May the Best Man Lose

Slate ^ | 9/20/06 | By Jacob Weisberg

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Should anyone want to win the November election?

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Still, there are reasons why the Democrats might be better off denying Republicans the defeat they crave in November. For the Democrats to win the House this year would offer the unappealing prospect of responsibility without power. With a slim majority in the next Congress, Democrats wouldn't be able to accomplish anything significant. The party would still lack the votes to pass health-care reform or to repeal the Bush tax cuts. But with control of even one chamber by one vote, the failure to act on such issues would now be their fault as well. Iraq and the fiscal mess would no longer be just Bush's problems. The Democratic Party will have a much clearer story line heading into the 2008 election if it is simply the party out of power and can call for a complete change.

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So, now there are beginnings of grumblings about how those grapes were sour anyway. It is good to see Democrats spouting such nonsense for a change.

The 'Pubbies are gonna romp and stomp in November. The Donks are not going to know what hit them.

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Hey! My tagline didn't post!

I'm not backing off it, not one little bit!

[DMedic91B]

I'm looking forward to the Dems not gaining control in November, not because I loathe them, but because I'll be highly entertained hearing them whine about how the election was 'stolen' from them for whatever psychotic reason they can come up with this time.

Come on, you've got to admit it's pretty funny to hear them refer to any opposition they face as being 'swift-boated' by so-and-so. We've got to change the standard usage of that word to mean: Losing an election due to people pointing out how wrong you are on an issue of your own choosing.

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SUPPORT TERRORISM.......vote Democrat !!!!!


I'm not being sarcastic either!

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I'll be highly entertained hearing them whine about how the election was 'stolen' from them for whatever psychotic reason they can come up with this time.

DIEBOLD!!!

[WoodstockCat]

yep..the long knives are sharpening..and Hillary has been far, far, far from any real policy discussions during the '06 campaign.
Her people will swoop in to "rescue" the party for '08 on Nov 7, 2006.

[HitmanLV]

Does Romp and Stomp mean make gains in the November elections? Where do you think they will gain, by how much, and what seats in particular?

I think they will retain control but I don't see where the gains will be.

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I think they will retain control but I don't see where the gains will be.

I think the House will be reletively static, with a couple of surprise wins by Republicans. But 95% of the House will be re-elected, as always.

I think in the Senate, the 'Pubbies will pick up Kean in NJ and Steele in MD.

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The funny thing is, the 'Pubbies are going to lose a lot of Governorships. The Governor's races have not been nationalized nearly as much as the Congressional races, since it is hard to run against President Bush as a Governor. So as opposition to the President has dried up as a political force, the Democrat governor candidates are reletively unharmed. But there are an awful lot of Democrats running for House and Senate who have put all their eggs in the "Hate Bush" basket, and the bottom of that particular basket is falling out.

[HitmanLV]

Then worst case if only 95% of GOP House members retain, they will have 219 seats, leaved 213 for everyone else, and that's if dems only gain.

Those two senate pickups would be excellent, but do you see any GOP Senate losses? Burns I think is DOA, for example.

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I think Burns will surprise you. All of those people are shouting "Boo-urns!", not "Boo!".

But, seriously, the trends are going our way. The "Angry at the President" vote is drying up.

[MNJohnnie]

HAAAA! I think you nailed it GL. Just the "Win by Losing" nonsnese from the Left.

[MNJohnnie]

I will admit that it is an indecent delight to watch the mental meltdown that occurs on the Left when they Lose.

If they all were not such super arrogant, ignorant yippy twits I might not take such gleely.

However, because of the grotesque incompetence as human beings, I love the whines of Democrats the day after election day, it sounds like....

JUSTICE!

[nyconse]

It is never better to lose an election...remember the mainstream media trying to convince the Repubs that it would be better if Gore won the 2004 election...nonsense.