"Leading Indicators Point Down for GOP" The warmonger party is FINISHED!

[in_cog_ni_to]

Leading Indicators Point Down for GOP
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent

46 minutes ago


Fundraising for Republican campaign organizations lags. That is strikingly so in the House, where the party committee spent more than it raised in each of the past two months, reported only $1.6 million in the bank at the end of August and a debt of nearly $4 million.:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Democrats reported $22.1 million in the bank and a debt of slightly more than $3 million.<snip>

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"The Democrats will continue to be the majority party in the House and Senate and Hillary Clinton will make history by being the first woman president" in 2008, predicts Rep. Ray LaHood, one of three Illinois Republicans to announce his resignation so far.

What makes LaHood's prediction stand out is his willingness to say it publicly.:wow:

Numerous other Republican lawmakers, aides and strategists said Democrats appear headed for two more years in power in Congress, but they declined to say so on the record.<snip>:wow:

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A recent Gallup poll reported that 59 percent of those surveyed have an unfavorable impression of the Republican Party. By a margin of 47-42 percent, they said Democrats will do a better job of protecting against terrorism and military threats. Asked which party would better maintain prosperity, the majority preferred the Democrats, 54-34.
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Much more at link:

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/09/29/775721.html

[sufrommich]

1. And good news for the Democrats sinks like a stone on DU.

Apparently, bashing Dems is a lot more important.:shrug:

[seemslikeadream]

2. Let's see them GET US OUT OF THIS WAR

I want to know HOW they're going to do that and when.

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. :) well,

it more than likely dropped like a lead balloon because of the Ray Lahood quote about Hillary being the prez. Just a guess.:)

The rest of the news should THRILL DUers though.:shrug: The repuke party is FINISHED and they know it.

[sufrommich]

6. You're probably right..

but we should be celebrating,what I hope will be a great awakening in our country.The lifting of the fog. I would like to see the Republicans severely trounced next year ,regardless of who the Democratic nominee is.

[TahitiNut]

3. I'll never underestimate the ability of the Democratic Party to blow it.

Just by presuming that they need do nothing to benefit (by default) from the failures of the GOP, they abdicate any right to that benefit.

All I have to do is hear "Democrats" claim that one or another Democratic candidate is "unelectable" and another candidate is the "only one" who can win.

Are you fucking kidding me?? The GOP has almost NEVER posed less of a competitive field of candidates than they are this time. The conditions are riper for a Democratic win this year than they've been in decades - ever since 1976 or perhaps even before.

[Change has come]

4. K&R

Thanks for the good news!

:kick:

[Kelly Rupert]

7. The Democrats have a better record at blowing leads than the Cubs do.

I'll take "extremely cautioned optimism" for now.

[Vogon_Glory]

8. How I'd See Democratic Control of Congress & White House in 2009

The way I'd see Democratic control of Congress and the White House in 2009 would not be as victory for the American people, but only as the end of the beginning of the long, difficult, painful, and costly task of setting the American republic to rights again after the Radical Right has run amok during the Gee Dubya Bush years.

Nor do I see a Democratic victory as being set in stone. The American electorate has shown a remarkable talent for historical amnesia. After two to four years of a Democratic presidency they might again be ripe to be suckered by another right-wing dog-and-pony show.

If the Republicans win in 2010 or 2012, it is all too likely that any good that a Democratic government has done in the interval between Gee Dubya's departure and the next Rethuglican's inauguration will be undone, and the country will be even worse off than it was when Gee Dubya left office.

[caseycoon]

9. I hope & pray that this is right....

They still have those damned Diebold, Sequoia & other machines. Not to mention all the dirty tricks to keep Dems from even going to the polls. Or the little a**hole declaring Martial Law & cancelling the election. (does my tinfoil hat show?)

[silverweb]

10. Good riddance!

I hope the GOP splinters into a plethora of tiny, fragmented, warring conservative/neocon/RW religious parties who never fully agree on anything again.

Then maybe the rest of us will we have a real chance to save the heart and soul of this country, and participate with other nations as respected equals (not sandbox bullies) in the world.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. Bump!

[bleever]

12. This is not the time to coast, or to let our leaders coast.

If our party's leaders acted like R's, faced with an advantage like this they would follow Ray Kroc's advice: "If any of my competitors were drowning, I'd stick a hose in their mouth and turn on the water".

Impeach, subpoena, prosecute, incarcerate.

[Froward69]

13. Second !!

[bleever]

14. Welcome to DU, Froward69.

:hi: