Posted on 12/17/2009 5:27:28 PM PST by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama's Democratic allies will pay in November 2010 mid-term elections for the "garbage" legislation they pushed through the US Congress, a top Republican lawmaker warned Thursday.
Republican House Minority Leader John Boehner took aim at Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's remark Wednesday that she was "always in campaign mode" and would sell voters next year on Democratic achievements.
"I hope she does a great job of marketing all the garbage they passed this past year," he said at a year-end press conference, vowing "we're going to continue to be the party of better solutions."
Recent public opinion polls show Republicans -- who were thrashed in the 2006 and 2008 elections -- narrowing the gap with Democrats to a virtual dead heat in a generic ballot ahead of next year's contest.
The US president's party typically loses seats in mid-term elections, and surveys have also found deep worries about the direction the country is headed and about the bleak economic picture, including historically high joblessness.
"Right now we've got double-digit unemployment, we're got red ink as far as the eye can see, permanent bailouts, and no long-term plan to put any of this back in shape," said Boehner.
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Recent public opinion polls show Republicans — who were thrashed in the 2006 and 2008 elections — narrowing the gap with Democrats to a virtual dead heat in a generic ballot ahead of next year’s contest.
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The Law of GIGO in action - Garbage In Garbage Out
Yeah, like America trusts Boehner.
About as far as they could throw him.
Another compromised in Pubbie clothing.
Huh!? Try up by seven point according to Rasmussen. "Likely voters" is what counts, not illegals and felons.
Yeah, like America trusts Boehner.
About as far as they could throw him.
Another compromiser in Pubbie clothing.
Psst. The bad guy in this story is not Boehner, it's the Democrats.
Believe it when I see it.
Frankly, I think they’re counting on their friends at ACORN, the SEIU, an army of liberal judges and a flood of illegals that they’ll soon be making citizens.
Paraphrasing another freeper, “never ascribe to democrat stupidity what can be explained by malice.” They are a malignant force.
True, in this story.
However don’t fool yourself. 95% of the people on the Hill are politicians and not trustworthy.
Boehner falls into that category too. Untrustworthy.
Boehner has more confidence in the American voters than I do. We would not be here now if they were as rational as that.
Oh great.
On RCP GOP has narrow lead average of +2.3 points.
What is the population polled?
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