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Are The Dems Blowing It?
Riehl World ^ | 10/20/2006 | Dan Riehl (h/t powerline)

Posted on 10/20/2006 9:03:01 PM PDT by Uncledave

Are The Dems Blowing It?

They're blowing it. If you track blogs and the MSM, blogs often run a week or so ahead of MSM themes. Here's what we have.

With the election over two weeks away, the Dems have started squabbling over an election they might not ever get to have.

Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's prospects for becoming the nation's first female House speaker depend not only on a Democratic victory in November but also on her ability to prevent any Democrats from voting against her -- primarily centrists opposed to her liberal stances.

Is this really the time to be talking up Steny Hoyer as an alternative, given his slavish tendencies?

And another election two years down the road shouldn't be in the headlines right now.

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of White House hopeful John Edwards, says her choices in life have made her happier than Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton _ a possible Edwards' rival for the Democratic nomination.

Today, Rep. Harold Ford in Tennessee may well have done himself in as regards the Senate race. Go to the video - it isn't good. And while possibly an outlier, the latest from Zogby has him down by 7, which fits more with the desperation tactics he's using, confronting Corker and coming out for Lieberman, which he didn't need to do unless he isn't making it with moderates and conservatives in TN.

While not D versus R, it could be a portent of things to come as the Lamont campaign is going from hysterics to crashing to the ground 17 points down. Matt Stoller assures the faithful Lieberman's support is soft (eye-roll) ... but Joe isn't the one who needs a cushion right about now.

The investigation headlines aren't going to be Weldon, or Foley, they are going to read NIE. And THAT, my friends, is a national security issue.

Burns and Tester a toss-up? I thought Tester was all but a lock, despite Burns incredible financial advantage coming down the stretch ... which he still holds.

The Supremo's gave the okay to voter ID, for now. I wouldn't want to be a Democrat reacting to that in the public eye two weeks before an election. Bush's North Korea strategy worked two days after the Dems told the country it wouldn't.

Look for BushCo. to make a major announcement of a tactical shift in Iraq which will give marginal doubters at least enough hope to bite their lip and hold their nose when they vote.

And I had to come back and add the fall out from the sexual McCarthyism issue, which might not make it out of the political echo chamber, but is certain to impact across people who follow politics the most. And those people are the people who always vote.

Sherrod Brown has a back tax issue, would be Senate Leader Harry "sand lot" Reid has the land. But there are two weeks to go until the election and the Dems are further away from having a house in Congress than they were last week. The Senate may already have slipped away and I still say Santorum isn't going out without some kind of late major play against Casey - and he is closing, at that.

This isn't the direction the Dems or the media thought things would be going just now. And that is going to make news in the days ahead. Elections always close and it always makes news. The Dems have made the mistake of getting too far out of the gate too early in every recent election and ultimately, they've lost.

This is now showing the early signs of a repeat.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 10/20/2006 9:03:02 PM PDT by Uncledave
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To: Uncledave

Harry Reid issues seem to have vanished already.


2 posted on 10/20/2006 9:07:18 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: Uncledave

This is kind of a paradox thing ... if we assume they *have* blown it and grow complacent ... then they will win big.

We have to work hard, assume the worst but hope for the best and never never give up. Vote and get everyone you know to vote.



3 posted on 10/20/2006 9:09:30 PM PDT by WOSG (Broken-glass time, Republicans! Save the Congress!)
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To: Uncledave

The die is cast.......


4 posted on 10/20/2006 9:12:42 PM PDT by tenthirteen
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To: Uncledave
Are The Dems Blowing It?

Literally in addition to figuratively.

5 posted on 10/20/2006 9:14:09 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Why can't Republicans stand up to Democrats like they do to terrorists?)
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To: Uncledave
The Dems have made the mistake of getting too far out of the gate too early in every recent election and ultimately, they've lost.

It should read, "The Dems have made the mistake of trying to influence votes with fake poll numbers and premature declarations of victory in every recent election and ultimately, they've lost."

6 posted on 10/20/2006 9:14:45 PM PDT by joshhiggins (O you who believe! do not take the MUSLIMS for friends)
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To: Uncledave

ask her....

7 posted on 10/20/2006 9:15:27 PM PDT by woofie
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[ Are The Dems Blowing It? ]

What a queer queston..

8 posted on 10/20/2006 9:20:49 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole.)
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To: Uncledave

Define the word 'it'.


9 posted on 10/20/2006 9:22:56 PM PDT by kinoxi
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To: 1066AD

The story today about Pelosi lossing support for Speaker is a nice little smoke screen and an effort to remove San Fran Nancy as an issue. Don`t fall for it, she won that fight already


10 posted on 10/20/2006 9:23:01 PM PDT by bybybill (`IF TH E RATS WIN, WE LOSE)
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To: woofie

It's been 8 years and I thought the same damn thing...

...ah Clinton...the gift that keeps on giving...


11 posted on 10/20/2006 9:24:59 PM PDT by Checkers
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To: Uncledave


"KEYWORDS: LEWINSKY; Click to Add Keyword"

lol


12 posted on 10/20/2006 9:26:43 PM PDT by Checkers
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"The story today about Pelosi lossing support for Speaker is a nice little smoke screen and an effort to remove San Fran Nancy as an issue. Don`t fall for it, she won that fight already"

Very wise comment... you have to out think some of this media bias sometimes.


13 posted on 10/20/2006 9:41:50 PM PDT by WOSG (Broken-glass time, Republicans! Save the Congress!)
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To: bybybill

Yeah, that suggests that perhaps the 'a vote for a Democrat is a vote for Pelosi's far-left San Fran values' tactic has been effective.


14 posted on 10/21/2006 12:51:56 AM PDT by Aetius
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To: WOSG
This is kind of a paradox thing ... if we assume they *have* blown it and grow complacent ... then they will win big.
15 posted on 10/21/2006 1:01:03 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: WOSG
This is kind of a paradox thing ... if we assume they *have* blown it and grow complacent ... then they will win big.

Hmmm... I never think that way because I hate the RATS and MSM so much. If it was football, and we were winning 87-0 with 8 seconds to play, I'd still call a timeout to kick a field goal.

16 posted on 10/21/2006 1:01:24 AM PDT by AmericaUnited
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To: Uncledave
Molly Ivins already let the cat out of the bag by refusing to claim premature victory. If the Democrats lose, they will claim vote fraud and being sandbagged by Karl Rove... again!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus

17 posted on 10/21/2006 1:01:52 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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But there can't be fraud, a big argument against voter ID is that fraud is small to non existent. I wonder what these same people will say once the Repubs win in November.


18 posted on 10/21/2006 1:38:23 AM PDT by art_rocks
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To: Uncledave

I'm not sure they really had it to blow it. I think this pretense of a Rats victory was nothing more the a manufactured MSM pipe dream.


19 posted on 10/21/2006 4:51:46 AM PDT by tobyhill (The War on Terrorism is not for the weak.)
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To: 1066AD

he's busy hiding his ill gotten booty.
bet he has a shredder working full time.


20 posted on 10/21/2006 5:00:41 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (an enemy of islam)
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