[rightwing2]

If Gephardt retires in Jan 2003 at the very height of his triumph on the path to guaranteed Speakership thanks to Bush's planned signature of the Democrat Incumbent Protection Act, it means that he seriously believes he can beat Algore in the race for the Democrap presidential nomination, which at this point in time is Gore's to lose. He would be wiser to wait until 2008 when he will have four years as Speaker of the House behind him and an "open-seat" race for the Presidency after Bush is term-limited out. It will be very interesting if radical liberal Nancy Pelosi wins the race for House Minority Leader in 2003 because then we will have a radical feminist woman as the Speaker of the House beginning in January 2005 who is only two heartbeats away from the Presidency of the United States!

The only good side to a Gephardt retirement from Congress is that Federer will probably pick up his seat in the 2003 Special Election. Then again, he might bite the dust with a lot of other good Republicans in Congress when the unconstitutional provisions of the Democrat Incumbent Protection Act take effect after the 2002 Elections.

At this point I am predicting that the GOP captures control of both Houses of Congress in the 2002 elections gaining about 10 seats in the House and about 2 in the Senate. Then in 2004, the Democraps will retake both Houses as they will be favored to do under the Democrat Incumbent Protection Act and will retain control of Congress for the forseeable future. I also predict that Gore will get his chance to face Bush in the 2004 Presidential contest and that Bush will beat him by a slightly more convincing margin than last time (assuming he puts more effort into winning Florida and less effort into winning California).

Anyone else care to make any predictions as to the 2002 or 2004 elections.

[Howlin]

Do you really think the Dems will go for Gore......a four time loser?

[deport]

Is he retiring from Congress or just his leadership position? I read it as he'll stay in congress and persue the Democrat Primary nomination for President. I really don't know what the MO laws are on this aspect.

[Sir Charles]

I believe they will be cancelled because by that time we'll be fully enmeshed in a holy war.

[Alamo-Girl]

Sadly, I predict that there will be another larger terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Politically, I would expect such an event to bring both the House and Senate under Republican control until there is no more threat. That will assure conservative judges, a strong military and an effective intelligence community.

As soon as the national security disaster left over from the Clinton watch is repaired, I expect the Democrats to start regaining some power. Hopefully, before that happens, the Republicans will reverse a lot of the extreme measures that have been necessary to thwart terror. I am not comfortable with the Democrats having that kind of power...