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Democrats’ chances of retaking the House improve
Washington Post ^ | February 6, 2012 | Aaron Blake

Posted on 02/06/2012 1:37:55 PM PST by SMGFan

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To: SMGFan

It is a matter of PR and we have none. I remember seeing Nasty Nan on TV at least twice a week going after Pres. Bush tooth an nail and defining what they stood for. I bet that 75% of the voters have no idea who the Speaker of the House is now, he and others are MIA. To sell a product you have to get out and sell it and the Republicans aren’t selling anything. Do they even show up for work?


41 posted on 02/06/2012 2:50:54 PM PST by engrpat (A village in Kenya is missing their idiot...lets send him back)
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To: SMGFan
“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years.” ― Alexis de Tocqueville
42 posted on 02/06/2012 2:58:55 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: The Citizen Soldier

I didn’t say it was a “do nothing” house. I said obama will RUN against a “do nothing” house.


43 posted on 02/06/2012 3:02:11 PM PST by Terry Mross (.)
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To: library user

Romney on general ballot = Republicans lose House.


44 posted on 02/06/2012 3:08:35 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: boomop1

Boehner is the worst speaker of all time.


45 posted on 02/06/2012 3:12:17 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: juan_galt
I sometimes wonder, who hates the Tea Party folks more, the Dems or Repubs?

That's easy. Just compare the campaign Romney ran against Ted Kennedy in 1994 with the campaign he is running against Santorum and Gingrich now.

The GOPe hates conservatives and will fight tooth and nail to defeat them. It is quite happy with Dems in power and will go along to get along and take their turn at power when given up.

Regards,

TS

46 posted on 02/06/2012 3:14:19 PM PST by The Shrew (www.wintersoldier.com; www.tstrs.com; The Truth Shall Set You Free!)
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To: DustyMoment

We must never allow the rats to take the House back and we can not forget that it is important that we not only take the senate back, but get it back with the super majority


47 posted on 02/06/2012 3:14:57 PM PST by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: SMGFan
People overreacting to a ComPost process article, a D-list reporter working this up on a Sunday. It's a ****ing joke. One glance at the betting exchanges -- the odds are 3-1 against losing the House...that's not even a horse race...
48 posted on 02/06/2012 3:22:40 PM PST by StAnDeliver ("We will not comply.")
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To: MHGinTN
“Big stinky bull feathers! If the democrats retake the House and maintain the Senate it will be conservative voters’ fault for not going to the polls. Your idiotic blind hatred of Boehner is telling, dweeb. Your tantrum type will sit at home rather than vote if you don’t have a perfect ticket. THAT’S what looses, loser.”

Wow! I could not agree with you more. I also could not have expressed my feelings anywhere near as well as you did. Lazy Republicans and Conservatives, get off your cans and VOTE.

49 posted on 02/06/2012 3:27:36 PM PST by usflagwaver
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To: SMGFan

When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are
Anything your heart desires
Will come to you


50 posted on 02/06/2012 3:28:52 PM PST by Leep (It's gonna be a Newt day!)
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To: kidd
It is not too much of a stretch to see that WaPo is now conducting “push-journalism”

Heck, they've been doing that since 1969, when Nixon took the oath of office. The minute the rubble of LBJ was pushed out of the field of view, they started in with it.

51 posted on 02/06/2012 3:30:38 PM PST by Steely Tom (Obama goes on long after the thrill of Obama is gone)
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52 posted on 02/06/2012 3:36:30 PM PST by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list)
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To: SMGFan

The obstruction is coming from the democrat-controlled Senate, not the House.

Boehner, however, is weak and needs to be replaced with someone who has the fire in the belly.


53 posted on 02/06/2012 3:50:38 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (I'm NOT smitten' with Mittens)
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To: SMGFan

Only way that the House goes to the Dems is if they buy it at auction after the foreclosure.


54 posted on 02/06/2012 3:53:30 PM PST by elvis-lives
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To: SMGFan

I’m voting my beliefs rather than waiting for a phoney like Palin to get behind!


55 posted on 02/06/2012 3:56:54 PM PST by Randy Larsen (No Romney vote from my family!)
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To: MHGinTN
If the democrats retake the House and maintain the Senate it will be conservative voters’ fault for not going to the polls.

They did it in 2006 and 2008 when just as much, if not more, was at stake.

Why should this year be any different?

Of course, they will have their principles, show the RINO Republicans the door, and after four more years of Obama..."true" conservatives will be in the drivers seat.

That strategy has worked fabulously so far....

56 posted on 02/06/2012 4:08:35 PM PST by A.Hun (Common sense is no longer common.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

and the GOP will reward him again, if we re-take it down the road...they just don’t get it.


57 posted on 02/06/2012 4:21:46 PM PST by Engedi (A)
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To: SMGFan
They are trying to console themselves.

After all, it's only:


58 posted on 02/06/2012 4:28:02 PM PST by capt. norm (Blessed are they who can laugh at themselves for they shall never run out of material. c)
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To: A.Hun

“Of course, they will have their principles, show the RINO Republicans the door, and after four more years of Obama...”true” conservatives will be in the drivers seat.”

/s lololol

When trying to teach a “lesson” especially to persons as “smart” /s as politicians it is important to keep in mind the objective.

Staying home and not voting, thereby allowing the Democrat to win, only reinforces the idea that Republicans need to be more like Democrats to win......(they don’t get that Republicans need to be Big C “Conservative” to win)

This stradegy only encourages/produces more RINOs.


59 posted on 02/06/2012 4:31:11 PM PST by Forty-Niner (The barely bare, berry bear formerly known as..........Ursus Arctos Horribilis.)
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To: FrankR

For some reason, the Republicans have trouble explaining that as well as you do. It’s really quite simple. They are obstructing a far left, radical, anti-American agenda. Why they can’t point this out is beyond me.


60 posted on 02/06/2012 4:33:35 PM PST by dandiegirl
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