Why Republicans Will Win This Fall

Human Events ^ | August 17 2006 | R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

[Reagan Man]

>>>> .... the president's insight that it is best to fight terrorists in foreign lands rather than to wait for them to arrive here is more appealing to Americans than the Democrats' "Come Home, America" strategy.

[TexasCajun]

I hear Vegas is taking odds on how many Algore inspired recounts will be called for following widespread Democrat loses.

[facedown]

That is a euphemism for what all reasonable observers call the "public trough."

Sadly, it's been that way since the Washington administration.

[doug from upland]

Tyrrell is one of my very favorite writes. I am envious of his use of the language. Unfortunately, I am really worried about November. The President allowed the attacks by the Dems to go unanswered for far too long. People actually believed he told us we would find nuclear weapons in Iraq.

[trek]

What are the futures markets saying about the November election? (if they are taking contracts on politics this year)

[GulfBreeze]

Yea. I agree with the Presidential quote but we're still gonna lose a few. And what's more, down ballots are going to suffer.

That's all a pain in the arse but whatever...

[bobjam]

"back seat drivers" and "monday morning quarterbacks" could be some good lines for the GOP to use in the next few months

[Calpernia]

What about the enemy within?

GOP.gov is now chaired by the Log Cabin Republicans

Mr. Robert Kabel Present State Chairman, District of Columbia Republican Committee, elected December 6, 2004 Previous Special Assistant to President Reagan, 1982-1984 Chairman, Log Cabin Republicans, 1993-1999 Chairman, Liberty Education Forum, 2001-2004 Member, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, 1986-1989 Member, Board of Trustees, Denison University Trustee, Whiteman – Walker Clinic, Washington, DC RNC Activity ---------------------------------------------------- Robert J. Kabel - Log Cabin Republicans - GOP Chairman His Financial support includes: http://www.sldn.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network This Network is also financed by: David Mixner - headed up the Vietnam Moratorium and was a leading anti-Vietnam War activist. David Mixner was also Bill Clinton's gay advisor and is now McGreevey's gay advisor. Affiliated with lambda.org SLDN partnered with the ACLU to jointly persue a Lesbian & Gay Rights Project

[kesg]

I essentially agree with this. Except for a bit more unhappiness about Iraq, the political dynamics/fundamentals haven't changed since 9/11/2001. And they favor the GOP.

Yes, the poll numbers have recently looked depressing, but they always look depressing for Republicans during the Spring and Summer months. At this time two years ago, Kerry still led Bush in the polls. The Democrats appeared poised to make gains in Congress as well. Their problem is that they tend to peak in August and then tank in November. What happens between August and September? Pollsters start polling likely voters rather than "adults," the serious people return from summer vacation, and these peope start actually focusing on political issues. In 2004, Bush and those GOPers who looked to be in so much trouble in August did just fine on election day.

[Yo-Yo]

Tradesports has the GOP keeping the Senate but losing the House.

[RexBeach]

It's the way you win wars...go after the guy on his home turf and kick the snot out of him. My God, if we had fought WW2 the way the Democrats want to fight the WOT, we might all be speaking Japanese and or German.

[GulfBreeze]

actually Rep. Deborah Pryce chairs GOP.gov

[My2Cents]

According to the recent Newsweek poll, 55% of the citizenry favor the way he is handling the war on terror and homeland security, an improvement of 11% over the last two months.

Well, that little news item certainly got buried by the MSM.

[GoBucks2002]

I wish I could share Tyrell's optimism. Certainly, he is correct that the Dims have no strategy beyond "Come Home, America" but it is a sign of our party's inherent weakness that we have not consigned these clowns to the dustbin. A race between "dumb and dumber" still means our party is pretty dumb.

I think our biggest problem is that our candidates and officials, from the President on down, do not take enough credit for all that we have accomplished. The President goes out and mentions good economic numbers in a Rose Garden announcement that 99% of Americans will never see. Republican Congressmen only bring up good news when they are appearing before "safe" audiences. The fact is, there is good news on the economy, good news on the War on Terror, and good news everywhere. Problem is, no one wants to talk about it, not even those responsible for it.

So the Democrats come out swinging, repeat their lies over and over again, and we don't even try to reubt them, except maybe from the friendly confines of the Sean Hannity show.

We had the same problem in 2004, and, quite frankly, were it not for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth and the Democrats' Own-Goal on the forged documents, John Kerry would be President today.

I give zero credit to the Bush campaign, the RNC, and pretty much anyone else in politics whose area code starts with 202 or 703.

I don't know what savior is going to drop down from Heaven to save us this time around.

We are not going to keep our majority this time around, and, quite frankly, if our elected officials and their overpaid media consultants don't have the guts to defend their record, they don't deserve their plush jobs.

It's a shame that the rest of us will have to suffer the bad policies of the Democrats because we elected a bunch of chickens--ts in the first place.

[My2Cents]

the Democrats' "Come Home, America" strategy

The Democrats' strategy on terror is actually "Bring it Home."

[Teacher317]

Why Republicans Will Win This Fall

I figure that the Left predicting victory (again) is a pretty good indicator by itself.

[Reagan Man]

Michael Barone came out this week on Hannity`s radio show, predicting a GOP loss of the House. His one caveat was, if the election were held today. A razor thin victory is still in the cards for the GOP. We shall see.

[Calpernia]

I copied everything. If there is a technical difference in title, it was not my paraphrase.

[TaxMe]

Doug:

You are exactly right. Bush's administration is horrible (compared to Clinton's) about getting out there and marketing itself. It is sad you have to do such things but in a media driven world, it is necessary.

The Democrats have had three years now to sound the drumbeat of their spin on Iraq without any significant pushback. As a consequence, the Democratic spin is now the convential wisdow. THIS is Bush's primary failure?

[CPT Clay]

What does that mean?

81.5 to retain senate and 44.1% chance to take house?