GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER? - WILL BUSH "HAVE THEM FOR SUPPER?"

RightTurns.com ^ | 6/1/02 | Bill Whalen

[Elkiejg]

Great article and analysis. Hard to believe he's at Stanford!!

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

Thanks for finding this. If Dubya still has numbers close to where he is now come late next year, look for Algore to be anointed the sacrificial lamb for 2004. But the thought of taking down Boxer and Murray, the two dumbest people in the Senate, is titillating.

[Tacis]

Wonderful!!! But, he states the obvious. And, it could be a democrap campaign to cause us to become complaicent. The important battle before us isn't 2004, it is in November of this year. The Republicans must retain the House and retake the Senate.

Despite what this guy says for 2004, if the communists control the Senate during the budget process in 2003, they could force a government shut down and try to prove that the Republicans can't rule effectively. These are shifty, self-enriching, vote buying, devious bas**ards. This is typical of Willie's diversion of bombing the drug factory in Sudan to keep your eyes off the fact that he is destroying evidence in some criminal activity. Don't look at 2004, that's not important at the moment. Focus on the Congressional elections in November. Reclaim the Senate, stolen by a traitor and currently in the hands of America-hating socialists.

[Elkiejg]

Speaking of the former bearded one - where is he? Why hasn't he given us the benefit of his hindsight wisdom about prior knowledge of 9/11 dangers? Inquiring minds want to know!!

[Elkiejg]

The important battle before us isn't 2004, it is in November of this year. The Republicans must retain the House and retake the Senate.

You are absolutely correct!! My fear is that supporters of Bush - Democrat, Republican or Independent - will stay home in 2002 thinking this election is not important. Additionally, we all KNOW the RATS will go all out to rig elections. If we thought their actions in the 2000 election were outrageous - we haven't seen anything yet. I would be willing to bet that they are upgrading their handbook on how to steal an election as we speak.

Other than bullying, begging, etc. etc. people to vote this Fall and serving as a poll watcher - what else can we do to ensure a GOP win for the House & Senate? Any ideas out there?

[Judith Anne]

Albert is sitting in a dark corner off somewhere with Hillary! licking dem wounds and hatching nefarious plots. Trust me on this. ;-D

[demkicker]

I disagree. We all know Gore isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but if GWB's poll numbers stay sky high, Gore won't dare run again. He has to realize that many of his fellow Rats consider him to be a joke and a looser.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

I too have noticed his absence from the headlines lately. Not a peep from him, while Daschle, Gephardt, the Wicked Witch of the West Wing were hanging themselves with the pre 9-11 smear campaign. The Tree may be crazy, but he's not totally stupid, IMO.

[deport]

Just as Democrats tried and failed to portray the ebullient Ronald Reagan as a callous man indifferent to plight of the poor and the needy, so too have they belly-flopped in suggesting that George W. Bush allowed 9/11 to happen. That's the kind of charge that has a better check of sticking with a political animal, like a Nixon or Clinton - not someone like Bush, who's never been accused of possessing a Machiavellian personality. Besides, it's a 180-degree turn in logic - from suggesting, for two years, that Bush is a know-nothing to all of a sudden jumping on him as the man who knew too much and did too little.

LOL..... Things may well change by the fall of 04 and there is plenty of time for it to do so, but the democrats are facing a different animal as long as the Terrorism focus is at the top of the agenda.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Gore is still too big a democratic ram to be sacrificial lamb. If Bush's number look insurmountable, look for someone on the far left to grab the candidacy, as 1. The mainstream Dems will be too disheartened, compared to the hardcore radical activists who don't slow down. 2. Many Dems will be happy to get the Nader voters back. Someone down the card right now, like Tom Harkin, would be my guess.

If Bush's poll numbers seriously fall for some reason, all bets are off.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

He'll run because he's obsessed with winning the White House. And he knows he will never get another chance.

[Celtjew Libertarian]

Gore is looking at Nixon's history. VP. Lost close race to succeed his President. Got kicked around. Took the next Presidential election off. Came back eight years after his loss.

[DJ88]

Good point. He may be "distancing" himself from these idiots. Who knows what he's up to? Who cares? ;-)

The RATS fail to see that since 9/11, we are tired of finger pointing, the blame game, the stupid tactics they used before as a means of "scaring" the people. We have more important things on our minds, like TERRORISM. And our President is leading us, reminding us and helping us to remember that we SHALL not let them win.

This is wherein the problem lies for the RATS. They pretend to be "all American patriots", but when push comes to shove, they are just the same old vindictive RATS they have always been. Some things never change.

I intend to change as much as I possible can in November. Unfortunately, neither one of my RAT senators are up for re-election.

Nothing changes if nothing changes.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

Good observation.

Gore and Nixon have much in common. Nixon was by far the smarter of the two, but both qualify as liars, criminals and statists. I only hope Gore ends up being as enduringly bad for his party as Nixon was. The GOP is still lumbering under the albatross of Nixon.

[Common Tator]

If Dubya still has numbers close to where he is now come late next year, look for Algore to be anointed the sacrificial lamb for 2004. But the thought of taking down Boxer and Murray, the two dumbest people in the Senate, is titillating.

If Dubya is over 53 or 54 at primary time for 2004 election it will be sacreficial lamb time. Only those who will be too old for 2008 or are doing it for the personal publicity will run. Gore will win the nomination easily.

But even if Bush has a lower approval rating than Nixon on the day he left office, look for Gore to get the nomination. Gore has spent his fathers and his lifetimes earning support from the unions. They can win enough state primaries for Gore to give him a contested nomination victory at the convention. The rest of the candidates will divide the anti Gore support so many ways that Gore will be able to get more than 50 percent of the delegates by the 2nd ballot at the convention.

But it is very unlikely that they will be able to bring Bush's polll numbers down.

If the Republicans win big this fall, look for the Democrats to start demanding new leadership and new tactics to go after Bush. Daschles hopes could be Daschled by the day after election. Democrats will remember what they did when Ike had the office. Attack Ike's VP, go after the house and the senate and conceede teh presidency in 2004. That got the Democrats the presidency and congress 1960. That is a better result than the strategys the democrats have used against Dubya so far.

If Gore wants it in 2004. Gore will get it no matter what. I think he wants it.

Bill Clinton changed the rules on how the center sees a President. The loss of the center voters by Democrats was created by Clinton's Victory over morals and Gores defeat over personality. They had the center convinced that Republicans were really dumb failures. That perception is a huge loss. They have nothing to tar the Repubicans with. God knows they have tried. It will take them years to undo that damage. Dubya has caused the center to lose its fear of the right. It was about all the Demorats had going for them. The Democats don't have a clue abuot how to paint pubbies as evil and they sure can't paint themselves as good.

[GraniteStateConservative]

There's been talk that George Nethercutt or Jennifer Dunn might take on Patty Murray, but Murray has not shown any weakness politically. Even with Bush winning the state, there's no reason to believe that Murray would be defeated-- and she's a prolific fundraiser. She's also created a persona of being a moderate. Mike Huckabee, if re-elected this fall as is expected, is almost certain to run against Lincoln in 2004-- having nothing to lose by doing so (he can't run for re-election anymore and he will still be governor for two more years even if he loses). My guess is that he might just join the Bush Administration, though and let Win Rockefeller (R) become governor.

Lincoln has positioned herself as a moderate, too, but she will be facing her first senate re-election bid-- making it the best time for the GOP to strike against her. If I had to guess, I'd say that a convincing re-election bid by Huckabee probably means that Lincoln will have her work cut out for her-- especially since Huckabee is popular now in the midst of slow economic times and the economy is likely to improve nationally over the next two years-- and governors are always more popular when they have the full tax coffers from sales and income taxes when more people are employed and consuming goods and services.

My guess for 2004 is for possible pick-ups in the following senate races:

1. Barbara Boxer (CA)-- if she faces a good candidate (maybe Bill Jones or Mary Bono).

2. Thomas Daschle (SD)-- he'll likely face Bill Janklow (who's likely to win this fall's at-large House seat).

3. John Edwards (NC)-- my money is that this will be an open seat (I think he'll retire regardless of the outcome of his presidential bid; he has nothing politically to gain for a 2008 bid by staying). Robin Hayes is being heavily targeted this fall. If he can hold on, he'll be a strong candidate for this seat (having shown he can get votes from Democrats in NC-- a requirement for winning statewide). Another possibility is former Charlotte mayor Richard Vinroot.

4. Russell Feingold (WI)-- Tommy Thompson could win this race, probably no one else (maybe Mark Green).

5. Bob Graham (FL)-- Jeb could win this race and no one else. Graham has won many statewide FL races.

6. Ernest Hollings(SC)-- Former governor Carroll Campbell is a possibility. If SC would elect Thurmond this long, they'll probably keep Hollings in otherwise.

7. Blanche Lincoln (AR)-- only Huckabee could knock her off.

8. Zell Miller-- I believe this will be an open seat. I think John Linder is the strongest candidate-- regardless of his success against Bob Barr in the primary this year.

9. Harry Reid (NV)-- The Yucca Mountain issue could play poorly here and destroy any chance at winning this seat.

10. Charles Schumer (NY)-- Giuliani or Pataki are possibilities here.

[MeekOneGOP]

bump!

[MeekOneGOP]

Oops! Scratch that frown! Bad hair smile day!
That's what I intended ! LOL!

[Grig]

Hang on to your Sore Loserman sign, it might be usefull in 2004.

[AlGone2001]

You are absolutely correct!! My fear is that supporters of Bush - Democrat, Republican or Independent - will stay home in 2002 thinking this election is not important.

I agree that this is the general thinking of mid-term elections.

But... I think that 9/11 changed the way we see politics, to some degree.

The GOP will do well, as the American public has long-known that thiey can be trusted more in the area of personal safety and security.

The Mediscare issue doesn't carry the same weight any more.