2 authors explore the GOP's distress

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | May 7, 2006 | Thomas Lipscomb

[WaterDragon]

During the Reagan administration Republican leaders in and out of Congress near fainted with disbelief at Reagan's policies and bewailed in public and private that Reagan was no 'true' conservative. Leaders in Lincoln's own cabinet actively plotted against him. It's a good thing Americans have had the good sense to elect men that their party leaders could not control.

[princess leah]

WRITTEN by none other than those from the city of "Brotherly Love" (for their democrat partners!)

[HarleyLady27]

All I have to do is see the philadelphia inquirer and know this is a lib piece...the rag that bows down to fast eddy rendell and arlen specter....

[kjo]

I don't know, this sure isn't what I bargained for. Open borders, trillion dollar deficits, still, abortion on demand.

The best thing Bush has going for him is the hatred of the MSM. Americans hate the media even more than Bush's failures.

Still, I'm leaning toward the Constitutional Party in November. Throwing my vote away? What difference does it really make?

[Radix]

Personally, I wouldn't vote for any incumbent, but I am not like most.

Does anyone have a list of which congress persons seats actually are in jeopardy this year?

[Doctor Raoul]

Thomas Lipscomb is senior fellow of the Annenberg Center for the Digital Future. He founded Times Books. tom@digitalfuture.org.

It's like asking Satan to review the Bible...

[True Republican Patriot]

GOD BLESS President George W. Bush, He is fantastic and so is Our Republican Party and Our Great United States!!!!

[Howlin]

Still, I'm leaning toward the Constitutional Party in November.

Good. Now that we all know you're leaving, for the love of God, PLEASE stop telling us about it.

[DLfromthedesert]

Wait. I disagree with the President on a LOT of things, but how can you possibly blame him for the continuation of "abortion on demand"? He signed the partial birth abortion ban, and he put in 2 good SC Justices.

He cannot put forth an edict banning abortions.

[JennysCool]

Throwing my vote away? What difference does it really make?

Might as well make you a Hillary in '08 block captain.

These sorts of articles, which are nothing more than the Dems trying to drive a wedge between Republicans, have been turning up all over the place of late, probably beginning with the ports issue. FReepers have to be smart enough to spot them for what they are.

[TortReformer]

What about tax cuts, tort reform, conservative judges...let's put things in perspective people...

[georgia2006]

""I don't know, this sure isn't what I bargained for. Open borders, trillion dollar deficits, still, abortion on demand.""

one we dont have trillion dollar deficits, so lets jettison that hyperbole right now

you actually thought that Bush was going to outlaw abortion on demand...do you understand how the SCOTUS works..fist there has to be a case befroe they can overturn ROE...after ROE is overturned, over 1/2 the american people will live in states where abortion is as easily acccessable as it is today.

but your statement is instructive....conservatives are purists and expect far too much from their elected leaders.

[DLfromthedesert]

Kevin Phillips made a LEFT turn in the mid-nineties.

[AntiGuv]

FWIW, here's my personal list for the GOP-held House seats:

Lean Democratic

1 (IA-01) Nussle*
2 (CO-07) Beauprez*
3 (PA-06) Gerlach
4 (AZ-08) Kolbe*
5 (OH-18) Ney

Toss Up

6 (NM-01) Wilson
7 (NY-24) Boehlert*
8 (IN-09) Sodrel
9 (CT-02) Simmons
10 (IN-08) Hostettler
11 (CT-04) Shays
12 (WI-08) Green*

Lean Republican

13 (WA-08) Reichert
14 (FL-22) Shaw
15 (MN-06) Kennedy*
16 (PA-08) Fitzpatrick
17 (OH-15) Pryce
18 (IL-06) Hyde*
19 (AZ-05) Hayworth
20 (CA-50) Cunningham*
21 (KY-04) Davis
22 (NC-11) Taylor
23 (OH-01) Chabot
24 (PA-07) Weldon
25 (IN-02) Chocola
26 (NY-20) Sweeney
27 (CA-11) Pombo
28 (TX-22) DeLay*

Likely Republican

29 (CO-04) Musgrave
30 (FL-13) Harris*
31 (VA-02) Drake
32 (NY-25) Walsh
33 (FL-09) Bilirakis*
34 (CT-05) Johnson
35 (NY-26) Reynolds
36 (FL-08) Keller
37 (PA-10) Sherwood
38 (KY-03) Northup
39 (NY-29) Kuhl
40 (NH-01) Bradley
41 (NV-03) Porter
42 (WY-AL) Cubin
43 (MN-01) Gutknecht
44 (NV-02) Gibbons*
45 (NY-19) Kelly
46 (MN-02) Kline
47 (NH-02) Bass
48 (KY-02) Lewis

Watch List

49 (NJ-07) Ferguson
50 (PA-04) Hart
51 (IA-02) Leach
52 (MT-AL) Rehberg
53 (WV-02) Capito
54 (NY-03) King
55 (IL-10) Kirk
56 (FL-16) Foley
57 (CA-26) Dreier
58 (IL-11) Weller
59 (NE-01) Fortenberry

[jospehm20]

What difference does it really make?

You'll see if the Dems get power, things can always be worse. I am not very happy about a lot of things, but I have no doubt things are much better now than if the 'Rats had power.

[clintonh8r]

My own rep, E Clay Shaw, is in jeopardy.

[AntiGuv]

And here are the Dem-held House seats.

Toss Up

1 (IL-08) Bean
2 (GA-08) Marshall

Lean Democratic

3 (WV-01) Mollohan
4 (OH-06) Strickland*
5 (TX-17) Edwards
6 (LA-03) Melancon
7 (IA-03) Boswell

Likely Democratic

8 (VT-AL) Sanders (I)*
9 (SC-05) Spratt
10 (GA-12) Barrow
11 (IL-17) Evans*
12 (CO-03) Salazar
13 (WA-02) Larsen
14 (OH-13) Brown*
15 (UT-02) Matheson
16 (KS-03) Moore

Watch List

17 (HI-02) Case*
18 (ND-AL) Pomeroy
19 (OR-05) Hooley
20 (MD-03) Cardin*
21 (MN-08) Oberstar
22 (NY-27) Higgins

[trubluolyguy]

and arlen specter....

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SO does Bush and Santorum.

[DLfromthedesert]

And why do you think AZ 8 leans to the Dems? There are more Republicans in the district, and if the right person wins the primary (Graf), with people so concerned about the border, he'll get a lot of crossover votes.

The Dems in the district offer no solutions.

[RWR8189]

With President Bush's Nixonian economic policies

Are you kidding me?

This idiot lost me right here.

Show me some wage and price controls, then we'll talk.