Get out the vote and
Posted on 09/03/2006 9:52:53 AM PDT by FairOpinion
Facing the most difficult political environment since they took control of Congress in 1994, Republicans begin the final two months of the midterm campaign in growing danger of losing the House while fighting to preserve at best a slim majority in the Senate, according to strategists and officials in both parties.
Over the summer, the political battlefield has expanded well beyond the roughly 20 GOP House seats originally thought to be vulnerable. Now some Republicans concede there may be almost twice as many districts from which Democrats could wrest the 15 additional seats they need to take control.
President Bush's low approval ratings, the sharp divisions over the war in Iraq, dissatisfaction with Congress, and economic anxiety caused by high gasoline prices and stagnant wages have alienated independent voters, energized the Democratic base and thrown once-safe Republican incumbents on the defensive.
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Get out the vote and
Also see related threads:
Democrats on a roll in battle for U.S. Congress
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694816/posts
AND:
Democrats have big plans if they take over in Congress
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1694596/posts
They won't tell you that, I just did.
Ready to vote here.
Illegal immigration has been a problem for the past 30 years, how come nobody -- including Republicans -- cared about it under Clinton, and all of a sudden conservatives act as if it were all Bush's fault. The Dems are the ones who are soft on illegal immigration, so why do you want to punish Republicans and hand over the country to the Dems?
The wackos in the liberal "media" giving us the "news" two months before it happens. Same thing they do with hurricanes. All the death and destruction in New Orleans from Ernesto was covered a week before Ernesto fizzled out and became Thunderstorm Ernesto. They even had "press conferences." Americans don't want to wait for their "news." They want it now! Before it actually occurs.
Republicans are in charge right now. McCain should let Bush pass the House bill on immigration right now as it sits. Stop kissing King Kennedy's big rump. They can do it in about a week. If they do this, the Republican's might still save themselves in November.
You have expressed this well, and I wonder every day why it is seen as all Bush's fault...not just from the media or left but some on the right. It's a ridiculous estimation, blaming decades-old problems on this short presidency. And they'd vote 3rd party to teach Republicans a lesson. We learned that supposed lesson well when 19% voted for Perot...We got Clinton. We don't need a refresher course on that disaster, which we may never overcome as it is.
See post #8
As I said on the other thread, we certainly shouldn't let these articles demoralize us, that "we might as well stay home, because it's all over", just the opposite, it should get every conservative, Republican, independent and moderate out to vote for Republicans, because if the Dems get control of any part of the Congress, they will very simply obstruct everything -- they have been very successful at that, even when in minority. The House has been the more conservative, and if it goes to the Dems, coupled with the weak Senate, we will give up the War on Terror, to the delight of the terrorists and I hate imagine what can happen to the US.
You really have to ask? Bush has actively promoted open borders.
Not to split hairs, but if the party with all the power (republicans) don't get radical and real soon dealing with the profound influxing of illegals, that will have in effect handed the country over to the dems and socialists.
The sole purpose of articles like this are to demoralize us so we stay home. We will see many more articles like this for two months, as the MSM cheerleads for the donks.
Good grief, don't we have any better ideas than, they are worse? How about actully addressing the concerns of the base, or does the RINO elite just not give a d@mn?
The donks would be allot worse. Be careful of whom you wish in power. Bush is doing more than Clintoon ever did. Under Clintoon the donks were at least somewhat reasonable. Now they are out of control and smoking from the same pipes they did in the sixties. Yeah, lets punish GOP and put the donks in power.
You must not be paying attention, Bush would never sign the House Bill. He apparently is prepared to risk the House and Senate to continue his Amnesty farce.
The loss of either of the houses, will lay entirely with the presidents insistence on amnesty for illegals, and his refusal to enforce the laws of the land. His constitutional duty by the way.
You're exactly right. I've also noticed a trend the last couple years where the "media" comes out with these "polls" showing their comrades kicking butt but as we get closer to the election, they start closing "the gap" until the two candidates are even a couple days before the election. These phony "polls" used in conjunction with their bogus "exit polls" are designed to be used as proof that the Republicans had to have cheated when they win. These "polls" are very dangerous to our democracy because they are used to manipulate the public's thinking and then used as some sort of "proof" that cheating occurred.
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