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GOP cancer: Party could lose 20 more (House) seats
Politico ^ | May 15, 2008 | JOHN F. HARRIS & JOSH KRAUSHAAR

Posted on 05/15/2008 2:55:58 PM PDT by jern

For the past 18 months, ever since the 2006 elections, congressional Republicans have been like a hospital patient trying to convince visitors that he is not really all that sick: a bit under the weather; actually feel better than I sound; should be up and about any day; thanks for asking.

Suddenly — belatedly — all pretense is gone.

The Republican defeat in Tuesday’s special election in Mississippi, in a deeply conservative district where, in an average year, Democrats cannot even compete, was a clear sign that the GOP has the political equivalent of cancer that has spread throughout the body. Many House GOP operatives are privately predicting that the party could easily lose up to 20 seats this fall.

Combined with the 30 seats that the GOP lost in 2006, that would leave the party facing a 70-vote deficit against Democrats in the House — a state of powerlessness reminiscent of Republicans’ long wilderness years in the 1960s and ’70s.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 110th; 2008; gop; obama
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1 posted on 05/15/2008 2:55:58 PM PDT by jern
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Amazing...simply amazing.


2 posted on 05/15/2008 2:57:13 PM PDT by cubreporter
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If a strong shot of McCain doesn't kill the party, I don't know what would.

Too bad it has signed on to this euthenasia.

But Captain, I can't hold her together much longer... Scotty.

3 posted on 05/15/2008 2:59:08 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (If you continue to hold your nose and vote, and always win, your nation will be destroyed.)
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To: jern

I just don’t understand how this can happen since the leading GOP candidate supports open borders, Cap and Trade economics, restrictions on free speech among other enlightened ideas.


4 posted on 05/15/2008 2:59:15 PM PDT by Rebelbase (McCain: The Third Bush Term ?)
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To: jern

At least it’s not 1936 all over again...


5 posted on 05/15/2008 2:59:32 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: jern

And ... Along with all 3 branches of Govt, The Dems will probably have a filibuster proof Senate, 3 more Liberal Supreme Court Justices. Its going to be a long generation for some ... !


6 posted on 05/15/2008 3:01:06 PM PDT by Jay Howard Smith (Retired(25yrNCO)Military)
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Anybody got a fork? I think we’re gonna need it.


7 posted on 05/15/2008 3:01:20 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Voting CONSERVATIVE in memory of 5 children killed by illegals 2/17/08 and 2/19/ 08)
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To: jern

Good! They deserve all the grief that get. I am tired of supporting a party does not have my values anymore.

More money to the national republican party.

I WILL NOT VOTE FOR JUAN.


8 posted on 05/15/2008 3:02:25 PM PDT by Dacula (I never left the Republican party, they left me a long time ago.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Kuksool; Norman Bates; LdSentinal; Impy; Darren McCarty

“Suddenly — belatedly — all pretense is gone.”

It’s about f____ing time!


9 posted on 05/15/2008 3:02:27 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (Karl Marx supported free trade. Does that make him a free market conservative?)
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To: cubreporter
As a newspaper reporter who talks daily with mid level reporters, I can say first hand that the bulk of the 'reporting' media (as opposed to the column writers and pundits) have been scouring the nation the past three years in search of any story ... ANY thing... that makes the Bush GOP crowd look guilty of disaster.

I hear it every day from people who ask breathlessly, "why doesn't some good conservative Republican make a speech and set things right."

Well the truth is, many Republicans do offer solutions and make comments.

But the 'reporting' media, the AP, ABC news, Reuters, Breitbart, Yahoo News, Google News, UPI ---- will not report any good thing a conservative says.

If a tree falls in the forest, and no one hears it, did it really happen.

In the world of Republican vs Democrat politics.... the answer is a resounding NO.

10 posted on 05/15/2008 3:02:44 PM PDT by Edit35 (.)
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Uh yeah, but the GOP has not been able to admit where the onset of the cancer lies.

They will soon, but they are too brain screwed to admit it.

Hint....dump McCain and the stupid Rockefeller nitwits. You will win.

Hint....wheres the money?


11 posted on 05/15/2008 3:02:50 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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And ... Along with all 3 branches of Govt, The Dems will probably have a filibuster proof Senate, 3 more Liberal Supreme Court Justices. Its going to be a long generation for some ... !

Not only that, but if the party listens to Tom Cole and friends, the candidates we will run will be in the "McCain mold." So that means Democrat supermajorities competing will solidly left-wing RINO minorities.

12 posted on 05/15/2008 3:03:01 PM PDT by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: jern

Newt gave them power on a platter - and they threw it away. Hope all the liberals they cozied up to will be there for them...


13 posted on 05/15/2008 3:03:36 PM PDT by GOPJ (The "thug-way" - Hill won't stop 'til she wins or Obama accepts her as his VP .)
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It’s going to take a rhino-ectomy to get rid of the cancer.


14 posted on 05/15/2008 3:03:55 PM PDT by alicewonders (I'm a conservative, and I'm hated by the GOP & the Dems - I must be doing something right!)
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To: jern
Many House GOP operatives are privately predicting that the party could easily lose up to 20 seats this fall.

What the hell are you gonna do about it?! Fix it.

15 posted on 05/15/2008 3:04:02 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in - Michael Corleone)
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To: jern

I believe the dems have their own version of Operation Chaos. And it’s working. With RINO’s like McCain as our choice, no wonder the news is rife with these reports.

But you know... If America survived the Carter years and the Clinton years, then the Obama presidency won’t destroy us.

I hope.


16 posted on 05/15/2008 3:04:16 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Typical White Person)
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It's going to be a democrat landslide IMO. Plus, in addition to McCain's moderate beliefs, he has no energy...

17 posted on 05/15/2008 3:04:19 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: cripplecreek

Yep, it was done in 2006, they just ain’t figured it out yet.


18 posted on 05/15/2008 3:04:21 PM PDT by dforest (I had almost forgotten that McCain is the nominee. Too bad I was reminded.)
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To: Alter Kaker

...for as long as the eye can see.


19 posted on 05/15/2008 3:04:31 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Who would McQueeg rather have mad at him: You or the liberals?)
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To: jern

The Davis loss has a bit less to do with the national problems, of which there are many, than it does with his having to run against a RINO who unloaded the kitchen sink and fed ammo to the DNCC. The taint did not wash off and Childress was able to take advantage of it.


20 posted on 05/15/2008 3:05:14 PM PDT by Ingtar (Haley Barbour 2012, Because he has experience in Disaster Recovery. - ejonesie22)
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