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AP: McCain, Graham Warn GOP May Be in Trouble---

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. - With the war in Iraq, higher energy costs and breakneck government spending, the GOP faces a tough round of congressional elections in 2006 unless things change, two key Republican senators warned during a campaign appearance.

"I think if this were not an odd-numbered year, we would have great difficulties," said U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

McCain and fellow-Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina were interviewed by The Associated Press when they stopped here Sunday night to campaign for Republican state Attorney General Henry McMaster.

"But we can recover," McCain said. "Reagan recovered. Clinton recovered. We can recover."

The party must show "progress in Iraq, we need a comprehensive energy package and we need to stop this profligate spending," he warned.

"If the election were tomorrow, we'd be in trouble," agreed Graham, who said the party must work to cut spending.

"If we really want to do well in 2006, we need to have fiscal discipline like Republicans campaigned on," he said. "We have lost our way as a party. Our base is deflated and taxpayers don't see any difference between us and the Democrats."

Graham said the party has to again reach the voters.

"You don't have to stop being conservative, you got to start connecting," he said, adding "we need to adjust and if we don't adjust, we're going to be in trouble." (emphasis added)

The people we elected as Conservatives must start being conservatives, Lindsey. You can't stop if you haven't started.

The problem isn't with Conservative policies and values. The problem is that the people we worked so hard to elect and put into a Majority still think they are in the minority or that they can be R.I.N.O.s and not pay a price.

The Conservative Base is tired of our "leaders" and "representatives" playing for the other team. We want what we were promised, what we worked so hard for, and that is a truly Conservative agenda.

This isn't about the rejection of Conservative values. If those values have been rejected, it has been the Senators, Representatives, President, and Party Leaders who have done the rejecting. We the People have remained true to our principles and are disgusted by and tired of our representatives not doing the same.

Graham and McCain are two excellent examples of people elected by Conservatives who have, rather than following the base, turned into MSM/Lib (same thing)-lauded "mavericks."

Too hell with mavericks. Give me Conservatives!