is spent on. For you to bitch that conservatives(true GOPs) are focused too much on "moral" issues is useless because the left has it own "moral" issues it focuses on just as rabidly.Morality is the core of every party,left,right,christian,atheistic,agnostic,whatever. If your "morals",no matter what they are, don't influence you then just do humanity a favor,dig yourself a 3X4X6 ft hole, stand in it and beat your self with a stick until your worm food because a person who has NO morals(good or bad) is useless,good only for fertilizer.(I know YOU have morals cause if you didn't you wouldn't care enough to post here)

"I say to Republicans in America, take back your party ... The party of protecting the environment, the party of individual rights, the party of fairness."

...As opposed to the Democrats who care nothing for individual rights or actual "fairness."

This was one big problem with Bush, and continues to be a problem with the Republicans. They cannot come out and call a spade a spade. Why can't they speak up about issues and atrocities that the Democrats, (and Pelosi) commit. Why can't they be vocal about uncontrollable spending, Obama's huge budgets, growing size of government, the bank bailouts, Obama befriending our enemies (eg. Chavez), Pelosi's lavish use of our taxpayer dollars on personal trips and perks, etc. Why can't they speak out against defecting senators? Why do we need AM radio talk show hosts such as Rush Limbaugh to effectively be the voice of the Republican party? Why can't they be their own voice, take a stand and state "Enough is Enough"?

Stan, I'm sure you've heard of the term RINO, correct? This would apply to President Bush.

The Republican party used to be a party of fiscal conservatives who looked out for personal freedoms, and were the next best thing to a libertarian philosophy. In the last 1-2 decades, they've slowly morphed into the Evangelical Republican party, a party that has a primary goal of making America a godly country (according to their flavor of god, and no one else's). Pelosi is right on this one... if fiscal conservatives take back the Republican party from the evangelical holier-than-thou's, they'll have a chance to bring real benefit to America, and I actually think that they would be more respected/received by the Dems if they dropped the civil/moral issues like abortion and gay marriage and this silly drug war, and actually advocated a thrifty fiscal philosophy. Until then, they're just a speed bump in the Democrat's path.

from the Politicians currently in Washington! Find true conservatives, that would be taking the party back. Sanctimonious b****, Californians please do not re-elect that person.

That is the problem. Republicans have become Democrats and Democrats have become socialists. I'm with you, Neal...smaller government, lower taxes and self-sufficiency. These are the values missing in Washington these days.

Last I saw, when Bush was in office the taxes were higher, the government got bigger, and the government spent more. It seems like the republicans are all more focused on abortions, gay marriage, stem cell, and Terry Schiavo(all forms of government intrustion)