With Foley Scandal, GOP Faces Fate of 1994 Democrats(Marty Frost alert)

Fox News ^ | October 9, 2006 | Martin Frost

[Beagle8U]

Funny that you should mention weather, it plays a roll in elections, especially mid-term elections.

A nice snow/ice storm for the northern states and rain for the south would help Republicans pick up about 25 seats in Congress.

The only ones that would make it to the polls are the evil conservatives in their SUV...lol.

[mainepatsfan]

I look forward to the exit polling results on "Did the Foley scandal impact your vote?".

[mainepatsfan]

A ready made MSM post election talking point.

[sport]

I do not believe that the Foley "scandal" will effect the election one way or another.

The ones that are going to vote Republican will, those that weren't won't.

The Republicans may lose but it will be for what they did or did not do before Foley.

[mwl1]

I'd wondered why they would realease this so far out from an election.

There are two competing schools of thought. The first is that the RATS and their media handmaidens had to do something to stem the movement toward the GOP, and they chose the very Friday that Congress had completed work on two major pieces of legislation that would further benefit the GOP.

The second hypoethesis, considerably less desirable, is that Foley is just the first wave of many "scandals" trumped up by the RATS and the MSM.

[lasereye]

I believe I heard that 66% of those polled are quite satisfied with their own congressman.

Without knowing what the normal percent is that's meaningless. Maybe it's usually 80 or 90 percent. That sounds like a low number to me but I'm just guessing.

[OldFriend]

Hard to figure why the RATS stepped on Woodward's book.

He's nowhere man for now.

[Pharmer]

This is not anything near the scandals of 1994. Back then liberals were brazen about their elitism and truly felt they were above the law. The bank and post office scandals were members committing fraud out in the daylight. Kiting checks and money laundering for thousands of dollars. Dan Rottenkowski goes to the slammer. This after the Dem leadership namely Tom Foley DID NOTHING to police his people and actively stymied any investigation including an active criminal embezzlement investigation by the DC police. These scandals involved MULTIPLE powerful high profile democrats.

The Foley affair involves so far 1 man...Foley. Most people had never heard of him until this happened. Those who did knew he was a homosexual and warned him to watch himself. And when stuff happened on questionable criminal liability (Are these pages really minors? What is the state of origin? yadda yadda yadda)Foley resigns and enters rehab. Case should be closed.

This Foley affair is nothing but a fleeting fart whereas the Banking scandal was an open sewer.

[Welike ike]

1035, good point. Maybe Fox News will come thru in the end.

[KC_Conspirator]

Yes, and remember they raised taxes after lying to America that they were going to give a "middle class tax cut". By 1994, the veil was off the democrat party and people could see them for who they were, at least for a few years.

[LM_Guy]

As I have stated before and some here just refuse to accept what the polls are indicating, very similar trends as to what was occuring in 1994 and the Tidal Wave of anti-incumbent (GOP) sentiment is still rising.

[napscoordinator]

Without the dead there would never have been a Kennedy presidency.



I think you are right with the popular vote, but not so sure about the electoral vote...he lost by almost 100 electoral votes.

[OldFriend]

If it weren't for slick willie embracing the republican initiatives, there would have been no second term.

The republicans did what was right for the country, without regard to politics.

Therein lies the difference between real patriots and the demlosers.