Posted on 10/24/2006 2:07:19 PM PDT by Dane
The Nation -- This morning at a briefing on the congressional elections, an event that featured former Representatives Dick Armey, Jennifer Dunn, and Dick Gephardt and that was sponsored by a Washington law firm, political analyst Charlie Cook--an independent handicapper trusted by Ds and Rs--offered good news for the Democrats. He compared 2006 to 1994, the year when Republicans shockingly seized control of both houses of Congress, netting a whopping 52 House seats. Cook noted that in October 1994, 39 percent of Americans said they believed the country was heading in the right direction and 48 percent thought it was on the wrong track. Now the right direction/wrong track numbers are far more negative: 26 percent to 61 percent. In October 1994, President Bill Clinton's approval rating was 48 percent. These days, President George W. Bush is about 38 percent. The approval rating for Congress in 1994 was 24 percent (with 67 percent disapproving). Today, it's lower: 16 percent (with 75 percent giving Congress a thumb's down). In 1994, Republicans had a 6 point lead in polls asking respondents to say whether they preferred a GOP or Democratic candidate. Now the Democrats have a 15 point edge. But when asked if their own member of Congress deserved reelection, 49 percent in 1994 said no; now only 45 percent say no. (In both years, 39 percent said boot the bum out.)
The bottom-line: out of five key indicators of the national politicalmood, four are significantly worse for the Republicans in 2006 compared to the Democrats in 1994. As Cook put it, the 2006 political wave (at this moment) is bigger than that of 1994. But that does not mean the Dems are going to win as many seats as the GOPers did twelve years ago.
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How big? a drop of sweat on a gnat's butt big
{I agree that Democrats will be depressed.}
Certainly true in IL. I haven't seen a Blago sign in Du Page yet. Plenty of Topinka signs though.
David Corn? Isn't he the guy who outed Valerie Plame as an "undercover" CIA agent?
Me too. Used to get them all the time. None for awhile now.
They also seem obsessed about whether I'm into Nascar.
Writing one's story on the way to the ballpark...
I've said it before, I'll say it again: David Corn is a Socialist retard whose only goal in life is to cram more Nanny State government down everyone's throat.
I have no predictions but I attended a rally today sponsored by the NRA where Wayne LaPeiere {spelling?} presented Senator Santorum with the endorsement of the NRA. They were both great speakers.
There were about 150-200 people and all were NRA/pubbies and all were volunteers to continue to work for Santorum. The mood was high and I remain hopeful that we will overcome the demonRATs and the 'conservative cut and run purists'.
DemonRATS are just stupid, the purists are suffering from self inflicted ignorance. They've developed a head cold and believe that the cure is suicide...it is, but it's a non-reversable cure.
I live in the city of North Chicago. In Lake County, I've seen about three times as many Blago. signs as Topinka signs.
Forget Zoloft. Can they just end their miserable lives with arsenic already?
If the rats had anything to offer - anything that people could vote FOR - I suppose the GOP might be whipped but good. But the rats offer NOTHING positive.
This election may be the most depressing in my memory. Neither party is worthy to lead. Most of their leading "stars" are mediocrities (at best). It really does boil down to the lesser of two evils which means there is really no choice at all. A vote for the rats (or to vote for some splinter party or not vote at all) is a vote for higer taxes, even higher spending, liberal judges, more regulation, an end to any hope to roll back abortion, a wave of new "rights" for sexual deviants, another round of gun control measures, more restrictions on speech in the form of more "campaign finance reform" or "hate crime" statutes and retreat and defeat in the war on Islamic Fascism. And that's just to start.
I will vote GOP yet again. I will hope they maintain their majorities (I have a feeling they will). I will also hope that they manage to take a lesson from this election. If they had acted more like Republicans this election wouldn't be close (that goes for Bush too).
I don't agree. I thing we will be hammered.
(On Nov 9th I hope I have to eat crow though)
You are already hammered, IMO. The day after the election is November 8th, not November 9th.
LOL!
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