ENPR: Republicans Demoralized But Presidential Race Still Close

Human Events ^ | July 2, 2008 | Robert Novak and Timothy P. Carney

[2ndDivisionVet]

I like Bob, but retirement may be an option down the road.

[cherry]

I AM NOT DEMORALIZED.....I AM ENERGIZED....

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) shut down the entire appropriations process to protect Democrats from having to vote on oil drilling.

SON OF A B....!

I'm really sick of these stupid political games. DRILL NOW!

[taxcontrol]

I would venture that the lack of GOP enthusiasm is directly tied to the candidate at the head of the ticket.

[unkus]

I AM NOT DEMORALIZED.....I AM ENERGIZED....

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M E T O O ! ! !

[2ndDivisionVet]

See my tagline...

[djsherin]

Unfortunately so are democrats. I am surrounded by them and they treat Obama like a Kennedy and FDR in one. I dislike both of them so that doesn't make Obama appealing to me, but the left is very enthusiastic about him and his charismatic speeches.

[Mogollon]

Obambi will persuede a lot of unenthusiastic republicans to vote for McCain.

[Ratblaster]

The Dems aren’t demoralized, and never will be. It’s imposable to be demoralized if you have no morals.

[keithtoo]

If a Republican were running, I’d feel better. Maybe we can ask John McCain if he knows one.

[Vigilanteman]

We're not asking for much. We're running a Scoop Jackson Democrat at the top of the ticket. We're asking only that he pick a Republican VP.

Meanwhile, the Democrats are running an avowed Marxist and will probably pick a VP even to the left of McCain.

[KeyLargo]

Needs freeping

POLL RESULTS ::

Which potential first lady do you view more favorably?

Michelle Obama
60% 356 votes
Cindy McCain
39% 237 votes

Total Votes: 593

http://www.suntimes.com/index.html

[Miss Didi]

RUSH:...and this next poll, this next story, leads me to conclude, ladies and gentlemen, that we can expect a lot of hit pieces on Cindy McCain very soon. This is another AP story, this one by Alan Fram. "The public hasn't taken to Michelle Obama yet, especially whites.

"And it's got a question about Cindy McCain: Who is she? People are divided over whether they like the wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, with 30 percent seeing her favorably and 35 percent unfavorably, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll released [yesterday]." So let me summarize this for you. Basically, people are divided over whether they like the wife of Obama or whether they like the wife of McCain. "They tilt positively toward the spouse of Republican hopeful John McCain, by 27 percent to 17 percent. In other words: While the two women are about equally liked, Michelle Obama is twice as disliked as Cindy McCain." If you read this whole piece, Cindy is a mystery, and so expect some hit pieces here, because this is why the Drive-Bys do these polls. They go out and they find out who is popular. If the Republican spouse, the Republican candidate is more popular than the Democrat candidate, then it's time to rev up the smear machine. (end)



By the way, there was a lovely feature story on Cindy in the June issue of Vogue.

[SnakeDoctor]

Demoralized Republican votes count just as much as foaming-at-the-mouth Democrat votes. Its quantity, not enthusiasm, that counts.

This isn’t a caucus ... Obama cannot do to McCain what he did to Clinton, and win based solely on his Jim-Jones-like hold over his followers.

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[Dick Bachert]

“People get the government they deserve.” Joseph deMaistre.

And when people become THIS freaking STUPID and inattentive to their freedoms, THIS is the candidate they deserve.

1 minute satirical Obama video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR6b-kWncI4

Hurry before some diversity loving (RIGHT!) Obamaniac at YouTube pulls it.

[Bushwacker777]

Scary part is...this is not satire;

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/kidshome/

[upchuck]

Hey Bob and Tim, I’m NOT demoralized.

I’m thoroughly pissed off and wish the pubs would grow a pair and get out front on NObama and the energy problem.

[2ndDivisionVet]

>>>”Hey Bob and Tim, I’m NOT demoralized.

I’m thoroughly pissed off and wish the pubs would grow a pair and get out front on NObama and the energy problem.”<<<

Here you go:

RNC Affiliate to Launch Energy Ads (FINALLY!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2039975/posts

[Soul Seeker]

Demoralized? No. Apathetic. Yes. Resigned to four years of a liberal incompetant no matter who wins, absolutely.

But demoralized to me implies I’m without hope. I’m not without hope. For ‘12. Maybe ‘10. But not for this election because they offer no hope, only incentive to put my money where they can’t get to it and do what is necessary to survive and fight again either one of them. I’m just sitting back and waiting to see which one it’ll be.

[hinckley buzzard]

This isn’t a caucus ... Obama cannot do to McCain what he did to Clinton, and win based solely on his Jim-Jones-like hold over his followers.

Interesting observation. The Pied Piper didn't win all that many primary votes relative to Clinton. Reason to be optimistic.