Howie Dean says they ain't winning shite

[malaise]

Dems will keep both the House and the Senate.

He was on Rachel!!

Go Dems!!

[Radical Activist]

1. He's right.

[malaise]

2. Damn right

:fistbump:

[roguevalley]

29. Love those Dean boys. Their mama needs a hug. She done

raised herself some pretty nice boys.

[saltpoint]

3. Yur durn tootin'.

Give 'em hell, Howard.

Rec'd.

[trotsky]

4. If he were still running the party I'd be more confident in his prediction.

I hope he's right. But more importantly, if he IS right, I hope the Dems grow a spine and get things done.

[RKP5637]

12. Dean was so far better when running the DNC than Tim Kaine IMO. These republicans and

teabaggers are such dreadful trolls. I do hope the dems start kicking ass.

[tavalon]

38. Yeah, honestly, were winning solely because the other side is committing hari kari

[TheEuclideanOne]

39. If he were still running the party, the talk would be on how many seats the dems will gain

and not whether or not we will lose both houses or not.

[still_one]

5. That is what Tim Kaine should be saying /nt

[jillan]

8. +1

[madinmaryland]

9. But Tim has designed an incredibly impressive logo after 18 months!

[RKP5637]

15. Yep, and the R's will show it as a logo with a diagonal bar across it for stop. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

28. He has.

On CNN's State of the Union:

link: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE68D3VQ20100919

"I think it's become very clear now ... that the control of the Republican Party is in Tea Party candidates who do not speak for independent or moderate voters at all," Democratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine said on CNN's "State of the Union" program.

"We have a feeling that we're going to do very, very well in closing that gap with independent voters between now and the second of November, because independents do not like what they see from this ascendant Tea Party and the Republican Party," Kaine added.

* snip *

Kaine said the Tea Party, by causing Republicans to run against one another, has become like "the Donner party" for Republicans. (He was referring to the American pioneers who turned to cannibalism in the winter of 1846-47 to survive after being trapped by heavy snows in the Sierra Nevada mountains.)

"It's knocking off Republicans left and right -- and giving us opportunities to win some very tough seats that six months ago we frankly thought we were probably not going to win," Kaine said.

* snip *

Kaine said a sitting president's party on average loses 28 House seats and four Senate seats in congressional elections held two years after a presidential election. He predicted the Democrats will retain control of the House and Senate.

"I think the Republicans are moving way to the right of the American electorate," Kaine said.

"We're going to lose seats. We're not living in average times. When the economy is tough, that means that there's volatility in the electorate," Kaine added.

[bushisanidiot]

6. Dr. Dean is usually right.

The tea baggers are going to swallow the republicon party alive.

hahahaha!

[malaise]

11. I hope they swallow them live

on TV like tea and crumpets :rofl:

[bobburgster]

34. I don't think they swallow.....

;-)

[malaise]

36. Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

hahahahahah :rofl:

[madinmaryland]

22. IBTL!!

:rofl:

[madokie]

7. I can't see how they could possibly win anything

they've not been part of any of the solutions thats sorta kinda gotten things back on track and everyone can see that for what it is, obstructionist bullshit.

rec

[malaise]

13. He said their base were the Ayatollahs

but no one else would buy their extremism. I love Howie Dean. :hi:

[madokie]

17. He was my first choice in '04

then the media blew out of proportion the scream and it killed his chances. KKKarl rove was scared shitless of him and if that doesn't tell you something nothing will. Howard Dean is largely why we have a damn fine man as our President today. I salute him. :hi:

[malaise]

19. Yep his 50 state strategy worked

big time

[PBS Poll-435]

10. K/R!

[Better Believe It]

14. I actually think he might be right. Which means Republicans will still be in control of Congress

The Democrats certainly haven't exercised their power in Congress.

They will be even less inclined to challenge Republicans in the new Congress with Republican gains.

[malaise]

16. If that were true how come they've passed

more legislation than any other congress in decades.

[Schema Thing]

18. baah! you with your reality!

[immoderate]

20. It was Republican legislation.

--imm

[Better Believe It]

21. What kind of legislation? Was it legislation opposed by Wall Street and corporate America?

Like passing and fighting for the Employee Free Choice Act.

Or passing legislation that restored our civil liberties and the rule of law.

Or even proposing, much less passing meaningful health care legislation that challenged the power of the insurance industry and big Pharma by implementing a single payer system or at least a strong public option.

Or passing legislation that would control Wall Street, end deriviatives trading and prevent the Wall Street tycoons from causing an even deeper economic crisis.

Or ending any more funding for needless war.

Or passing a robust, bold and massive plan to rebuild the nations infrastructure that was proposed by Congressman Oberstar and opposed by the White House.

Or proposing a bold plan to create millions of useful and vital public works jobs along the lines of the WPA and CCC enacted by FDR during the last depression.

I know.

Those are just a few minor issues that don't amount to beans.

The really big and important stuff was passed by Congress and signed into law by President Obama.

That's why public support for and confidence in President Obama and Congress is at an all time high.

[bigmonkey]

23. Your post relies on emotion to make its point.

Was that your intention? Are you actually suggesting that some sort of Pollyanna attitude is at the root of the slow progress on these issues?

[Better Believe It]

30. Do you think I'm angry? Do you think tens of millions are angry about the deepening crisis and

and unending attacks on their living standards?

You frickin bet we are!

It's called passion based upon the hard facts and political reality of our economic situation as opposed to wishful thinking.

Do you want us to hold it all in and pretend everything is just hunky dory?

And it's justified anger over the political paralysis in Washington .... the seeming inability and/or unwillingness of the controlling party in Congress and the White House to provide leadership and challenge Wall Street special interests that have victimized tens of millions of us on Main Street.

[bigmonkey]

35. You're accusing me of wishful thinking.

I'm pointing out that you are doing that, in this case, with no facts behind you. You are assuming, it seems, that anyone who doesn't agree with you has a Pollyanna attitude. This may not be correct, and to assume it is obviously not getting you very far.

The situation is extremely frustrating, I'd agree.

[lonestarnot]

24. Notice the R is brown for brownshirts?

K & R

[spanone]

25. doctor dean speaks the truth

[Bluenorthwest]

26. I agree with Howard.

October is going to be fun.

[Blue Owl]

27. Still gotta give the GOP a solid spanking, though

I say we show 'em what a REAL mandate looks like.

[Wounded Bear]

31. Only way we lose is if we stay home....

As usual, if we get out the vote, we win. The Repubs are trying to scare people into not voting. Can't let it work

[Major Hogwash]

32. Replace Rahm with Howie -- we win big in 2012.

Just my opinion, he should have been the Chief of Staff to begin with.
Howie is a natural leader.
You can't teach that shit, I don't give a shit what that stupid ad from Pepperdine University from Google at the top of the page says!!

[Enthusiast]

33. They will have to resort

to second amendment remedies.

[MH1]

37. The good doctor is correct.

:)

[jimlup]

40. The republican advantage in the polls is very soft...

It is ripe for a change and we are that change! Go dems!

[breadandwine]

41. I heard Dean say this. But he sounded like he was simply supporting the party line.

What did he offer as a REASON why we would hold Congress? I didn't get that memo.

And this party isn't doing JACK SH*T to excite the base.

[jimlup]

42. Yeah, but it is there for the taking...

I'm sure of this. It is a matter of getting out there and getting the truth to the voters. I agree that the core of the party is acting stupidly now. But I stand strongly by the statement that the republican advantage in the polls is SOFT!!!!

The economy is recovering. I'm feeling it. I know that it hasn't reached the unemployed and the poor yet but they should be voting for us anyway!