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Brit Hume: Special Report [Excellent Analysis of 2004 Elections]
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Posted on 01/01/2004 4:22:27 PM PST by Salvation
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:38:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2004; democrats; elections; governors; house; president; republicans; senate; south
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They did a lot of talking about the presidential races, senate races, touched on the house races and mentioned a couple of governors.
All comments welcome. I thought it was well done.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:22:30 PM PST
by
Salvation
To: Salvation
When are they re-running it?
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:23:16 PM PST
by
secret garden
(Happy New Year!)
To: Salvation
They seemed to have a concensus of opinion that the Republicans would not get close to getting a 60 majority, but would get maybe 54 or 55.
This could allow the Dems to continue their obstructionism, unless the Senate Republicans find and elect some leaders with steel, not cotton, 'thingies'.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:28:43 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Salvation
Hands down, best political discourse anywhere. We usually tape it out here on the Left Coast, to be watched early evening.
To: secret garden
I know they re-run it here in Oregon at 9:00, but you might want to check the local times where you are. (Central??)
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:30:19 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
The best analysis about the Senate is that nobody knows. Anyone who says anything with any degree of confidence about the senate seats in reasonable play, other than that a Pubbie will capture the Georgia seat, is smoking something. Granted, that doesn't make for good television.
Having said all that, I predict at present as a wild shot a Pubbie pick up of 2, but it could go as high as 6 under a reasonable scenario, or as low as no pick up at all. Except for the reasonable best case scenario, the Dems will be able to continue to successfully filibuster Bush's choke point judicial appointments. Look for the number of vacancies to continue to rise, including maybe one or two on SCOTUS. And so it goes.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:31:28 PM PST
by
Torie
To: Inspectorette
**Hands down, best political discourse anywhere.**
It was outstanding, wasn't it?
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:31:40 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Inspectorette
How to make Brit Hume's show the worst on TV:
Add Bill O'Reilly to his panel.
To: Salvation
There was a great deal of emphasis on certain "Battleground States."
Ohio stands out in my mind as being a swing state.
Minnesota and Oregon were named as potential GOP wins.
The South was ceded to Bush unless Breaux takes second fiddle to the Democratic nominee. Fat chance.
BTW, Carl Cameron is becoming one of my favorite, and most cheerful, politcal analysts.
I like Larry Sabato too, but the older he gets the more he comes to resemble Bob Keeshan. Not that there's anything wrong with that...
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:32:16 PM PST
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: Torie
with the five seats in the South open;
Breaux,
Hollings,
Miller,
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(I can't remember the other two......Michael Barone said the Republicans would probably win three of them.
With the two Republican seats open
Oklahoma
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Can't remember the other one there, either.
Barone said the Republicans would probably lose Oklahoma.
So maybe your prediction of '2' will pan out.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:34:38 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Bluntpoint
**Add Bill O'Reilly to his panel.**
Not on politics, please!
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:35:26 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: billorites
I really don't know how Oregon voters would vote out Ron Wyden (since he is from the Portland area), but Oregon voters are getting very sick of the high taxes we pay.
Who knows -- Bush could have coat - tails here.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:37:43 PM PST
by
Salvation
(†With God all things are possible.†)
To: Salvation
Yeah, but think of the bright side:
Brit doesn't suffer fools gladly, nor blowhards.
C'mon, wouldn't you like to see O'Reilly get slapped down by Hume?
= )
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:38:03 PM PST
by
Mr. Thorne
("But iron, cold iron, shall be master of them all..." Kipling)
To: Salvation
Blanch Lincoln, Dem in Arkansas, is up for re-election, IIRC.
So far, no significant challenge has been mounted, nor Republican contenders announced.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:39:34 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Salvation
Edwards and Graham, and Illinois (everybody puts Illinois on the list as the Pubbies most likely loss). But Alaska is in play, and there are maybe another three high second tier states, Spector in Penn, Reid in Nevada, and Daschle in SD, plus some lower second tier states.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:39:42 PM PST
by
Torie
To: Salvation
I watched the entire thing and it was excellent. By far the best and most honest coverage I hae seen. I hate watching shows that have lying hacks like Katrina VanDen Hater who make predictions of glory filled liberal victories and none of them come true.
I am a little leery of Sabatos predictions as well. He's considered one the best, but I believe that post-911 he has really failed to realize changing times. He completely missed the 2002 election from what I remember.
To: Salvation
The two other Senate Dem Southern seats: Edwards (North Carolina) and Graham (Florida).
The other Senate Rep seat: Fitzgerald (Illinois).
To: KC_Conspirator
Excellent assessment of this show. I agree on Sabato---he didn't really put SD in play, and I think it is; and I would be shocked if the GOP lost either Alaska or OK.
On the other hand, I do not get why the GOP cannot run someone competitive in Illinois and Arkansas.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:44:12 PM PST
by
LS
(CNN is the Amtrack of news.)
To: Salvation
O'Reilly is terrible; I can't watch more than five minutes of his show. Nearly as annoying as CarVile. And that's saying something.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:45:12 PM PST
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Salvation
If I remember right it was Fox that predicted the last presidential election as a dead heat..they had Bush barely making it by 1%. They were right and the rest is history.
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posted on
01/01/2004 4:45:37 PM PST
by
crz
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