He said that amount towers over the sums delivered by freshmen Senate Democrats.

"Just measuring clout related to state-specific issues, this would be a pretty tough trade - you trade me in for a rookie," McConnell told the crowd.

In other words, Mitch McConnell is representative of everything that's wrong with the Republican Party. He's a charisma-free, pro-amnesty, big government Republican who was in charge during a two-year period when the GOP lost AT LEAST 6 Senate seats (It could be more by the time it's all over).

What kind of message would it send to the Republican base and to the American people if Mitch McConnell is re-elected as Senate Minority Leader? That the Republicans are still big spenders? That the GOP rewards failure? That the Senate Republicans are more interested in their chummy little social club than looking out for the American people?

It would say all of those things and most importantly, it would send one overriding message loud and clear: the Republicans in the Senate didn't learn a d*mn thing from the 2008 election. It's just business as usual.

So, what can you do about this? Well, the leadership elections are about a week and a half away. If you're a blogger, write about it. If you're a talk radio host, talk about it. If you're a party activist, a big donor, or someone with sway, start pulling some strings. If you're just "Joe Sixpack" who wants to see the Party get back to its conservative roots, call your senator if he's a Republican -- and tell him you're going to judge the Senate GOP based on whether Mitch McConnell is the Senate Minority Leader in 2009. After you call your senator, write your favorite blogger, call your favorite talk show host, email your friends -- tell them all to oppose Mitch McConnell as Senate Minority Leader. But, who will replace him? Let the Republican senators pick anyone they want as long as it's not the guy who, besides George Bush and John McCain, is most responsible for the debacle the GOP just suffered through at the ballot box.

Folks, now is not the time for conservatives who care about our country to pout or slink off into the woodwork. Now is not the time for conservatives to sit down and shut up while the same people who have ruined the party for eight years fritter away another election cycle pushing the same failed policies. If conservatives stand up, send a message right from the beginning that the status quo is not acceptable, and convince Republican senators to dump Mitch McConnell -- then maybe, just maybe we can get the Republican Party going back in the right direction again.

You want to change the Republican Party? You want to do something to fight back against the Left? You want to try to save your country from the socialists that are going to spend the next four years looting, pillaging, and despoiling it? Then stop moping, stop complaining, say, "enough's enough" and do your part to stop Mitch McConnell!