Posted on 06/21/2007 10:58:31 AM PDT by neverdem
It may be too early to make any predictions about the 2008 elections, but it's likely Republicans will win back some House seats they lost last year.
Indeed, as I noted in an earlier column, at least eight of the nine "most vulnerable" House seats are held by Democrats, according to veteran congressional elections analyst Stuart Rothenberg.
In Florida's 16th District, for example, Republicans are heavily favored to recapture the seat that Democrat Tim Mahoney narrowly won after Mark Foley resigned in disgrace in the House page scandal.
In Georgia's heavily Republican 8th District, Democrat Jim Marshall squeaked through with less than 1,800 votes. But the betting in political circles is that his seat, too, will end up in the GOP's column next year. The Republican Party is rallying behind Rick Goddard, the former commanding general at the Warner Robins Air Logistics base, who would give Mr. Marshall a very tough race.
In Texas' Republican-drawn 22nd District (formerly held by Tom DeLay), which gave President Bush 64 percent of its vote in 2004, Democrat Nick Lampson won by a thin margin, though his opponent was not on the ballot and had to run a write-in campaign. "This is probably the GOP's best opportunity to take back a district they lost last year," Mr. Rothenberg said in his latest analysis of the 2008 congressional elections.
In a volatile election cycle when Republican prospects are weakened by the unending war in Iraq and polls show a large majority of Americans believe the country is "on the wrong track," one would think the Democrats would be favored to strengthen their hold on the House.
But Republican campaign strategists now believe last year's wave that swept Democrats to power will not be replicated next year and that many seats they lost will be back...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
So...the very people responsible for the deep divisions are the ones now talking about wanting to re-energize the base? I suggest that they have already energized the base. Just not in the way or the direction they had intended to.
“Oh please. PLEEEEASE. Anything to have to watch Pelosi hand that gavel back. Oh pleeeeeeeeeeeease. I will give up red meat just to see that.”
Will you forget and vote for them even if they pass the Amenesty Bill?
>No sir. This is the House, not the Senate. The House is where the power is at. I think they will learn their spending lesson and be a powerful force for good.<
If they listen to Rep. Duncan Hunter, Republicans won’t lose. And with Duncan Hunter in the White House, we all win!
Because the biggest cheerleaders for it are the Republican president and prominent Republican House and Senate leaders.
“No sir. This is the House, not the Senate. The House is where the power is at. I think they will learn their spending lesson and be a powerful force for good.”
I know you told me 3 times, but I still don’t buy it. The GOP had the House, the Senate, and the White House and did almost nothing. Now many of the Republicans are toeing the Democrat line.
A pox on both of their houses.
sorry
Hopefully we have a presidential candidate with coattails as well.
Not for a minute did I think ‘06 was a generational shift. Just a message to the bums in office.
May I answer this question-NO!
President Bush lead the charge. Prominent Repubs are forcing it through. It’s a Republican bill;a bipartisan grand compromise if you will. There is enough votes to stop cloture if they wanted to. When the Republican Senate leaders behave this way, the GOP is to blame period. The GOP thinks we are stupid-that we will forget and vote for them as the lesser of two evils-not going to do it. The GOP is in for a heck of a surprise in 2008 if the amnesty bill goes through.
Just heard on Rush -
Congress’ approval rating on the immigration issue is 3%, yes, three.
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TAR AND FEATHERS TIME!
I said that in 2006...hold my nose and vote. Guess what-this is what the Repubs are counting on. We have no other place to go...no more.
No, the Dems win-this is President Bush’s bill. Harry Reid said so remember? The stupid Republicans have played right into the Democrats hands. As for amnesty. There is no legal amnesty anywhere right now-not in Florida and not anywhere.
Nothing gets done in the Senate without 60 votes for cloture.
Let’s also hope that all of the new Republicans in the next Congress are truly conservative Republicans and not “RINO” Republicans!
“Nothing gets done in the Senate without 60 votes for cloture.”
If you’re committed, and doing the right thing, you can bring pressure to bear on those in the way. If the GOP had a spine, and was actually cutting government size, (as promised), and securing borders, (as promised), they could have forced defections.
IF
No need. The onus of communicating "funny" is on the person trying to be funny :) "It was a good try," really doesn't cut it in the humor dept. It's either funny or it isn't.
Yeah anybody from Cuba who hits land is a citizen regardless if an illegal smuggling op brought them here=amnesty, plus reid is an idiot
“Mama didn’t have to tell me three times!” LOL. I didn’t mean to tell you 3 times. God must’ve just thought it was important.:)
Keep dreaming with all the RINOs in the GOP. In many parts of the country, all you can elect are RINOs. We had a majority leader, Tom DeLay, who said in effect that there was no fat to cut in the budget not long ago.
I agree with you 100% nyconse(rvative) :)!
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