RNC concedes some losses coming

There ya go...Get out that message that the dems will raise your taxes and impeach the president.
Let them know that we will invite the terrorists for thanksgiving diner. No scare tactics here...

"We are in a head wind because we're in a tough war" Not because we're in a useless war of our own making!

Well, duh, every mid-term congressional election when the president himself isn't polling highly has some gain for the opposition party.

I wonder why in 1996 we didn't hear a litany of predictions of republican control of both houses of congress? That one took everyone by surprise for some reason.

I see a large amount of Republicans right now trying to change so they do win. The American People want change the Republican have contolled Congress since 1996 .And have done very little for We The People. We shall see how many shall fall but I feel it will change to the point of a tie or outright new control of the House.

Dale is correct.
Republicans that turn away from the administrations Iraq policy will gain votes, not lose them.
Ground gained by the Democrats because of their opposition to the administrations Iraq policy will erode as more Republicans - to borrow from the Republican campaign phrasebook - flip-flop.
It will take some astute maneuvering by Democratic strategists to keep a firm grip on some of the leads
their canidates have.

"One of the tools we developed in 02 and 04 is to reach voters on issues they care about.........in their households."
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman

HUH!!!! Is this code that the Republican plan is to throw around as much money as possible,and then bring in KKKarl Rove to swiftboat,and confuse the issues.????

We will see if the Republicans can pull out their broken down swiftboat,and make any headway at all.

They have absolutly NOTHING to run on,no great sucesses,nothing, but lockstepping with Dubya for the past 6 years.

I saw where Prez.Dolittle addressed the Republican members of Congress yesterday,I'm willing to bet that they were glad to hear him "cheerleading" for them,after all, he is worried that if they lose,he will be investigated.
I'm also sure that the Republicans in Congress were being very careful yesterday not to have their picture taken with Dubya,that would be bad p.r. these days.

The Neo-Cons are finished.

Dale "the So-Called Republican" Peters never says one nice thing about the Republicans. Anyway, the GOP took control of Congress in 1994, Senate and the House for the first time in 40 years. They have held the House since then and the Senate for most of that time. In 2002, when history shows the party in power loses House and Senate seats the Republicans won many House and Senate seats. In 2004, when president running for re-election often loses House and Senate seats, the GOP again gained in both. An off-year election in which the president in his sixth term in the past normally loses House and Senate seats. That may happen again this year.

But Dale, the Republicans have done much since taking over Congress. They balanced the budget and even had surplusses because they clamped down on spending. Balancing the budget was part of the Contract for America. Clinton was against it. A simple google search will prove that. Republicans enacted welfare reform. They cut taxes, which grew the economy. They strengthened the country's defense. Even passed prescription drug care, which I'm not necessarily for.

The GOP has done many great things since taking over Congress, but some have lost their way since 1990s. Many Republican voters will hold those Republicans responsible, something Democratic voters rarely do.

Let's look at Illinois. We have the CHicago mayor with corruption all around him. He'll win re-election. We have Cook County leadership so awash in corruption it is sad. Democrats will win anyway. We have a governor with more investigations on his administration than George Ryan ever saw. Democrats will make sure he wins re-election.

And the national Democratic party is corrupt too, just as many GOPers have faced. We have Democratic congressman and senators throughout the nation being investigated, from West Virginia to New Jersey to Louisiana to New Mexico to points north. But the Democratic voters don't care nor does the media.

This just in! With no accomplishments to run on the RNC has announced their fall '06 election strategy: Fear and Smear!

Here's the Democrat Plan for America:

1 Insult Bush.
2 Blame it on Bush.
3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2.

And they want me to vote for them. LOL, whatever. Try getting a platform that isn't driven by a pathetic hatred for Bush, and maybe I'll consider voting for you.

Won't matter for me though, not with all the sheep in Chicago that are brainwashed into voting Democrat year in / year out.

As usual with "Swamp" articles, the headline "RNC concedes some losses coming" twists what RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman actually said--and twists it in a way to discoruage GOP voters. The facts are there in the article--the reporter asked Mehlman a loaded question, and Mehlman replied (as any rational human being would) that it was possible some GOP seats would be lost. There is a vast difference in saying some future event is possible, and saying some future event is a given.

Darryn,
Who better to blame? Bush is the "decider" and Congress is just doing his bidding.

Ahhh - remember the good old days when Republicans were truly fiscal conservatives, didnt care to see the federal government intruding in peoples lives too much, and wanted to shrink the size of government ?
They are over.

John D you are right about the balanced budget .Buth those where the moderates they got swiftboated by the right wing . Now we have no balaned budget and no tax cuts for middle class because the only cut for upper two percent. John the Republicans before the right wing took over are who I support .I can not and will not support these Republicans by them cutting veterans they cut me. John here read the facts DAV Grades are in .Not even the Chairman of Veterans Committee passed VFW ,American Legion or DAV HERE IS THE LINK

http;//www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id004044M

IF the Democrats take over both Houses in November, which is a possibility...it's impeachment time for Mr. Bush.

The Dems will never win!

Not as long as we have DIEBOLD!

BWWWWAAHAHHAHAAHAHHAHAH

Doug R.

But if Bush is successfully impeached who can we count on to prosecute the war against tomatotarianism?

(google 'bush tomatolitarians')

"Here's the Democrat Plan for America:

1 Insult Bush.
2 Blame it on Bush.
3 Repeat Steps 1 and 2.

And they want me to vote for them. LOL, whatever. Try getting a platform that isn't driven by a pathetic hatred for Bush, and maybe I'll consider voting for you.

Posted by: Darryn | Sep 15, 2006 2:34:17 PM"

OK! Now, put on thinking caps! Just replace the name 'Bush' with the name 'Clinton' and you will see a very odd, yet compelling similarity to the 'Republican' plan!

OK, back by popular demand"

Top Ten Hilarious Nick-names for the Bush Administration:

10. The BEAT-les!

9. Cream(em)

8. Christ's Chekists

7. Not so Grand Inquisitors

6. Gladhand Gestapo

5. The Not so Lovable Little Rascals

4. Hard Power Posse

3. Gang of 400 or More

2. 'Fool' and the Gang

And the number one Hilarious TeamBush BushCorp Nick-Name!

1. "The Bush Administration"

C. Morris you better start reading GAO reports. Bush is being blamed for more then you think. By the so does the Senate intell report.

C. Morris,

I liked your top ten list,I guess I'm not the only one on here who is a Letterman fan.

JohnEEE

Yeah, he (DL) is pretty tough on W, but just as damning of WJC.

Let's see, the Republicans are sounding the alarm that the Democrats want to raise my taxes. Well, my taxes have never been higher. That happened under Bushy.

And let's see how the Republicans have done me favors, I have been paying $3.50 a gallon for gas. Up from $1.50 under the last Democrat. Geez, those Republicans have been good to someone there but not me.

And that is under a Republican administration that is bought and sold by the Saudis. The same Saudis that Bushy walks around arm and arm, or hand in hand with. Those photos of Bushy holding hands with the Saudi leader during a stroll were priceless. That says all anyone needs to know about Bushy's relationship with the Saudis.

And who attacked us on Sept 11? Yup, our friends the Saudis. Or rather, Bushy's friends the Saudis. The 9/11 attacks happened under Bushy's watch remember; right after he took his usual and customary one month vacation clearing brush in Texas.

Saudi terrorists hiding in Afghanistan and Pakistan attack us. Logical next move would be to invade, what, Iraq? Right. Kill and maim thousands of American soldiers for absolutely NOTHING.

Ever wonder why Bushy sounds like he is talking to idiots when he explains things to the American people? it is because that is how things are explained to him.

Does anyone really think the Democrats can do any worse?

Goldwater Today:

CC Goldwater on what her grandfather would make of today’s GOP

No, today's GOP is not the GOP that I would vote for. 'nuff said - Jack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14863898/site/newsweek/

Sept. 16, 2006 - As the granddaughter of Barry Goldwater, I am often asked what I think my grandfather would have felt about the direction of today’s Republican Party. What I found in the past year I spent making a documentary about the man, “Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater,” is that my grandfather is one person for whom it is pretty hard to speak. He was vocal about his opinions, which he presented with a rare clarity.

Still, those opinions have echoes today, and as the documentary shows, while my grandfather didn’t leave his party, his party has left him. Though he’s often depicted as the father of conservatism, Barry Goldwater would be considered a moderate today. He was firmly pro-choice, a supporter of gay rights and, in his later years, said that he thought it was okay for gays to serve in the military.

Fundamentally, it’s clear that Barry would not have been comfortable with the increasing influence of the Christian right over the GOP. My grandfather would have been appalled by the whole political grandstanding of the Terri Schiavo mess.

The Constitution was Barry’s bible. He felt strongly about what it represented and the guidance it gave to establishing our government. And he thought that most U.S. citizens took it for granted. “Most Americans have never even read it and that’s a shame,” he once said. “Kids are not learning about it because it’s not honored the way it used to be.”

We need to remember the true values and freedoms the Constitution guarantees us. The main lesson I learned from my grandfather: “Government needs to stay out of personal lives, and do the job that we entrusted them with—to run and govern our country efficiently and truthfully, according to the laws our forefathers crafted.” That’s a message worth remembering today.

Throughout my life, I was encouraged to be honest and truthful to all those I came in contact with. We need to encourage our youth to do the same. That begins with the people we look up to, our parents and government. We have to have something that we can trust and believe in and not fear. “Trust and fear cannot coexist at the same time,” Barry said. Anyone who motivates our decisions by fear cannot restore the principles of a country founded in freedom. “I will support whoever is running our country as long as they abide by those principles and will run our country and not our lives.”

Impeach the president?

Like that's - oral sex?