GOP cancer: Party could lose 20 more (House) seats

Politico ^ | May 15, 2008 | JOHN F. HARRIS & JOSH KRAUSHAAR

[dforest]

ROTFL! Good one.

[patch789]

bush threw Newt’s majority away,
doing the will of people that hate us.

[tubebender]

I turned 3/4 of a century today and life has dealt me tons of lemons lemonade and my clan will have deal with what is coming for years as I did in the 30s...

[Blood of Tyrants]

Let’s just pray that they can hang on to more than 40 seats in the Senate.

[The Pack Knight]

Yes, but prepare for the strong possibility that they don’t.

[cowdog77]

RE-ELECT NO ONE....flush the GOP.

[Edit35]

Don’t lay the blame of the gutless, spineless republican failures on the media.

My intent in my post was not to lay blame on the media.

Only to point out that for the past five years, the Republicans have effectively and deliberately been 'branded' as clueless laize faire oil corporate suck ups by the 'reporting' AP branch of the media .....

When in fact many Republicans politicians do in fact go into their home communities where they speak to crowds, to small Chamber of Commerce type organizations and present good market-based, conservative solutions and ideas.

Again, my point is that the bulk of the public does not know of or read about these speeches or happenings because the reporting media distorts or will not report the events.

Pure and simple, it is political war by omission, rather than commission.

It is extremely hard, if not impossible, for a good conservative Republican to effectively showcase his or her agenda without the benefit of some honest reporting.

Yes, there are newsletters and emails, but they are not nearly as effective or wide reaching as a good "impartial" newspaper or TV story.

The large networks such as FoxNews (rarely) cover local political speeches unless they are controversial or sexy.

Look no further than last week when Obama claimed the US has 57 states, or when Obama claimed repeatedly that Afghanistan speaks Arabic (they speak an entirely different language)

If a Republican had made any similar mistake, it would have been ridiculed repeatedly by reporting media across the nation.

As it was, only Hannity reported it briefly, and Limbaugh perhaps once.

The GOP has been effectively branded as uncaring, corporate suck ups who could care less about the little guy.... and they haven't yet figured out how to get some honest reporting.

[Edit35]

This crap is self-inflected.

Disagree. Why did J.D. Hayworth lose in '06?

Why did Rick Santorum, perhaps the best spoken most conservative Republican in the nation, lose by nearly 20 percentage points in '06?

In my estimation, and I followed the "reporting' media very closely, was the lack of any honesty in reporting what Santorum actually said or stood for.

Likewise, there was absolutely no scrutiny.... no analysis of the positions (lack of positions actually) of the Democrat opponent.

Add in the effect of 20 years of MTV, BET, and public school/university propoganda.... and the Republicans are starting 25% behind before a race even begins.

[SierraWasp]

What ever happened to that trite, but true platitude about "when good men do nothing?"

I'm not quite as hopeful as you about another Reagan coming along at just the right moment. Reagan came out of an era that was really unique in both America's and Hollywood's history!!!

I hope just as strongly as you, but I still wonder where we're gonna find such a good hearted and articulate soul with vision a real leadership. Are there any more mothers out there with "the hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world?" I wonder!!!

[Darren McCarty]

It cannot be fixed without a Conservative standard bearer.

Actually we have a couple of good ones being handicapped by a bunch of yesman in the house leadership (Blunt, Boehner, etc) Mike Pence, Jeff Flake, John Shadegg, Marsha Blackburn, and my own RINO hunter Tim Walberg are five that come to mind. They need to bring an strong opposition plan, and get Bush to follow along with it by saying he'd sign there, but not Pelosi's.

[SierraWasp]

Wow, tubular one... the big seven five... Holy Moley, congratulations. But remember I'm right on your heels by less than a decade!!!

You stay healthy and happy in spite of what the lousy liberals do to our once sweet nation and remember... Success is the best revenge!!!

[SierraWasp]

I'm sure hopin Rick Santorum will ripen just in time for the conservative Republican ressurection in about two and a half years. Dang Dubya and the GOP for supportin that Scottish Law idiot and that Rhode Island lib Repellican over that Reagan conservative over there.

Rove has NOT been helpful to the Reagan conservative movement, in fact he's worked much harm against righteous conservative Republicans with good leadership potential!!!

[PerConPat]

I hope just as strongly as you, but I still wonder where we're gonna find such a good hearted and articulate soul with vision a real leadership.

Yes, it's hardly a sure thing. We may have passed the point where the body politic are capable of elevating the sort of leaders who have the necessary strength and intelligence. IMHO, it will take a good deal of suffering to end the national fixation with superfluous, but feel good, issues. And I can only hope that it is not too late.

Given the current field of candidates for the presidency, I can't see any substantial help coming from the White House in the next term. Thanks for your insights. Good night.

[Mike Darancette]

If Obama wins it will be a bloodbath down ballot. If McCain wins big, and his win would probably be big, then the GOP may even pick up a few seats.

[Antoninus]

And the party leaders are just like Hollyweird producers. “I don’t get it. We produced a movie with sex and gratuitous violence and it bombed. What do we do? I know! Make a movie with even more sex and more gratuitous violence!”

[Antoninus]

That pic though is 30% of voters. The others are grudgingly voting for McCain.

Exactly. And that 30% will be crying bitter tears when their messiah gets his butt kicked in the general election.

Unfortunately, with McCain as president, many of us will be joining them.

[Antoninus]

In my estimation, and I followed the "reporting' media very closely, was the lack of any honesty in reporting what Santorum actually said or stood for. Likewise, there was absolutely no scrutiny.... no analysis of the positions (lack of positions actually) of the Democrat opponent.

Indeed. Both Santorum and Hayworth lost, in my opinion, because their opponents were allowed to paint them as "soft on illegal immigration" with out challenge in the media.

[linn37]

Threads such as these are frustrating. Are you really going to believe all this MSM BS? C’mon even a lousy RINO is better then having Pelosi in control. Stop your bellyaching and start supporting Republican candidates before a scenario like this really can happen.

[SierraWasp]

"C’mon even a lousy RINO is better then having Pelosi in control."

Oh! If only that were true!! We in CA are seeing our formerly conservative Republican platform and fiscal conservatism being literally and figuratively raped by a Republican in Name only (RINO)!!!

Remaining conservative Republicans in the state legislature are continually pressured to abandon their conservative colleagues on budgetary matters by our ridiculous RINO Governor who now endorses McMistake so we can replicate that in the national legislature!!!

[Gaffer]

If he wins the Presidency, the remaining Republicans and abetting appeasers (such as they are) will be secure in the fact that they have the 'backstop' to counter their downfall.

Alas, their 'backstop' has holes in it larger than the fence they refuse to build.....