Mort Kondracke: 2006 Ought to Be Great for Democrats, But Can They Deliver?

Roll Call ^ | August 16, 2005 | Mort Kondracke

[Danae]

"Turn out the lights... the party's oooooooooovvverrrr"

Or how bout...


"Nother one bites the dust...Ooooowww hey hey! Nother one bites the dust..."

Oh, are the poor dim's self destructing??? Oh too bad, soo sad...

[Stellar Dendrite]

"All this should be good news for Democrats"

bad news for america is good news for democrats

[Mo1]

Historically speaking, the 2006 midterm elections should be a bonanza for Democrats. Since World War II, the party out of power has picked up an average of 34 House and five Senate seats in a president’s sixth year in office.

Ummmm .... didn't they say that in the 2002 elections???

[MNJohnnie]

"early August Gallup poll showed that, by 54 percent to 44 percent"



Mort, Mort, Mort.

Go back an reread the polling data Mort. Notice something intresting? The Iraq number was even worse in June. Bush's numbers IMPROVED in the August poll.

[RWR8189]

But in 2002 Bush was running around the country with a 70%+ approval rating.

As long as he stays near 50% I am not that concerned.

[Mo1]

Notice we don't see a poll of who do you trust more .. The Dems or the President

[Jeff Chandler]

The poll all the libs are touting is flawed. I believe it sampled 39% pubs, 49% rats.

[Mo1]

I believe it sampled 39% pubs, 49% rats.

Well they forgot to report that tad of information

[Mr. Mojo]

Ummmm .... didn't they say that in the 2002 elections???

Yep, they sure did.

It's a bit early for Mort to be boring us with his predictions about who's going to be picking up seats in the '06 elections. ......but it's a perfect article to read right before going to sleeee......

[ONETWOONE]

Don't believe it. Bush is getting over 90 percent approval rating from his own party in many polls. Needs to fix immigration pronto though. Oh I just remembered he's not running again....

[Cincinna]

Wishful thinking for the Dems

[RWR8189]

Exactly.

2006 might come down to people saying that they are tired of Bush, but they sure as hell don't trust Democrats to run the country in a time of war.

[lepton]

Polls show deep skepticism with Bush

80% of Democrats don't like the job he is doing. On the other hand, 90% of Republicans and a majority of Independents do.

[pepperhead]

Historically speaking, the 2006 midterm elections should be a bonanza for Democrats. Since World War II, the party out of power has picked up an average of 34 House and five Senate seats in a president’s sixth year in office.

What happened in the last midterm election Mort?

[goldstategop]

Exactly! The Democrats ought to be sitting pretty but they can't take advantage of the Republicans' troubles since they themselves have NO PLAN. They can't tell voters how they would fix the economy, how they would clean up the Iraq mess, how they would address values and how they would make Americans safer on their streets and in their homes.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[BookaT]

No Kidding! Maybe the lack of ads for Bush's re-elections in 2006 will clue the DemonRATS in on the fact that Bush is not running in 2006.

You know what That poll was skewed anyway. It was 39% Republicans and 49% DemonRATS the rest independants that were polled. So that is VERY unreliable poll.

GO BUSH!

[Jaysun]

Put down the crack pipe Mort.

[RWR8189]

You know what That poll was skewed anyway. It was 39% Republicans and 49% DemonRATS the rest independants that were polled. So that is VERY unreliable poll.

Which poll?

There were a few mentioned in the article...

[airborne]

The Democrats need things to get worse in America in order for them to succeed.

It's all they have.