[VanDeKoik]

With all due respect, I'm not basing my House vote on what happens in one district in Florida.

It would be absolutely stupid for anyone to assume, unless you live in that district, to do otherwise.

[VanDeKoik]

Oh yeah, and how are the Dems "ahead" with the numbers so close.

Shouldn't it considered a "dead heat", or is that only when republicans are ahead by one or two?

[no dems]

I understand that, and I would not expect anyone to base their House vote on one district in Florida. But, when you start adding up all the GOP "Abramhoff scandal-ridden" districts (Tom Delay, Bob Ney, etc. and Conrad Burns the GOP Sen. in Montana) and now this thing with Foley; it's not looking good for our team.

The "Foley Connection" is this: Denny Hastert and the GOP leadership knew about these e-mails since early '05. Yet, they did nothing. That's called a "cover-up".

So, what I'm saying is that people are probably getting a bad taste in their mouth for the GOP over all. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool Ronald Reagan-style Conservative and I'm getting pretty sick of the do-nothing, RINO loving, corrupt Republican Party myself.