Republicans fear another beating: Indications suggest Dems will win WH, House, Senate in '08

[DeepModem Mom]

The Hill: Anxious Republicans fear another beating
By Jim Snyder
July 27, 2007

Nine months after Republicans were routed in the midterm elections, campaign observers, K Street lobbyists and political experts say there is little evidence the party can rebound in 2008.

The same bad news — the president’s low approval ratings, opposition to the war in Iraq, and the lingering taint of congressional scandal, from the Jack Abramoff investigation to Sen. David Vitter’s (La.) involvement with the alleged “D.C. Madam” — leave observers skeptical that the GOP can dent Democratic majorities, let alone reclaim power in the next election.

“The only thing that has changed is that everything that was bad got worse,” said Bernadette Budde, political director of the Business Industry Political Action Committee. BIPAC supports business-friendly candidates of both parties, though most of the group’s donations go to Republicans.

If the election were held today, “We’d be lucky to hold our own,” one House Republican said.

Skepticism isn’t universal. Some see hope in Congress’s own low approval ratings. Voters, they argue, are frustrated at the Democrats’ inability to deliver on campaign promises....

But others say leading indicators suggest Democrats will win the White House and both the House and Senate for the first time since 1994. Most sources doubt a repeat of 2006, when Republicans dropped 30 seats in the House.

But a Democratic pick-up of a few seats in the Senate, for example, when coupled with taking the White House, would have serious implications for major issues like global warming, stem cell research and judicial appointments....

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/anxious-republicans-fear-another-beating-2007-07-27.html

[mediaman007]

1. "serious implications for major issues like global warming, stem cell research

and judicial appointments..."

serious implications? Are you kidding? You mean like the United States working on Global Warming is a negative consequence? Like stem cell research to help the needy is bad for us? Allowing everyone to vote is anti American? (all sarcasm)

Who wrote this crap? Oh, that's right: The Hill

[DeepModem Mom]

4. I didn't read "serious" as meaning advancement in these areas is a negative. I read it as...

more power for Democrats would mean a major shift in policy in these areas.

[bluestateguy]

2. Just don't get overconfident

Right now that is our worst enemy.

[Sparkly]

3. A Democratic president AND a Democratic Congress

Especially a Congress with a good-sized majority...

THAT is how to get things done!!!

[Old and In the Way]

5. Keep misreading those polls on Congressional disapproval Republics!

Keep doing what you're doing, thinking we'll give up and not vote in 2008. If you think things are bad now, wait until we take the WH and have a Congress ready to really peal back the buried corruption of the past 7 years. Your brand will be toast in 2010.

[Perry Logan]

6. You can see the fear in their piggy little eyes. They know they're beat.

[Bitwit1234]

7. ONLY IF rove does not figure out a way to steal the elections.

[trueblue2007]

8. SOUNDS GOOD TO ME

I want Repukes to lose bigtime. Send them to the Moon, Alice!!!