The Republicans in Congress need a change in leadership. Hastert is providing none, and the Delay/Frist/Stevens triumvirate in the Senate is leading the GOP down the path of becoming the Democrats with a Bible.

The GOP needs new leadership in both the House and the Senate that will reign in run-away spending, stop wasting time on fluff issues and return the Republican Party to its limited government roots.

Once they’ve elected new leadership, they need to finish what they started in 1994: put forth a balanced budget amendment, end un-funded mandates, and put education back in the hands of the states where it belongs. Then they need to address major critical issues facing America: immigration, capital flight overseas, our burdensome tax code and an aging population.

Most of all, they need to apologize to the American people for losing their way. They need to acknowledge that they have become the beltway monsters they sought to stop 12 years ago. They need to reaffirm to the world and to our fighting men and women that we are behind them 100% and we won’t cut and run making their sacrifice meaningless.

Only until they do those things will the American voter begin to trust the GOP again. But we can’t do that if we lose the majority, and they won’t do it if they don’t get a wake up call.

That wake-up call is coming. According to the polling data, we will have a razor thin majority in the Senate and lose about 7 seats in the house. Hopefully this will be the wake-up call our elected officials in Washington need to stage a revolt and elect new leadership.