GOP Bracing themselves for HUGH NOV DEFEAT..possibley lose 20 House seats aqnd 4 or 5 in the SENATE

[opihimoimoi]

Their schick of obstructing and whining did half the damage

The other half comes from their failed fam values thingy....

Leaderless, clueless, and O so Envious, they attempt comeback with nearly empty quivers...nit picking every widdle thingy ad nauseum

their brand name is mud

The people is starting to vote by PARTY....the Pubs gonna have a hard time puting an R by their name

[FSogol]

1. I agree. They will be freaking out on the morning of Nov 3, 2010. n/t

[Beer Snob-50]

2. is this reflective in some poll numbers?

just curious.

[AlinPA]

5. Yes, I'd like to see some background on the statement.

[opihimoimoi]

9. Its in the air....the smell of GOP ANGISH has permeated our atmosphere

They are like crabs at the bottom of the bucket....scurrying around looking for the escape hatch....

[Union Yes]

3. BWAHHAHAHAHA!!!!1!1!!1!!!

:rofl: @ the GOP/Teabag klan.

[Codeine]

4. Rrrrrrright.

Wishful thinking.

[BootinUp]

6. I have a strong feeling it will be a bad election for them

relatively speaking. In other words they will not pick up many seats for sure.

[greencharlie]

7. on EARTH? nt

[SteppingRazor]

8. lol.

I still don't believe the GOP will necessarily take over either house of Congress, but the idea that they'll be routed for the third election cycle in a row is just silly. Especially in the House. Given the realities of gerrymandered congressional districts, the Dems have expanded about as far as they can there.

[Stevepol]

36. Not just gerrymandered districts, but voting machines.

The Dems would have a much wider margin in both houses if the voting machines had not corrupted the whole democratic process.

Saxby Chambliss wouldn't be in the Senate e.g., Cleland would be, and there are easily 4 or 5 more R's that wd be D's in Congress if the vote had been counted correctly.

Of course, there's no way to prove it one way or the other. That's the whole point: when the vote is counted in total secrecy without verification, a real democracy is impossible.

You can always have a fake, faith-based democracy. The US is not the only country with a democracy like that. Many countries have tried it before and many will try it in the future.

[MajorChode]

10. It's too early to tell what could happen

If good economic numbers come out between now and the election, the GOP is doomed.

[opihimoimoi]

13. The GOP has been on the wrong side of many equations resulting in loss of creds and respect

Obama is killing those dudes....

but the GOP is helping their own demise by acting STOOPID

[MajorChode]

16. They always do

It's like they can't help themselves. Every time they play to the least common denominators of their party, they alienate the middle and eventually it costs them dearly.

[old mark]

19. They are not acting. I believe they are in deep shit for November, and still

digging their hole...They seem to think the reason people don't like them is because they are not crazy enough, so the kick out people like Crist who could almost pass for normal humans. I have been saying the GOP will lose in November for months now, and I believe it will be more apparent as the election gets closer...polls mean nothing till the election is over.

mark

[Jade Fox]

30. (the GOP) seem to think the reason people don't like them is because they are not crazy enough

How true!

The Tea Party is a tiny portion of the population, who may not even vote since clearly many are the "they're all crooks!" types. The most likely Tea Party effect will be splitting the GOP vote.

These polls that you see are often phrased like this: "Are you satisfied with the current Government?". That sort of open-ended question will get a negative response from just about everyone.

I think we are witnessing one of the biggest spins in history with all this talk of GOP mid-term victory.

The only thing that could kill us is if Dems don't vote. I think the Tea Party etc. will be a motivating factor in that area.

[old mark]

33. You are certainly right that Democrats MUST vote - we can still lose even

if the GOP gets few votes. We MUST show up, support Democrats and VOTE!!!


Wouldn't it really piss them off if we won AGAIN???

mark

[opihimoimoi]

38. Obama is doing a great job of making Bushies look like the inept idiots

Restoring our econ and health care gonna get him chiseled on MT RUSHMORE

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

11. I have to say this blowback from Arizona has them scared shitless.

If you listened to their comments on proposed immigration reform in Congress, it's obvious. They're accusing Obama of making a political issue out of immigration, and driving hispanics to the polls. (no, really).

They thought they were looking at a landslide a couple of weeks ago, and now that's slipping away.

[GoCubsGo]

48. Not just the Arizona blowback...

I'm betting the oil rig mess in the Gulf is going to blow up in their faces, too. They are the "drill, baby, drill" party, and look how well that is working out. Then, there is their resistance to banking/Wall St. reform. As long as the Dems keep reminding folks of these things, they shouldn't should not be losing any seats.

[Bitwit1234]

12. GOP is gonna loose big

why do you think CNN is s**tting their collective pants by posting every chance they get that the republicans are going to win, going to win. Because they know they don't have a snowballs chance in Hades and they want to convince the Democrats consisting of the YOUNG PEOPLE, AFRICAN AMERICAN, LATINOS AND WOMEN (As our president said) to stay away from the polls. You can look over Fox because we all know that they are the
24/7 republican infomercial channel. And all they do is spew lie after lie after lie in favor of republicans. I think what would really help is for each Democrat call a press conference any time the republicans do their obstruct obstruct thingy....and make it happen every every time.

[opihimoimoi]

15. Yup...dats my gut feelin as well :o)

[BrklynLiberal]

14. Fom your keyboard to the ears of she who can make it happen.

[Rex]

17. One more epic fail for the GOP.

I think this time we will see them do a collective face-plant, maybe in July. By the time November rolls around they will be lucky to have anyone BUT the 18%ers vote for them imo.

[opihimoimoi]

37. Love that Picture frame of a Collective GOP FACE PLANT..... :o)

[upi402]

18. I was sure Bush would be a 1 termer

The American voting system has gutted me more than once.

[Rex]

26. After Ohio, I knew Dubya was in for another 4 years...

To all or collective whoa.

[Whisp]

20. wow. but the fuckheads on CNN keep saying its the democrats that will lose.

hahahaha. got to love the little dolts.

but who knows, long ways off.
maybe CNN will spend hours on critising Obama for masticating in front of his children just before Nov.

[Toasterlad]

21. For Some Reason, This Reminds Me Of All Those People Who Were CONVINCED Al Gore Was Going to Run

in 2008.

[robcon]

22. Delusion is on display at DU.

We'll lose 5+ Senate seats, and 10+ House seats.

Real Clear Politics, a source I trust, has it at 8 losses in the Senate: Arizona, Delaware, Indiana, Nevada, North Dakota and Pennsylvania, + two of the six toss-ups races.
http://realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2010/senate/2010_elections_senate_map.html

[wryter2000]

23. I think you may be right

Do you have a link for this, though?

Common "wisdom" is that the dems are in trouble. I don't buy it.

[spanone]

24. but but but boner just said they may get 100 seats back this year...who to believe...bwahahhaa

[mistertrickster]

25. Sorry, unrecommending because this is just unsubstantiated opinion. I want it to be true,

but we're the party of actual fact, remember?

[Rex]

27. Someone named mistertrickster talking about facts!?

:hi:

[mistertrickster]

46. Yeah, heh. I wanted MisterTwister like the fishing lure, but it had been taken. nt

[senseandsensibility]

28. Oh no, it's the Dems who will be thrashed

Haven't you been listening? The tea party is made up of at least half Dems, and everyone is angry at Obama. Sheesh. It's been on the news 24/7.

[damntexdem]

29. And all because of that guy Hugh.

Imagine.

;-)

[librechik]

31. bu-bu-bu--Orange Man say they gain 100 seats!

Does tanning fluid effect intelligence?

[Aramchek]

32. Did Boehner play for Syracuse?

[alfredo]

34. Want to help make it their nightmare? Contribute and volunteer.

The work won't get done without us. Get off your seats and hit the streets.

[K8-EEE]

43. +1

Right on....

[alfredo]

44. I hope I can get out there. I might be restricted to phone banking.

No more street for me. Arthritis.

[LynneSin]

35. I don't think we're going to hold on to that senate seat in Delaware

I mean at least Mike Castle isn't one of those 'frothing at the mouth rabid republican types' but he still is an 'R'. I'm going to do all I can to help elect Chris Coons but i swear if Ted Kauffman would run he would win.

[B Calm]

39. I still believe we're witnessing the fall of the republican party!

[underpants]

40. In a world based in reality that would be true

but we live in the MSM bubble....and people think that is real

[opihimoimoi]

41. GOP = Illusion of DeLusion.....wallowing in Confusion...one step away from the Institution

[K8-EEE]

42. I think if anything their gains will be small and red-state regional.

The Republicans are just pathetic....they can't get anything together!

[D23MIURG23]

45. Unrec for lack of evidence

I'd like to think you are right about this, but yours is the first assessment I've heard that leans in this direction. Mostly what I've heard from pollsters and other informed people, is that the Republicans will most likely pick some seats up in both chambers, but the healthcare bill and Obama's reasonably good approval will help temper the losses. Here is an example of one such analysis:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/04/senate-forecast-update-little-chance-of.html


If you have some figures to back up your post I'd love to see them. Otherwise I think you are engaging in wishful thinking.

[Colonel Bat Guano]

50. 1998!

Actually I've posted along these lines before. The OP doesn't have "official" figures to back it up, because the conventional wisdom is Dems will lose seats because it's a historical trend for offyear elections for the party in power, and the "strength" of the Tea Party, blah blah.

EXACTLY the same shit happened in 1998. Pundits and pollsters spent the year predicting, with certainty, that Repubs would widen their margins as a repudiation of Clinton. EXACTLY the opposite happened....Repubs LOST seats, and the conclusion was that the public was fed up with the Repubs' handling of the impeachment, shutting down the government over a tantrum, and so on.

We have a few months to go, but Dems are finally fighting back, Repubs are getting crazier by the day, and the Tea Party has always been a small minority that happens to get coverage because crazy makes for good television.

I don't think this is wishful thinking. For me, it's deja vu. There's a precedent:

1998.

[RainDog]

47. I hope you're correct. n/t

[rucky]

49. It'll be a wash.

We'll lose some seats, we'll gain some seats.

[Dr Morbius]

51. I might agree if I believed the votes were actually counted fairly.

But the GOP playbook includes denial of the vote. Turnout is typically low in midterms anyway, so if turnout is lower than "expected," the media won't pay too much attention.

We know there won't be any Democrats elected in Arizona, for example.