GOP Gets Blue - It’s a red country now

NRO ^ | October 8, 2002 | Bill Whalen

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Love to see an updated version.

[Defend the Second]

"Pucker their Daschles". LOL! I love it.

[Dixie republican]

A blowout, with Bush approaching Reagan country and 400-plus electoral votes.

As much as I would like to see it, Bush won't be approaching Reagan Country in '04.

[Reeses]

bleeding Republican "red"

Red is the color of socialists and communists, hence it's Democrat Red, Republican Blue. Democrats like hiding behind blue because they must hide their true colors, and lying and misrepresentation is no problem for them. Two years ago the socialist media said the color switch was because blue is given to the incumbents, red the challengers. We are now the incumbents. Give us our damn color back!

[Cicero]

I agree. The networks and the Dems deliberately switched colors when they reported the Bush-Gore race. Republicans have always been true blue, and Democrats have always been radical red.

It's time to drop that silly, Orwellian reversal of colors. Since when have we let the media rewrite our language?

[Naspino]

The Democrats are in big trouble. If they go left they lose their old supporters in the deep south / bible belt. If they go center they lose the 60's radicals and one-issue agendists. They tried standing in between the center and the radical left and look what it got them. A shift in either direction will end the Democratic party forever.

[Eva]

My guess in the Maryland race is that the sniper shootings highlighted the idiocy of the liberal stance against the death penalty and that put the final nail in KKT's political coffin.

In New England, I think that it was a combination of the war on terror (think Logan airport) and investors trusting Republicans more than tax and spend Democrats.

[Little Bill]

I think that if the war goes well and the economy picks up we could see a Nixon, Reagan type of landslide. The rats are goining to run a commie, Hitlery(?), and repeat the '72, '84, '88 elections. Every time the rats turn left they get their nads handed to them.

[pankot]

How about puke, ahh I mean puce, as a color for the RATS?

[Blue Screen of Death]

As much as I would like to see it, Bush won't be approaching Reagan Country in '04.

You are probably right, but it is sure nice to dream. I don't really want to see a single party country. However, I want to see an oposition party that is loyal. Todays democrats are lying, spinning lawless (ref: New Jersey) anti-American hate mongers. I really believe that if they could, the Democrats would destroy our economy if they thought it would give them power. They don't care about the suffering they would cause as long as the end result is more power for democrats. That is scary.

[SamAdams76]

The title is a little perplexing but good article. I don't get the impression that Bush's popularity is going to slip very much between now and the 2004 election cycle. I smell another Ronald Reagan landslide in the makings here. Hopefully Gore is nominated again so that he can tie Mondale's record of losing in all 50 states (Gore already lost his home state of Tennessee once).

[Coop]

I don't get the impression that Bush's popularity is going to slip very much between now and the 2004 election cycle.

I felt the same way about Papa Bush just a year or so before his defeat to the Impeached Rapist. I realized Perot played a big part, but so many things can change in the next 24 months.

[gcruse]

 
"Pucker their Daschles". LOL! I love it.

Wasn't that great?  It's too bad Clymer is
already entrenched in that particular usage.

[null and void]

I think we can call that particular part of the anatomy by more than one name...

[537 Votes]

Only a year or two ago, NRO was projecting that 2000 would be the last election that Republicans would even have a chance of winning, given the demographic shift caused by immigration trends. Bush may have upset this by doing well among Hispanics. If we can simultaneously court the Hispanic vote while stopping illegal immigration (it's not really in the best interest of legal-citizen Hispanics, you know), the Republican Party might just have a future.

[hottomale]

ooh! One in the know there. Not much has been brought up about the colors. I believe the color change happened sometime back in the 80's although I'm not sure.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Last I heard, they were alternating the red/blue designations every four years. The " it looks like a giant swimming pool" reference to President Reagan's victory was one factor. Plus the Dems were tired of the association of their party and the color red infering that they're communists. Not that they're not proud of the fact.

[rwfromkansas]

What really excites me is the potential to get an increased lead in the House and Senate in 2004, plus the Presidency. Wow.....just think about it.

IT would be unlikely, but if the GOP can accomplish everything and neuter the Democrat gameplan, they could very well pull it off somehow.

[goldstategop]

I think California is too liberal to go for Bush but New York is definitely in play if only on account of 9-11 and if Bush wins New York and Ohio its all over for the Democrats.