Do Republicans want to win in 2010?  To some this may seem to be a silly question.  After all, of course the Republicans want to put the big government minded democrats out of office…right? 

Well, according to the esteemed Ramesh Ponnuru of the National Review Magazine, the answer to this question is in serious doubt.  From his April 30 article titled “A Desire for the Minority?”

Kathryn, I think there are at least two separate questions here. First, is it in Republicans' interest to take the House? Up until Obamacare passed, I would have said no for some of the reasons Seib lays out. But I think passage raised the stakes. Not taking the House would make it much harder ever to repeal Obamacare, and not repealing it would in the long run be very bad for Republicans.

Second, do House Republicans actually want to take the majority? I have asked that of nearly every House Republican I have met since January 2007. Life in the minority is just as satisfying if you're in it for the perks; more satisfying, actually, since you don't have to make appropriations bills go out on time, run committee hearings, etc. Only once, a few weeks ago, have I heard anyone say that more than half of the conference wants the majority. That congressman said that his colleagues do want to be in the majority but are not yet ready to do what it would take. But he thinks they're getting there.

The country is quickly going bankrupt, the governmental sector of the economy is growing at a much higher pace than the private sector, real unemployment is approaching 20%...AND THE REPUBLICANS DON’T KNOW IF THEY WANT THE MAJORITY BACK?  EITHER THEY THINK THE DEMOCRATS ARE DOING A GOOD JOB OR KNOW THEY WON’T DO ANY BETTER!

That being the case, they need to get out of the way and allow for real leadership to right the ship, before it sinks. 

Allow me to introduce The Constitution Party candidate for governor of Arkansas this coming November, Frank Gilbert.  The state of Arkansas does not need to look eastward to solve its problems.  The citizens of this state, instead, need to look in the mirror. 

The two-party system of Republicans and Democrats is the problem.  They have a monopoly on the political process.  They’re both bad but we keep voting for them because we don’t have an alternative.  We can solve that problem this year in the state of Arkansas.  It starts with you.  You are the solution.  We must get the Constitution Party ballot access this November. 

Visit Frank Gilbert’s website at www.gilbert4governor.org and learn how you can help.