Hensarling: Republicans Lost Their Conservative Brand?

Texas’ Congressional Republicans are always good for interesting if contradictory soundbites. Jeb Hensarling (R-Dallas), the incoming chair of the Republican Study Committee, is no exception at the National Review Online:

Although the Republican party was soundly defeated in November, its principles were not. Clearly the war in Iraq is unpopular and no doubt was a detriment to Republican candidates across America. Yet Iraq was just one of many factors that created a negative national political environment for the GOP. Republicans lost the majority because as a party, we lost our conservative brand. Voters didn’t lose faith in our core principles — they lost faith in our commitment to them.

“Lost our conservative brand?” Oh, perhaps the Republicans lost their “conservative brand” when it came to out-of-control government spending, but when it came to the “conservative brand” of helping the rich while screwing the poor and working Americans coupled with pushing through a far-right wing agenda (that included derailing the Voting Rights Act) the Republicans continued right on targe.

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