hahahahahahahahahahahahahahah; Oh sorry, it was a serious article?
Posted on 05/15/2008 12:49:48 PM PDT by Jeff Gordon
Soul searching Republicans are turning to an unlikely savior, one-time party heretic and now presumptive White House nominee John McCain, as they try to stave off an electoral disaster.
Stung by the Democratic seizure of three staunch conservative seats in Congress, Republican lawmakers fear a shellacking in November's general election, after losing control of both chambers of Congress in 2006.
The rise of McCain as their champion is not without irony, since the 71-year-old Arizona senator has quarreled with his own party for years on issues as diverse as immigration, campaign finance reform and global warming.
But it is precisely that independent streak that is drawing Republicans to his coattails, hoping he can cleanse them of the stain of gridlocked Washington.
Eric Cantor, Republican chief deputy whip in the House of Representatives, told reporters that the McCain brand was healthier than that of his party.
"John McCain is a demonstrated vote getter among independents, and his message and what he will be able to do in this election is extremely important."
House Republican minority leader John Boehner told Fox News that with McCain at the top of the ticket, his demoralized party might spring a surprise in November.
"I think that we're going to do a lot better than people think," Boehner said.
"John McCain appeals to almost all Republicans. He also appeals to a wide array of independents and conservative Democrats."
Democrat Travis Childers on Tuesday won Mississippi's first congressional district, one of the safest Republican seats in the country, following his party's recent special election wins in Illinois and Louisiana.
The win was another triumph for the strategy of matching socially conservative Democrats, who often oppose abortion and back gun rights, to conservative districts, where Republicans would normally ease to victory.
As they surveyed the damage Wednesday, Republican House leaders rolled out the first elements of a new agenda, dubbed "The Change You Deserve," pinpointing the struggles of working families.
Significantly, a key player in their press conference was Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett-Packard chief who is now one of McCain's most visible economic advisors.
Democrats see their win streak as a referendum on the unpopular president and dream of an electoral landslide after a Washington Post/ABC poll this week found eight in ten Americans think the country is on the wrong track.
Tom Cole, who heads Republican congressional campaign efforts, delivered an unusually stark warning, telling his party's candidates "to take stock of their campaigns and position themselves for challenging campaigns this fall."
But Adam Putnam, chairman of the House Republican conference, suggested Republicans could prosper without their president up for reelection.
"The President is not on the ballot," he said.
Top Democrats will not let them creep silently out of Bush's shadow.
"What happened in Mississippi was a day for reckoning for the failed policies of the Bush administration," said Chris Van Hollen, chairman of the House Democratic campaign committee.
And he said McCain, who recorded a message for the defeated Republican candidate in Mississippi, had failed to save his party.
"They thought he would be a life preserver, he wasn't -- he was an anchor."
Democratic House majority leader Steny Hoyer meanwhile mocked the new Republican slogan, "The Change You Deserve," saying it had already been used to market an anti-depressant medicine.
Democrats, who seized control of both chambers of Congress in 2006, are looking to expand their 37-seat majority in the House, and increase their tally in the 100-seat Senate from the current 51.
Republicans are particularly bracing for losses in the Senate, since in what was already shaping up as a bad year they have 23 seats up for reelection compared to only 12 for the Democrats.
“....the 71-year-old Arizona senator has quarreled with his own party for years...”
I guess I missed it. So when did Mc Cain start quarreling with the Democrats?
If anyone shook me that hard, my head would fall off first.
dullards.
They lost the seats because they didn;t deliver on their promises - CONSERVATIVE promises.
Looking to the McCainac for salvation is like having an anchor tossed to a drowning man.
McCain as my political Savior?
Um, no thanks.
I’ll stick with Rush.
I agree. You can put perfume and lipstick on McQueeg all you want but he is 70% dimocRAT.
Funny. I’ve never looked to ANY President in my lifetime to “save” me. That’s LiberalThink. :)
Oh yeah!... Just keep going that rout, that will save your a**.
Be ready for the BS-EXPRESS... It's just beginning.
If they identify their savior as Judas they’re right on track.
The Dem who won in Mississippi was PRO-GUN and ANTI-ABORTION.
So why the usual media claptrap about McManiac the “maverick”?
The recent losses are a signal the GOP needs to look in the opposite direction of McCain by appealing to conservatives.
I’m not “shaken” (or stirred). It’s time to crush the competition.
McCain is not going to save us. If he gets elected, he will have the tag “Republican”, but he won’t be Republican. He is absolutely no value to us at all.
Although he is more liberal than Hillary, the media will start trashing him as soon as the dems choose their candidate.
Judas.
I will not vote for Juan and I will not contribute to the national republican party.
This was already posted this morning
The only way the stupid party wil be able to figure that out will be a bloodbath in November...uh...wait a minute, I take that back, they still won’t admit they are fools and will blame their losses on conservatives, even though they have done all they could to drive us away.
Dumb and dumber.
Face it, Republicans and democrats are one party, one anti war, the other pro war, that embrace global socialism for the benefit of the ruling class.
Already the GOP is drawing the wrong conclusions.
This should have been posted under humor.
Bump.
Exactly right. If the Republicans can't keep Mississippi, it is going to be DOOOOM in November, just as Conservatives have said all along. So much for 'electability', eh?
since the 71-year-old Arizona senator has quarreled with his own party for yearsHe hasn't quarreled with the people who run the party NOW.
He's got no problem with the RNC the way it is NOW.
The RNC Titanic set sail back in February with Captain John McCain at the helm.
Well, I guess it's true that the party has left its base behind.
I laughed at first. 'Til I thought about it for a second . . .
I will comment...
Unlike so many, I do not look to politicians to be my “savior”. There is only one Savior, and that is Jesus Christ.
That is part of the reason we are in so much trouble in this country - too many people look to and even worship their “lords and masters” in office to deliver them.... from financial mistakes, from laziness, from their own stupidity.
McCain isn’t even a better alternative...
;^)
There, fixed it...
Real Repubs certainly aren't stirred by McCain.
Thanks, perhaps it is time for people to face up to the facts. Those in power want impoverished, powerless, dependent masses. They cannot leave self reliant, strong people who might buck their program for us. We have to have any wealth taken away so we will be dependent on their caring mercy. Any crumb we will be so grateful for. What they want is many of us to die, hence crappy free socialist healthcare administered by morons. The more of us gone, the more for them, thats brings me to abortion, that ain’t going anywhere either, they need it with the inclusion of euthanasia. That will start out being voluntary, but that won’t be voluntary too long.
The Gorebal warming BS is the Big Lie foot in the door to control us. Both parties have signed on to this scam as the death knell for society. This will be used to bring us to our knees.
Like it folks, the screws are being turned while we sit on our dead butts and swallow it. Juan, Obama, Hillary, all branches of the poison tree.
Sorry, the whole thing is a joke.
Ain't that the TRUTH.
Here's what I'm suffering from.
Electile Dysfunction: The inability to become aroused over any of the choices for president put forth by either party in the 2008 election year.
Not this Republican.
I'm with you!!
I'm going to write in Dan Gurney for president. ;)
“Already the GOP is drawing the wrong conclusions.”
Amen, every time the GOP gets their a$$ handed to them, the RNC adopts a course or plan even more stupid than the one that was in effect prior to the loss.
We conservatives have to ignore the RNC leadership, stop sending them money and develop good, local, conservative candidates that, someday, will rise to high office and turn the USA back to the shining city on a hill that we know it can be.
Title should have read, “Republicans stick their heads further up their posterior”.
McPain, is no Moses! Let the lemmings follow the piper, they will all drop off the cliff with the false prophet.
McPain,and his vision is a F’en nightmare.
Actually, I foresee Obama as the political savior of the Republican Party. After he is elected and tanks the economy, causes the fall of Iraq, sends the price of oil over $200/barrel, and stands idly by while the Israelis take on the Iranians, then “maybe” The Great Unwashed will remove it's head from the sand and vote “Right”...
The Republican party should change its symbol to a dinosaur. A stupid creature, incapable of learning anything, heedless of any warning signs, lumbering along on its way to extinction.
“So much for ‘electability’, eh?”
I talk to a lot of people here in Indiana about the upcoming election. Right or wrong here’s what I’m hearing:
Republicans and this administration are responsible for:
1)Getting us into a “no win” war.
2)Jobs being exported.
3)Illegal immigrants taking the jobs that are left.
4)High gas prices.
McCain addresses all of the above.. with exactly the WRONG answers in the opinion of most people I talk to.
Republicans will be absolutely slaughtered in the upcoming elections.
We probably deserve it.
Iscariot, it seems, but no saviour.
He will take the Republican Party out into the left field cheap seats.
Well, good luck with that!
Most FReepers can't even identify the competition, so how on earth would you expect the general populace of Republican voters to "crush the competition"?
Sounds good, though.
I hope you are speaking rhetorically.
I do not think it is a joke, and I'm not laughing.
I'm also not "sitting on my butt", either.
My friends and I communicate with our respective Congressman, other opinion leaders, hand out reading materials, show videos, and man information booths.
And you're welcome.
McMedia, by his actions and voting has made the answer to your question crystal clear.
For the first time ever, I’ll be voting Democrat this election....the moderate Democrat McCain over the race-pandering, class warfare Marxist Obama.
Well I am Designer. Did you hear that the Farm bill passed today?
I know there are good conservatives fighting. Is anyone listening?
Groceries are going up again, the GOP went along with the RATs. Are they on our side, are they listening? The joke is that people are sitting here thinking that if they just vote for McCain, all will get better. Don’t think so.
You, obviously are not one of those I am speaking of, but I bet you know who is.
I’m online with folks who are in it to win it—and optimistic at that.
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