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# Seth Barnes: A biking dilemma on the two-mile commute to work
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/republicans-reap-what-they-sow-editor/
- Published: 2006-11-09T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T22:04:24.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By David Stoughton Santa Monica*

The Republicans in the congressional races achieved the result of this election the old fashioned way — they earned it.

After 12 years of GOP dominance in the House, Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America” was reduced to nothing more than an ineffectual display of the arrogance of power.

Such will be the legacy of their cheerleader-in-chief, George W. Bush, as well, though his, unfortunately, will be written in the blood of our soldiers.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 9, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110906.pdf?ref=smdp.com)