Posted on 09/10/2014 1:17:16 PM PDT by Publius
The only thing the prevent defense does it prevent you from winning, quipped legendary NFL coach and broadcaster John Madden. Conservatives, therefore, should be terrified to read this week that the House Republican leaderships goal for September is to play prevent defense, according to The Hill newspaper.
The Republican leaderships logic is tempting at first glance: Conservatives have reason to be cautiously optimistic about the 2014 elections. Unfortunately, this initial temptation does not stand up to stricter scrutiny. The reason Republicans are in a good position for this election is because they created a favorable contrast between themselves and the President in 2013, the election is too close at this point to coast, and Republicans need more than just a narrow victory to feel confident about their chances after 2016.
Conservatives had an extremely successful year in 2013. Conservatives stymied President Obamas gun control agenda, prevented major tax increases following on the fiscal cliff tax hikes, spent most of the year defending the sequester spending cuts before they were foolishly thrown away at the end of the year, and most importantly kept the country focused on the disaster that is Obamacare.
These were important policy goals and, as former House Majority Leader Dick Armey famously pointed out, good policy is good politics. President Obama started 2013 with a 53.4 percent approval rating in the RealClearPolitics average of polls. He ended the year at 42.6 percent. Similarly, Democrats started the year with a +7 percentage point advantage on the Generic Congressional Ballot. By year end, that lead had evaporated.
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I do.... because if each of us does not ‘give a damn’ then we are totally done for. It is all the more important to get out of the chair, shake off the cob webs, and get to work double time
I'll give up some unspecified time after my death.
/johnny
“In the Senate, we have Cruz, Lee and Paul, but we would need someone like Palin with the communications skills to put it across.”
Well, we have Cruz and Lee.
-PJ
You can be certain that the money men have given the GOPe their marching orders - and a crushing defeat for progressivism is not on the agenda.
A persuasive, positive Republican agenda aimed at nationalizing the election will never happen under Bonehead's leadership.
I disagree about losing the Senate. Is the GOPe going to call every Republican and tell them to act stupid and make mistakes so they lose?
Google “economic collapse in 2015” and sources will come up. Gerald Celente, Lou Rockwell, Doug Hagmann,Peter Schiff, James Rawles.....
You’re both right. Boehner and McConnell don’t know how to think outside the box. Gingrich was much better at working the big picture.
Only if one thinks that the Ruling Class GOP and the MarxoFascist Democrats have different objectives and ideologies.
If not, then what the GOP-e is doing makes PERFECT sense.
Well, a landslide would make the Democrats feel bad.
Sounds like Romney 2012.
The ONE thing you can count on, that you can be certain of, with the beltway establishment GOP, is, in an election year, to deflate their base.
Best doom and gloom thread EVER!!!...LOL. Some folks are so grumpy all news is bad news. If we win the Senate some people here are going to have the same looks on their faces as the hosts of MSNBC.
On election evening, I’ll have my champagne on ice along with my smoked salmon and crusty French bread in case it all turns out well. But I still want something like the “Contract with America” as we go into the home stretch.
Not one dime’s worth of difference. Beavis and Butthead, aka McCornhole and Bonor, are not game changers.
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