Gephardt Eyes Massive Gains: Party Could Pick up 40 House Seats

Roll Call ^ | 7/18/02 | Ethan Wallison

[RightWhale]

I believe that it is usually Democrats that name the game for the election season. This year they tried several moves from different games before finding one that got a response. Since the Democrats have named the game, Republicans now get to choose how it is played.

[hchutch]

Perhaps, but Rush just said that the White House is picking up on his defense of Cheney. Buford at Gettysburg, pretty much tricked a Confederate Division into a major fight in which Robert E. Lee got his butt kicked.

A lot of these Democratic corporate donors, particularly to Clinton, have played fast and loose with rules. Remember Bernie Schwarz of Loral? Corzine and McAuliffe are dirty. And we can air that laundry out. I don't think Gephardt gets that just yet. I think the Dems are gonna be toasted by this.

[Coop]

I remember reading that NYTimes article early this morning. It's a nice contrast to this one. Thanks for linking.

[willgetsome]

Bush and Cheney will get thru this storm....but the House, based on stereotypes and historical trends, will be lost to the Dems.

Then brace yourselves for a "meaner" D.C. than we have ever seen.

[Grampa Dave]

Just more bravo sierra from this insane rat!

Drug Screens on all Rats should be ran before after statements like these by Rat Gephardt!

[Dales]

*snicker*

[pabianice]

"As this unfolds day after day, I think there's a good chance the Republicans will be turned out [of power] and the Democrats will be given a chance to get at this cowboy mentality [in Corporate America]," said Rep. Max Sandlin (D-Texas), a chief deputy whip.

This quote will be remembered by Texas voters this fall, I predict.

[KQQL]

Hmm, I wonder what you guys think?.........

[KQQL]

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[Rockitz]

Put down the crack pipe, Dick!

[Free the USA]

The only war the Dems could pick 40 seats is if Bush where to try an October suprise invasion of Iraq and screw it up like Carter's hostage rescue.

[Ann Archy]

Here's the REAL difference betweem a Republican and a Democrat.....A Republican THINKS his constiuents are SMART.....a Democrat KNOWS his are STUPID.

The Pubs thinks their voters have common sense, so they don't think they have to explain.....the Dems know that theirs are SHEEP just WAITING for their Thinking Orders.

The quicker the Pubs realize this the better.

[Maceman]

If Whitewater proved anything, it's that people don't get extremely worked up about esoteric financial shenanigans.

Wrong. People don't get extremely worked up about Democrats' esoteric financial shenanigans. Especially when you have the media downplaying and obfuscating. When did Clinton EVER get nine questions about Whitewater at a press conference?

[Coop]

Nine questions? LOL Heck, he only had to face one (1) question about a credible rape charge.

[crasher]

I haven't done the math for sure, but I don't think the Dems gain 40 seats even if they win every single seat that is now Likely/Leaning/tossup. In other words, if they win every single seat anyone has ever said might possibly be somewhat competitive, they still don't have the numbers to pickup 40 seats. That the Democrats pickup 40 seats is clearly less than 1 in 1000. It would take something to totally redefine what this election is about for that to happen. If tommorrow Bush was found guilty of Watergate-scale violations, and this dragged on through election day, that would still not be enough for Democrats to pickup 40 seats. It would take something that really, really scared the American people, for so many entrenched Republican incumbents (in Republican districts), to lose to 3rd or 4th tier Democratic candidates.

[Torie]

House races turn so much on local personalities and issues. An exception was 1994, but it is hard to imagine that the public will lash out at the Bush administration over this. If the Dems get the maximum amount of traction that they might conceivably expect if they get lucky, they might gain 15 seats. That strikes me as unlikely though. The Pubbies have got the message, and are going to swallow the Dem program on accounting firms etc (the Sarbanes bill) just about whole.

Where all this could hurt is in the Senate races. The GOP might end up losing a couple of seats.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Ring Dem Bells!!"
(To be sung to Bob Dylan's "Ring Them Bells")

Ring Dem bells, you heathens with yer Big Guv'ment schemes...
Ring Dem bells from yer sanctuaries where Vile Lib'rals preach!!
"Re-Impeach!!" Mudboy cried...
"We got Truth on our side...
"And Clinton's Power's fractured...Sweet Justice be thine!!"

Ring Dem bells, good FReepers, let yer OUTRAGE show!!
Ring Dem bells...make yer righteous stand, so John Ashcroft will know!!
Folks, it's Rush Hour now...
Help us FReep 'gainst the Power!!
Lord, the sun is goin' down upon Left's sacred cows!!

Ring Dem bells, Sweet Justice, tell yer Congressman...
Ring Dem bells so the World will know McAuliffe's SCUM!!
Folks, the Networks are asleep...
But their Power's weak...
And the Country's still filled with lost sheep.

Ring Dem bells...fer Left's Blind Ignorance!!
Ring Dem bells for those morally-bereft!
Ring Dem bells for Left's chosen few...
Who would judge the many...
Yet say, "Slick is KEWL!!"
Ring Dem bells for the Chi-Com SPIES...
For the kids that died...
When innocents FRIED!!

Ring Dem bells, brave Patriots, shan't let Tyranny bloom!!
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But Bold FReepers are strong...
And we're breakin' down resistance to Rightin' Wrongs!!

Mudboy Slim

Folks, it's time we demonstrated the Power of FReepin' to those who would deprive us of Justice and Liberty!! Terry McAuliffe, outspoken proponent of Campaign Finance Reform and Chairman of the DNC, has committed multiple FELONIES to get to his position of prominence in the DemocRATic Party, yet no one seems willing to hold him accountable!! As Bill Clinton's Chief Fundraiser in the '96 Presidential elections, McAuliffe was the mastermind behind the Union/DemocRAT scheme to bilk hard-working blue-collar workers out of Millions of Dollars of Pension Funds so as to provide Bill Clinton with the cash to retain his position of Power, and no INDICTMENT has been forthcoming. Elle Bee tells me there is a 5-year Statute of Limitations--expiring this Fall--on this Crime, and George Bush's Attorney General, John Ashcroft, has not said one word about holding the DNC Chairman accountable for his crimes!! THIS INJUSTICE SHALL NOT STAND!!

A small contingent of Justice-loving FReepers have--for over a month--been promoting a series of threads exposing McAuliffe's long criminal history, but now it's time to take the Truth beyond FreeRepublic!! Please assist our efforts with your emails, phone calls, and snail mails to those who need to expose this lowlife SCUM for all the World to see!!

Thanks for your help in Ringin' the Bells of Justice!!

FReegards...MUD

1 Posted on 08/17/2001 22:59:43 PDT by Mudboy Slim (NOW or NEVER Time, FReepers!!)

Quite Sincerely...MUD

[CPT Clay]

Bubba is the guy in East Texas who dont much like anyone if they aint from round here...You know the guy with the gun rack in the back window of his pick up truck!

[Don Carlos]

My guess is Gephardt had a massive brain fart. Cant think of any other explanation for such a stoopid statement.

[crasher]

I was thinking about 1994 after I saw Gephardt's prediction. And I really think even 1994 was about a lot more than the national environment. The GOP made big gains in the House because the Democrats were holding a lot of seats they shouldn't have been holding, the GOP got a fair deal from redistricting, the GOP had a good group of candidates, the Democrats had some real losers running, and the Democrats had LOTS of retirements. In a neutral environment the GOP might still have gained 30 seats that year.

In the Senate, the GOP had an outstanding group of candidates: Snowe, Kyl, DeWine, Frist, Thompson, Ashcroft. And then five very credible candidates in Abraham, Inhofe, Santorum, Thomas, and Grams. Grams was not a great candidate, but the Dems put up a real loser. The Dems also put up some other losers here. There were 22 Dems up, and 13 Reps. The Dems had 6 retirements, we had 3. In a neutral environment the Democrats would have lost maybe 5 seats. For Governors the 10 biggest states up that year saw Wilson, Bush, Pataki, Bush, Ridge, Edgar, Engler, Voinovich, Millner, and Weld run. Again, all very good candidates. In fact, all except Millner are truly exceptional candidates. 1994 also saw Alaska go from having a Republican Governor to a Democrat. Several Democrats in very Republican districts survived in the House. A couple of Democrats, in districts Bush carried in 2000, replaced retiring Democrats (I think Luther was one of them). In 1994, local affairs played a big part. And we beat them at that.