1994 was supposed to have ushered in a new era of Conservatism. Analysts at the time said this was the Congress Reagan never had. Unfortunately, they were lead by Newt Gingrich who saw himself as Prime Minister and was out maneuvered by Bill Clinton. Then in 1998, instead of going after Clinton for giving China military technology, they went after him for a blow-job. In the 200’s the Republicans went along with Bush’s big government Rockefeller Republicanism. The result was that in 2006 and 2008, the GOP was slaughtered at the polls. Luckily, the Democrats went Far Left and thanks to the tea party, the Republicans won a huge victory in 2010.
John Shadegg who in 2006 challenged The weak willed Rockefeller Republican John Boehner, but lost to him. He warns the newly elected Republicans to stay true to fiscal conservatism and don;’t make the same mistakes the 1994 class did.
If the Tea Party movement had come along four years ago, John Shadegg might now be the incoming Speaker of the House.
The Arizona Republican ran for majority leader in 2006 but was beaten by John Boehner, the Ohio Republican who has been minority leader since the fall of 2006 and is now set to take the gavel from Democrat Nancy Pelosi in one week’s time.
Shadegg, who in 2006 was the choice of National Review magazine and the conservative blog Redstate, is going home to Arizona. He decided to retire after 16 years in office.
Shadegg, 61, has a unique perspective on conservative Republican politics. He came to Washington as part of the Republican Revolution of 1994 that swept the GOP into control of the House for the first time since 1954.
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