Posted on 11/05/2004 3:31:05 PM PST by demlosers
My yawn was so big it almost broke my jaw.
Next Senatorial target...Tom Harkin
While the author makes a good point about the direction of the political winds in the Upper Midwest, the cynical side of me wonders how many Bush votes were really just purchased in these three states through the $150 billion farm bill that was passed a couple of years back.
To quote a once-and-future obscure Presedential candidate,"Iowa, I looove you!"
I hope so. I can't stand old Dungheap!
Next Senatorial target...Tom Harkin
Hmmmm...that that! I will never forget his ranting and raving about the President!
we here in South Dakota tend to make fun of Iowans, but with Iowans voting for Bush and giving him the state i promise to not tell any more "Iowegian" jokes. Thumbs up to all of you. And i agree, Tom Harkin is next.
Just about to say the same. When is his term up? He ranks right up there with Daschle as a crud.
That may not go as far as you think.. Daschle had just secured a porky farm bill for his S.D. constituents before the election and he was ousted...!
He's just to the left of Stalin and he's in a newly minted (albeit barely) red state. A good organization, someone not afraid of union thugs, should be able to defeat him. Of course, I'll defer to my Iowa friends as to that statement's veracity.
He's got 4 more years. Plenty of time to see the folly of his ways and seek redemption. However, the little tidbit about his military record is surely in a folder at the Iowa GOP offices.
Can a northeasterner ever win the Presidency again? Think about it. The only Democrats to win since LBJ were from Georgia and Arkansas. Dean is from Vermont. I just don't think it's possible for a northern Democrat to get elected.
I was in South Dakota for a couple of days in September, and I heard some of the campaign ads on both sides. I think what finally caught up to Daschle was the high cost of fuel -- which affects just about every single person in any jurisdiction. The Thune campaign took Daschle's vote on the 1993 budget, which included that 4.3-cent per gallon gasoline tax increase, and draped it around Daschle's neck.
If my memory serves me correctly, there hasn't been a northeastern Democrat on a winning national ticket as EITHER a presidential or VP candidate since FDR in 1944.
JFK 1960.
Ah, are we forgetting John F. Kennedy from Massachusetts?
I think I'm losing my mind . . . I came up with this thought on a different thread, and now I realize I was thinking of New York, not the Northeast in general.
Thanks for clarifying that!
And I don't think even a Northeastern Republican would do well in a Presidential election, not even Giuliani.
Still . . . that's a long time, isn't it?
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