Beyond Illegal Immigration: An Agenda for the GOP
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Andrew Thomas, Commentary

February 21, 2009 - 5:37PM


Elections refresh and cleanse our political system. They ratify or overturn the policies of public officials. In the same stroke, they flush out of office those who stray too much from the will of the people.

Among those candidates and parties that don’t fare well, elections force introspection and reform.

While Republicans enjoyed some notable successes in Arizona in 2008, we were not nationally what we would term the “prevailing party.â€