Posted on 9/8/2006, 1:12:34 AM by lancer256
I wonder if Democrats are getting the slightest bit nervous about the news -- hot off the presses -- that Iraqi security forces are actually taking over primary control of defense operations in Iraq. That might not bode well for their prospects to recapture control of Congress.
One of the Democrats' major complaints has been that we have been too slow in training Iraqi troops, thereby delaying the end or significant downscaling of the American presence there. Of course the Democrats' criticism here is not a policy matter, but one of military implementation. So when they blame President Bush for the delays, they are actually blaming the military they claim to support. It is ludicrous to suggest that President Bush wouldn't do everything he could, at the policy level, to expedite the training of Iraqi troops.
This is just one illustration of how events beyond either party's immediate control could have a dramatic impact on the November elections. Things can change weekly in the war, which is why it is risky for Democrats to put all their campaign eggs in the Iraq basket.
Actually, a more accurate metaphor would be that they have put no eggs in the war policy basket, but have been trying merely to destroy the eggs President Bush has placed in the basket. They are relying exclusively on deriding President Bush's policies, while conspicuously and defiantly offering no alternative policy agenda of their own.
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That will make the Republican victory even sweeter.
Like I have said in other posts the dimocRATS have been getting a free ride from the MSM. Now that Labor Day has passed the Republicans will start their campaigning. IMHO things will turn out pretty good.
The MSM has gone so far overboard with their 'GOP is doomed in November' mantra, that it's practically inevitable they are wrong.
Im thinking the GOP has a good cnahe of holding both houses. It will take some effort, but watch the tide shift in another month.
Relatively low gas prices will help in the upcoming election
Gee, maybe the Rats forgot that "staying the course" included "when the Iraqis stand up, we will stand down"?
I think you are right that the Dems are gloating way too early. Strangely, I am feeling no anxiety at all about the Republicans having an excellent election. Remember 1994 when the Republicans won, the tide didn't turn until the last two weeks and the MSM and the poor Dems never saw it coming.
Another of Rove's masterstrokes. Guy's a genius.
I just saw gasoline for $2.26/gal. There can't be any doubt, W's messing with the market again.
I'll never forget that night on the election coverage, talking heads looking down at their desks and trying to explain the Democratic downfall. Priceless!
First thing the RATS and their mediacrats did after this momentous occasion was to say that it was only one area and not the whole military.
Tomorrow it will not even get page 5 news in the MSM.
Gas in Jackson Mississippi?
I've seen it at $2.39.
Bu-bye dems. See you again 2 years from now.
Now I gotta go and register.
They better think long and hard before they start tryin to do that crap!
ABC is a big outfit(with a big bunch of talk radio stations).
ABC could cause a whole batch of trouble for the dims!
Not his greatest though. That would be installing Dean as head of the rat party.
Forget the Democrats. I wonder if the forever-negative hand-wringers on Free Republic are premature in declaring the GOP dead for this election cycle.
And when the Rats complain that Bush doesn't have a plan, they ignore that the plan is for the Iraqis to get to the point where they can defend themselves and their new government.
BTTT
How? If so, why now?
Pardon my sarcasm. If George Bush can manipulate the oil market he can move mountains.
No, you do not need to apologize for sarcasm. I rely on it 50% of the time as well.
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