Posted on 09/18/2006 9:09:56 AM PDT by OPS4
By Donald Lambro
Republicans appear to be gaining on the Democrats in the 2006 midterm campaign because of growing confidence in the economy, falling gas prices and President Bush's sustained political offensive on the terrorist threat, according to pollsters and campaign strategists. The most significant political movement in the past week or two has been in the battle for control of Congress. National preference polls on the so-called "generic ballot" question -- which party's candidate voters say they would choose -- show Republicans have narrowed the once-substantial lead Democrats held and are now trailing them by three percentage points, independent pollster John Zogby said Friday. Mr. Zogby credited the Republican Party's sudden political turnaround to "the president's focus on the war on terrorism, a rebound among his own base," and the Democrats' failure to lay out a clear plan of their own on "how are we're going to get out of Iraq and what they would do about terrorism that's better than the Republicans." Democrats "are not giving their Democratic base what it needs to hear on those issues," Mr. Zogby said. "Republicans are severely wounded. The Democrats should be crushing them, and they are not."
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**He is losing his base rapidly, he will soon be the former Senator, and a no show in the presidential. **
I agree with your assessment of John McLame.
"Seismic" Catholic Shift to Bush [Insight ]
Analyst cites abortion stance as some Catholic voters shift to Bush
Poll: Catholics Trending Towards Bush
Vatican: Kerry guilty of heresy; incurrs automatic excommunication
Ambassador Ray Flynn in Cleveland 10/16/2004- "Vote 2004: The Catholic Factor"
PRESIDENT BUSH WON CATHOLIC VOTE
Evangelicals Say They Led Charge For the GOP [GOTV effort = 79% Evangelical, 52% Catholic to Bush]
Source?
Great stats on the Catholic vote...
These morons among the Islamo Fascists and the MSM are "attacking" the Great Satan Bush and the Pope at just the right time to set the stage for a big Republican upset!
Let's hope for a landslide to make a statement heard around the world in support of freedom and democracy, and resolve to destroy our enemies in he world of terrorists and their supporters.
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