After N.Y. Special Election, GOP Tries to Regain Footing
House Republicans are calling their special election loss in upstate New York this week a wake-up call that came with enough time for the party to recover before the 2012 campaigns.
Rank-and-file Members complained Wednesday that the Conference has lost sight of jobs, the issue that voters care most about, and flailed on a host of messaging strategies that failed to penetrate the conservative electorate in New York’s 26th district.
Further, GOP Members are worried about future elections and the erosion of the historic gains the party made in 2010.