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Republicans Running as Democrats
baltimorechronicle ^ | 9/3/06 | MARGIE BURNS

Posted on 09/03/2006 4:20:52 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32

Desperate to hold on to Congress amid declining polls, enveloping scandals and the deeply unpopular Iraq war, Republicans are trying a new tactic in 2006.

They are running as Democrats.

Around the U.S., suspiciously recent converts are showing up as Democrats in races for the House and the Senate.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimorechronicle.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2006; partyswitchers
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1 posted on 09/03/2006 4:20:52 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
They are running as Democrats.

Well, we have Democrats running as Republicans also...so I guess it will all balance out. :)
2 posted on 09/03/2006 4:23:43 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
I was endorsed by Howard Dean and you won't see any where near a mile of Bush. The New Republicrat.

(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )

3 posted on 09/03/2006 4:25:01 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Margie Burns, a college English instructor in the suburban D.C. area, may be reached at margie.burns@verizon.net.

a completely unbiased opinion , I'm sure

4 posted on 09/03/2006 4:25:38 PM PDT by digger48
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Did she name any of these?


5 posted on 09/03/2006 4:26:59 PM PDT by deport
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Havne't the latest polls shown the GOP gaining ground?


6 posted on 09/03/2006 4:27:29 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan
Yes and internal GOP polling shows high enthusiam to vote in large numbers.

We will see many news articles by the donks and their MSM cohorts that will say doom and gloom for the GOP to hurt morale, so republicans stay home. They do it every time and think we are too stupid to catch on.
7 posted on 09/03/2006 4:30:47 PM PDT by jrooney ( Hold your cards close.)
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To: mainepatsfan

Whenever I see articles like this one, my attitude is "barf alert alla Reutersgate".


8 posted on 09/03/2006 4:30:56 PM PDT by Dodgers fan
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

wimps.


9 posted on 09/03/2006 4:30:57 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of "dependence on government"!)
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To: jrooney

I'm kind of hoping the Dem voters believe it so much some of them stay home because they think it's in the bag.


10 posted on 09/03/2006 4:32:05 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: mainepatsfan

:) You might be right.


11 posted on 09/03/2006 4:32:40 PM PDT by jrooney ( Hold your cards close.)
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To: deport
Did she name any of these?

Ray Nagin is one she named. Jim Webb is another.

12 posted on 09/03/2006 4:32:52 PM PDT by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan,)
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To: mainepatsfan
Haven't the latest polls shown the GOP gaining ground?

Liberals always use the worst poll numbers for Republicans they can find--no matter how out-of-date the information is.

13 posted on 09/03/2006 4:33:05 PM PDT by RedRover (I'm SO pleased that Mayor Nagin will now call that "hole in the ground" a "sacred site".)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

This is pure drivel. The only Republican I know that's running as a lib is Schwarzenegger. All the moderate Republicans have been or will be defeated in the primaries.


14 posted on 09/03/2006 4:33:14 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (404 Page Error Found)
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To: mainepatsfan
Havne't the latest polls shown the GOP gaining ground?

Yes, they have. That is the reason for the recent spate of articles like this..

15 posted on 09/03/2006 4:33:57 PM PDT by cardinal4 (America, despite the usual suspects, stands firmly with Israel..)
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To: jrooney

Let's not forget the fraudulent exit polling on election day 2004 that projected a Kerry win. Oh it was sweet to see the expressions on the faces of the MSM broadcasters change as the night went on.


16 posted on 09/03/2006 4:35:01 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I always doubt people whom say they were a republican but saw the light and switched to the donks. Just like former 4 year stint big mouth Larry Johnson, current member of the rogue cia groups VIPS, that likes to say he is a registered republican and Chrissy Mathews saying everyone knows he has been an independent for 20 years. Okay........


17 posted on 09/03/2006 4:35:15 PM PDT by jrooney ( Hold your cards close.)
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To: eyespysomething

Jim Webb ping, kinda. Webb's book "Born Fighting" is such an indictment of the Vietnam anti-war movement, and I don't see how it is possible that the same person who wrote the words in that book could now be running the campaign he is running.

What a huge disappointment Webb is to those of us who were introduced to him through "Born Fighting." Those who remember him from the Reagan era, though, seem to think this is all perfectly in style.


18 posted on 09/03/2006 4:35:24 PM PDT by SittinYonder (Ic þæt gehate, þæt ic heonon nelle fleon fotes trym, ac wille furðor gan,)
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To: RedRover

Right. If we hear the MSM report that the Dems chances of retaking the House are 50/50 we know they're in big trouble.


19 posted on 09/03/2006 4:36:13 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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To: cardinal4

You're right. They're have been a rash of them this week after the new numbers came out. They need to shore up that conventional wisdom.


20 posted on 09/03/2006 4:36:54 PM PDT by mainepatsfan
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