Someone (I think here on FR) mentioned the Republican candidates should spend the next 2 weeks putting Obama signs up all over next to their Dem opponents signs.
That would be very effective.
Rasmussen today puts the House gain at 55, just 8 more than in 1966. A gain of 55 won’t change spit in Washington. I don’t even know if a gain of 80 would make much difference. There has to be wholesale change to survive.
Hmmm, I wonder how many stories we will see in the Partisan Socialist Media predicting “The End of the Democratic Party” like they have concerning Republicans in any cycle in which they have a set back?
Zero? Yea, I’ll go with that.
The last part of the sentence speaks volumes.
Needs to be repeated again, again again, again
That's an understatement.
The Republicans overreached in 2006. Obama is committing grand larceny.
OK, I'll play. What Democrats were reluctant? Oh, wait! Yes, yes. Those Democrats holding out for some bribes feigned reluctance.
Great article. Every American should read it.
They blew it. Instead of focusing on economic recovery, job creation and winning the war on terrorism, the Obama administration used its massive congressional majorities to expand government power.
The problem is, there is no such thing as 'pragmatic liberalism.' And today's liberalism doesn't give a rip about 'economic recovery, job creation and winning the war on terrorism.' Only conservatism does.
Today's Dem party cares about two things - more government, and killing babies.
Shovel Ready!
Defeat is defined in many ways. For the left losing at the polls is meaningless, it’s a bourgeois fixation. They have already laid the foundation for the kind of regimen they want and it will take us years to undo if at all. The fact is that while we will win this election, they will still be entrenched in the institutions that count. Forever sabotaging our efforts to undo their destruction and continuing to brainwash our children via the educational system. We may find this victory will make us feel good for 5 minutes after the election only to find out that they still have the veto via the president and over the next two years their programs will metastasize making it impossible for us to reverse the process. They planned well.
It does not follow, however, that the Republicans are necessarily on the verge of a historic victory. For a victory to be historic, requires that the party in power actually accomplish something of lasting import.
And that ... is far from certain.
I don’t know where to put these..........
History of Uncounted military votes:
2008:
“Six million American citizens abroad were qualified to vote in the 2008 Presidential election. It is estimated that one-fourth of all military votes were not counted. At least, 98,000 lost military ballots were mailed back to the U.S. but not counted. See photos and a video” at link.”
http://military.rightpundits.com/2009/05/13/military-votes-not-counted-98000-lost-military-ballots/
“WASHINGTON — One out of every four military personnel and other Americans living abroad may have been thwarted in their efforts to vote in the 2008 election because of communications and bureaucratic problems, according to a congressional report released Wednesday.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/13/one-fourth-of-overseas-vo_n_203002.html
2004:
FOXNEWS.COM HOME > YOU DECIDE 2004
“CHICAGO WANTS UNIFORM MILITARY VOTING STANDARDS
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
CHICAGO — Chicago election officials have written President Bush (search) asking him to push for a law to extend the deadline for states to receive absentee ballots (search) sent by members of the military.
As many have experienced, the military mail service can be very slow, and state officials are concerned that their ballots won’t get counted if they are postdated on time but not received before the results are certified.
Chicago officials say they want to make the deadline for every state 14 days after the election.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,133733,00.html
“Pennsylvania Soldiers Sue To Have Their Vote Counted”
Posted by Kevin
Published: October 29, 2004 - 9:24 AM
“It shouldn’t be particularly surprising that the “count every vote” Democrats don’t support counting every military vote - they didn’t in 2000 and don’t in 2004. They’re busy fighting to get the illegal votes of illegal aliens and convicted felons counted, but not the members of our armed services.”
http://wizbangblog.com/content/2004/10/29/pennsylvania-so.php
NOVEMBER 02, 2004
“Louisiana | Military Vote Problems Reported
Radio talk host Moon Griffon reported on his statewide show this morning that he has received reports from some Louisiana citizens deployed for military service in Afghanistan and Iraq claiming that absentee ballots they received only showed the statewide amendments up for vote. These ballots did not contain presidential or congressional races.”
Posted by John Dias at November 2, 2004 10:50 AM
http://www.command-post.org/2004/2_archives/016691.html
2000:
“According to the Associated Press, 30 percent of military voters who requested absentee ballots in 2000 did not receive them in time to have their vote counted. In 2000, roughly 250,000 military voters applied to vote absentee. Now, with hundreds of thousands of additional troops posted in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere, the number of military personnel interested in voting absentee is expected to soar. Nearly 350,000 applications had already been requested as of mid-July.”
http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/current/in_our_opinion/military_absentee_ballots.htm