This is distressing. Remember how Mark Foley and harrassment of male pages in Congress was all over the news in Sept. and Oct. ‘06 leading up to the election? That contributed to Republican losses that year also. That was also the “macaca” election loss for George Allen in Virginia.
Turnout was very low too in ‘06 mid-terms I thought, due in part to discouragement by Republicans. Hillary brags she got 67% of the vote in her re-election to the Senate, but she actually got fewer votes in her re-election than her original election because turnout was so low.
Well, hopefully we’ll pump up turnout this year, with the prospect of an Obama liberal Democrat pres. and majority in Congress awaiting us. Republicans should stand up for principles and values, not the mushy middle.
It’s going to be exceedingly difficult to increase turnout with a candidate at the head of the ticket whom nobody likes.
The last real momentum was in 2004, an extraordinary turnout for a second term election. Then the RINOs and George Bush started kicking everyone in the teeth, and the voters are so discouraged now many of them probably won’t bother to go to the polls.
I am not advocating that. But I fear that is what will happen. And like 2006, it will be the fault of the RNC and the Powers that Be.
Republicans should stand up for principles and values, not the mushy middle.
That's something I can't see them doing right now. They haven't been hurt enough yet to be brought back to reality. They are still wearing blinders and going along with the ideologies that closely resembles dems. Some day they'll get their wake-up call. Sometimes the only way to tell which party they are speaking from is if there's an D or R behind their names. Other than that - they are the same.