Posted on 03/07/2012 6:29:47 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Although most conservatives understand the important of defeating Obama, the next Congress has to be almost coequal in importance. ObamaCare, for example, cannot be repealed without control of the House of Representatives and not only control of the Senate, but enough senators to forestall a filibuster. Appointments to the federal bench, especially the Supreme Court, require Senate approval. Many of the reforms which conservatives see as vital to economic growth -- reform of the tax code, deregulation of environmental extremism, and changes to the entitlements systems -- will require congressional concurrence.
The structure of the Senate races in 2012 and also in 2014 favors Republicans. This is a consequence of the Democrats' big win six years ago in the 2006 election. Ten Republicans defend seats, and seven of those -- Indiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Texas, Wyoming, Utah, and Arizona -- have been strongly Republican in recent decades. How Republican? Each of those seven states has a Republican governor, two Republican senators, and Republicans control both houses of the state legislature.
Two states may be considered toss-ups: Nevada and Maine. Both states have Republican governors. Nevada has one senator of each party, and Maine has two Republican senators. The Nevada legislative chambers are split, but both houses of the Maine legislature are controlled by Republicans. The ethical imbroglio of John Ensign and the decision by Olympia Snowe not to seek re-election, however, put these seats in play. The only Republican Senate seat in jeopardy because the state is strongly Democrat is Massachusetts, but Scott Brown still runs surprisingly well in polls.
Democrat senators are retiring in North Dakota, Nebraska, Virginia, Wisconsin, and New Mexico. North Dakota and Nebraska are very red states, and Virginia is also a red state, though less emphatically. Republicans have strong candidates in Wisconsin, Virginia, and New Mexico.
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RE: Your happiness at getting the kenyan out of your life will live only till shortly past the Romney inauguration
As opposed to what? Keeping him in my life? No thanks.
RE: Then your dissatisfaction will be compounded by the fact that you voted for a Republican socialist.
And this is worse than keeping a known marxist/socialist in office? No thanks.
You may repeat that as many times as you like, but Romney lies.
RE: perhaps worse because the Congress will be irretrievably in the hands of the Democrats.
Not if conservatives don’t sit this one out and vote for conservative people in Congress in large numbers.
Here’s another choice — LEAVE THE PRESIDENT’s NAME UNCHECKED and ONLY VOTE FOR A CONSERVATIVE SENATOR OR CONGRESSMAN.
That would at least mitigate a total disaster.
This is at least better than sitting the elections out.
RE: You may repeat that as many times as you like, but Romney lies.
Look who’s the one repeating his posts. I already know he lies. But I asked you before, show me one who never lies...
We’re not voting for saints or angels here. Only the LESSER of two evils if it ever boils down to Romney vs Obama.
If I were looking for a saint, I wouldn’t be voting at all.
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You make a very good point.
RE: If I were looking for a saint, I wouldn’t be voting at all.
How about this — given the choice between two evils, what would you do?
A) Stay home
B) Vote for the lesser of the two
C) Throw away your vote on someone who isn’t the nominee ( which is as good in practice a A above ).
ABO
I would vote for Charles Manson over thugbama if forced to at this point.
MassachusettsMandateMitt is the Hillary wing of the democratic party.
I’ve already addressed that issue.
RE: I’ve already addressed that issue.
Yes you did, and it is choice C.
Feel free to send more bullying insults my way. I couldn't care less.
RE: Yes, your rudely framed choice “C”. Happy now?
How is that a rude choice? It’s just presenting you with the consequence of making such a choice.
If you write in someone else’s name ( who isn’t even on the ballot ), you’re just wasting your vote.
And if enough conservatives do that, how is this not allowing Obama to cruise to victory?
I have no interest in discussing this further with you.
This is why we need to hit Crtl-Alt-Del and restart things.
These are alternatives that are available to us that we may have to invoke sooner rather than later.
No, they haven't. Romney has backed away from promising that he will work for the repeal. And, there's no reason why he would want to repeal it. Despite his flip-flops on most issues, he is proud of the fact that RomneyCare was the model for ObamaCare; even though he claims that he knows nothing about his former Mass. staffers going to D.C. to help the Dems write it.
This, then, is not an improvement to me. Romney has continually changed his positions on a number of issues central to restoring America's economy and business climate. So, if you want to vote for him, be my guest. I won't. There simply isn't a dime's worth of difference between the two.
No, they haven't. Romney has backed away from promising that he will work for the repeal. And, there's no reason why he would want to repeal it. Despite his flip-flops on most issues, he is proud of the fact that RomneyCare was the model for ObamaCare; even though he claims that he knows nothing about his former Mass. staffers going to D.C. to help the Dems write it.
This, then, is not an improvement to me. Romney has continually changed his positions on a number of issues central to restoring America's economy and business climate. So, if you want to vote for him, be my guest. I won't. There simply isn't a dime's worth of difference between the two.
Not necessarily. They could pass it as a budget bill which only requires 51 votes to pass. Thats how they got Obamacare passed originally.
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