Republicans Hold On To The Base

AP ^ | November 9, 2006

[rhombus]

I predict the public will be so fed up with the dems hate and the msm's bias constant pounding on Bush and the Republicans over the next two years, there will be a landslide for the GOP in '08 no matter who runs as the dem candidate.

Time to start painting Bush as a victim the way the Dems did with Clinton in the late 90's? ;-) Of course that won't happen with "the base" thrashing Bush all the time too. Oh Ronald, where art thou's 11th commandment?

[Obadiah]

Well, at least we know that Neil Boortz is happy!

[HiTech RedNeck]

Who's this we, white man?

Democrats worked their, pardon the pun, asses off. This is the first election that I've ever gotten phone calls from RATS four times on election day, not to mention a RAT doorknob hanger put, illegally, in my mailbox.

[Mr Rogers]

I agree with you.

But lets face it - anti-Iraq is a bigger motivater for the mushy middle than most anything we could throw at it this year. Add in folks tired of corruption, and we couldn't motivate the middle to turn out for us.

[listenhillary]

The tax cuts will be allowed to expire.

[Obadiah]

Excellent point. I concur.

[taxed2death]

"Hispanics backed Democrats 69-30"

Does anyone see the irony of KarLaRazaRove wiping the dirty Sanchez off of his upper lip here?

[NeoCaveman]

Not if the base continues to make the tent smaller.

Sure. Attack the voters you have in hopes (delusions) of getting the ones you don't. Nice pup tent strategy.

[rhombus]

So what IS the "real conservative" base's position on Iraq? Sure we were always against "nationa building", does that mean we are now in favor of forced deadlines and redeployments (aka cut and run)? Is the only position that we need to build fortress America in order to prevent terrorsm at our football games? Hey, the 2008 election is coming up and the base will have to have a postion on the war. Giving the mushy middle a loss and putting lipstick on the pig is what the Democrats will offer over the next 2 years. What's the base's position?

[4yearlurker]

My brother-in-law was a poll watcher in the 12th district on election night. He tells me out of about 200 people that came to vote,only 22 registered Republicans showed up to vote! He says many senior citizens showed up to vote. Some could hardly walk and others had a hard time even seeing the voting machine. Heavy Dem turnout in a heavy Dem area & light Republican turnout put the screws to us. Let the games begin!!

[rhombus]

Sure. Attack the voters you have in hopes (delusions) of getting the ones you don't. Nice pup tent strategy.

What's the attack?

[Incorrigible]

You are way too optimistic.

The MSM will produce never ending reports of how glorious it would be if we had a Democrat President since the wonderful policies of the Democrat congress keeps getting thwarted by the evil Republicans.

Take note of 1996. Clinton was on the ropes and the count had started. So what happens? Bob Dole, the "tax collector for the welfare state," wants to be corranated and makes a vanity run for the White House so he can earn more in his career as a Viagra spokesman.

Had Jim Kemp and and some southern Republican been the ticket, we may have been spared.

No, there a lot of weeding out to do in the RNC and it's long overdue. When they back candidates that put liberty and the Constitution first, let me know and I'll happily vote for a Republican instead of holding my nose while doing so.

[Red Badger]

I had Republican get-out-the-vote calls on my phone so mant times I got to the point of not answering during certain times. They even left messages on my answering machine. But this is a heavy Republican district, 2 to 1, so it's not unusual. Maybe 1 or 2 Dem calls. The Republican power structure ignored the base on spending, border security and size of government. That "WALL/FENCE" bill was a sham that was so evident that it was an insult. No money, no fence, no change. I refer to Wal-Mart as Little Mexico, because you can't go there without seeing at least half the customers are Mexicans. If the Republicans had actually appropriated money to BUILD the FENCE,instead of bridges to nowhere, then they might not be in the minority today............

[Red Badger]

Jack Kemp.......

[Mr Rogers]

What republicans should have argued is, "Fight terrorist in Iraq, or fight them in Phoenix".

It still would have been a tough sell - negative is always a stronger motivator than the positive - but it would have helped.

It would also have helped if the republicans would have fought corruption (not protect Jefferson) and controlled spending and ear-marks.

[Wallace T.]

Americans do not like "no win" wars, and never have. As far back as the Civil War, Democrats gained ground in Congress and the Northern state governments in the 1862 off-year election as the South generally won the battles. Had Sherman not taken Atlanta and marched to the sea, McClellan might have defeated Lincoln in 1918. Had the D-Day landing not been successful and our forces not made advances in the South Pacific, FDR might have been defeated by Dewey; as it was, the 1944 election was the narrowest electoral victory that Roosevelt won. During the Korean War election of 1952, voters gave the GOP control of both houses of Congress and the Presidency for the first time in 20 years. Republicans made gains in 1966 and 1968, capturing the Presidency, as the Vietnam War ground on. For their turn, the Democrats gained ground in 1970, as Nixon's conduct of the war seemed similar to that of Johnson. Had Nixon and Kissinger not forced the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table in 1972 through bombing Hanoi and Haiphong, a measure that conservatives had advocated since 1965, that year's election might not have been a triumph for Nixon.

The GOP disaster of 2006 is a repetition of an old pattern dating back to the Civil War era. If America does not achieve a military victory, or it looks like we are not making headway, the party in power suffers. Like it or not, Americans will not suffer prolonged, indecisive conflicts.

[JCEccles]

He says many senior citizens showed up to vote. Some could hardly walk and others had a hard time even seeing the voting machine.

Many of those Dem voters have cast their last votes, if you get my drift.

[lucky american]

And may I add, the majority of Republicans wouldn't stand up to President Bush's immigration policies and open border stance! This outcome was predicted in May and June.

[Dane]

And may I add, the majority of Republicans wouldn't stand up to President Bush's immigration policies and open border stance!

Uh the Republican House did, especially J.D. Hayworth.

J.D. Hayowrth is now gone, probably because voters didn't like his incindiary Tom Tancredo like rhetoric.

[rhombus]

McClellan might have defeated Lincoln in 1918

Now that would have been a long campaign! Sorry I know you meant a different date but I just couldn't resist. Yes you are correct about the "protracted war" syndrome. Yet we are so impatient now and really seem to lack any perspective. Our casualties have been amazingly low but that's not what John Q "end the war" public believes now. The power of the media is frightening.