Posted on 11/14/2005 5:38:24 AM PST by conservativecorner
If last week's governors elections and the exuberant Democratic claims after sounded familiar, that's because it was, in the immortal words of Yogi Berra, "deja vu all over again."
Four years ago, Democrats also won the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey in the only two statewide contests in that 2001 off-year election. The next day Democrats and political news analysts said the results proved Republicans were in trouble and would suffer serious losses in 2002's elections.
But it didn't turn out that way. The Republicans, with some nonstop campaigning by President Bush, made sizable gains in the House and Senate and maintained their majority in the governorships. And they made more gains in 2004 and kept their advantage over Democrats in the state capitals.
Nevertheless, Democratic leaders and political pundits renewed the 2001 claims last week after the GOP's losses in Virginia and New Jersey. Not only did they point to a Democratic takeover on Capitol Hill next year, but said the results were all due to backlash against President Bush and his party.
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An excellent point by the author. Bush needs to continue fighting back, though: the climate is definitely not the same as back in '01.
Well considering that the Virginia Gov was already a RAT and the N J Gov was already a RAT...what's new???
RATS dreams....they want control...no way in this world will they get it...the only people who like missus clinton is missus clinton...
Can you imagine for a minute a ego driven male politican running for President of the United States is going to let a 'woman' beat him???? Your dreaming if you do...
The liberals retain a governship in a liberal state and it's big news! Just wait when Hillary is re-elected to the Senate; every morning show the next day will exult, "The People have spoken and they now want a woman in the White House!"
Just wait.
What does it say about the Democratic party when they proclaim that they've won a great victory because they manage to not lose anything.
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