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A bad year for Democrats?
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| 22 May 2006
| Dustin Hawkins
Posted on 05/21/2006 11:30:52 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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We can only hope he's right...
To: Aussie Dasher
I've been guessing 8 dem pickups in the House and 1 in the senate. In its own way this is probably the best scenerio for the dems since that gives them enough to block nearly any action the president tries to undertake but without the responsibility of leadership. We'll see.
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posted on
05/21/2006 11:40:42 PM PDT
by
tlb
To: Aussie Dasher
It really is the Republicans' to lose. IMHO, the way to secure a victory is to go on the offensive with strong border security, tough requirements for normalization of illegal aliens, heavy publication of the good news in Iraq including highlighting of the heroes of Iraq. They should also start identifying the liars for what they are: traitors who are helping the enemy. Finally Bush should veto some pork barrel projects and ram his judicial appointments through the senate.
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posted on
05/21/2006 11:41:58 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Build the fence. Sí, Se Puede!)
To: Aussie Dasher
I think he is and said so, long before this article was written.
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posted on
05/21/2006 11:44:40 PM PDT
by
nopardons
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To: antaresequity
My goodness, you're really making a show of yourself aren't you? I saw you on the other thread and have read your posts. If you are still posting on this forum tomorrow, I will be surprised. Your intelligence is NOT impressive and your attitude is.......baaaaddddd.
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posted on
05/21/2006 11:56:11 PM PDT
by
Chena
(I'm not young enough to know everything.)
To: Aussie Dasher
Vote for us:
We'll raise taxes, open the borders, lose the war on terror, impeach the president, quash free speech on the internet, sell our secrets to the Iranians - and this is all before we give Michael Moore and Cindy Sheehan the mic.
We think this is our year! :)
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posted on
05/21/2006 11:58:28 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
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To: antaresequity
Bush.
I can't stop laughing at partisans who keep hacking at each other while our country is getting porked by Bush and the whole damn congress... Sounds like Andrew Sullivan didn't get his last night.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:06:29 AM PDT
by
zarf
(It's time for a college football playoff system.)
To: sss33
The Democrats are the only thing that can dodge this bullet for Republicans this fall.True. It's going to be interesting to see how the results this year effect the Dems 08 choices.
A Warner/Bayh ticket would be unbeatable IMHO, however I only think that's going to happen if the Dems get their asses handed to them this year.
If they do well this year, the radical left will get cocky and blow 08.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:11:55 AM PDT
by
zarf
(It's time for a college football playoff system.)
To: Aussie Dasher
To: Aussie Dasher
I've been saying all along that the House is too well gerrymandered to change hands. Very few races are even contestable, lacking a substantial "threw the bums out" movement afoot.
Besides the Contract With America, there were two other things that drove the 1994 takeover. One was the Hillarycare takeover of health care and the need for somebody to stand in its way.
The other was a problem of the Dem's own making - gerrymandered minority districts. By drawing ridiculous boundaries that ensured a majority of black or Hispanic voters, the Dems effectively stole from the voting bases that helped them sustain majorities in the remaining *white* districts. After years of court challenges, 1994 was when the white vote switched sides because the majority-Dem minority districts had sucked away the margin of victory they had in other districts.
The GOP doesn't have that problem. They'd have to disaffect a lot of white voters to cause a seachange back to Dem control. New southern districts created by the 2000 census and efforts by Republicans to further gerrymander states in their favor, lessen even more the odds for a Democrat takeback.
And you can thank Tom DeLay for a good deal of cementing various districts.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:16:54 AM PDT
by
Tall_Texan
(I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
To: demlosers
And now Democrat Congressman, William Jefferson has been filmed taking Bribe money from an FBI agent.
caught red-handed
Part of Nancy Pelosi's "Culture of Corruption"????
E-Mail Her the story tomorrow..flood her offices.
flood her phones...repete the words "Culture of corruption"
at least 3 times.
your coffee will taste so much better at break time.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:18:25 AM PDT
by
LtKerst
(Lt Kerst)
To: antaresequity
Bush licking w***e?
Instead of tearing each other apart, we should continue to hold the Republicans' feet to the fire on immigration. They know what America's mood on immigration is, and they're shaking in their boots.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:19:16 AM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Build the fence. Sí, Se Puede!)
To: Aussie Dasher
The Republicans are going to make gains because all of the "generic polling" has not yet taken into effect the fact that the Republicans have a great deal more funds than the Screamer Howard Dean.
If it was all doom and gloom for Republicans, then how could that be so? Why haven't the Democrats greatly beaten the Republicans in the money game?
All the fake polling in the world can't hide that fact.
So what this tells us is that Republicans are still heavily engaged while the Democrats are having trouble motivating their base.
It can be said on the Republican side that conservatives are not happy but show me when conservative were ever doing back-flips of joy.
What we have now is the usual scene of the conservatives bringing us a "conservative President" and then when that "conservative President" bends to realities of the Oval Office and fails to strictly lead as a conservative, they turn around and blame Republicans for it.
In the past this rather selfish and frivolous finger pointing in someone else's direction led to serious set backs on election day but we live in a different world than back then. Now people are more inclined to remain focused on the utmost serious issue of keeping the Democrats out of power and that can easily be seen by the funds the Republicans have. So conservatives are disillusioned once again but still they will turn out in November because the fundamentals of national security have not changed.
Meanwhile on the other hand we have the Democrats. They have always had serious problems getting their base to turn out with exceptions such as the unions. But recently we have seen even unions willing to turn their backs on the democrats. Remember a news story about a year or so ago about some big unions splitting along political grounds? Some unions, much like what we are starting to hear from the black community, are questioning exactly what the return is for supporting Democrats all the time.
So dissatisfaction on the right is the usual ho-hum conservatives blaming Republicans fore their own failed (in their eyes) conservative but the current defining security issue remains the same. While on the other side we see dissatisfaction that has not persistent binding force i.e. security.
Follow the money. The Democrats still really really suck and their funds prove it. Don't buy into the MSM manipulations and dreams for November. How many times has an election end in a "surprise"? Plenty of times. Do you know what a "surprise" result really is? After all the manipulations of the left have failed we finally got to the truth, the election result.
Stay focused and look for gains this November. I look forward to it. The Democrats are in for real shock.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:21:07 AM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
To: Jeff Chandler
It really is the Republicans' to lose. As always, elections are won by turn out. Still lots of time to get motivated and buy nose clips if necessary.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:28:31 AM PDT
by
ncountylee
(Dead terrorists smell like victory)
To: tlb
Only 1 in the Senate?
I have them picking up 4 most likely. I guess we will see.
Overall, I think the Senate stays GOP, the House also but it will be close on both.
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posted on
05/22/2006 12:43:41 AM PDT
by
SideoutFred
(Save us from the Looney Left)
To: Aussie Dasher
Well, for one thing, the Republicans in 1994 had a vision. I haven't heard anything visionary out of a Democrat in years.
The Dims may pick up a few seats, but I don't think it's going to be that many. They offer nothing compelling, and judging by their character as of late, they may offer something far worse in the eyes of enough.
To: Berlin_Freeper
If as you suggest the repubs actually pick up even one or two seats in either house this Nov. what are the dems gonna say then?
We just didn't get our message out to the voter.
It would be comical to see the leaders of the dems sputtering and going batty.
Nice to think, thanks
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posted on
05/22/2006 3:13:42 AM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
(an enemy of islam)
To: zarf
All i can think of when I read about the Democrats not sweeping the floor in November is the old Monty Python sketch where a firing squad puts Michael Palin up against a wall. The camera then cuts to only show the firing squad as they shoot. John Clease, dressed as the officer, looks a the rather dejected looking firing squad and says, "How could you miss?".
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posted on
05/22/2006 4:14:45 AM PDT
by
GonzoGOP
(There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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