Posted on 08/24/2009 6:14:41 PM PDT by Lucius Cornelius Sulla
And I thought 30 or 40 seats was gettin into pie in the sky type altitudes...but i figure he must know the number crunching results a lot more directly than I do...
257 Democrats
178 Republicans
A 100 seat swing would look like this:
157 Democrats
278 Republicans
Ooooooo....he’s ‘lookin’ GOOD’! Just browsed around his site.
Very BAD idea.
Divide and conquer, the OTHER side!
Do not divide OUR ranks!
Conservatives would hold far more seats if we were not so bull headed and did not split the votes so often, by running against each other in the Primary.
Thx
How much it cost to file?
Interesting idea, we could all file as D’s lol
It is stunning. I wonder if the Dems peruse the nuclear option if it may not come true. Possibly more.
33 or so seats in the US Senate will be on the ballot.
All 435? seat in the US House will be on the ballot.
Punditry? Amazing isn’t it. I would say the Congress will go Pubbie as in past history of mid-term election ... however this time is a real unknown.
Dems might push things to hard. Pubbies show a distinct lack of leadership and aggressiveness. 15 months and counting!
The most seats lost in the last 100 years was by the Republican in 1932 at 101. And, that was remarkable considering just two years before (a year after the stock market crash), the Republicans lost 51 seats. In the 1932 election, the Republicans had squandered a 100+ seat majority it enjoyed just four short years before, and had a deficit of 113.
It was because of those tremendous swings - which were the completely reflective of the reactionary nature that the Founders intended the House to have - that gerrymandering became as prevalent as it did. Politicians didn't want to have such volatility in the careers.
As it stands today, because of the industrial nature of professional politics, it makes it virtually impossible to have such explosives changes - like another 100 swing in the House. It's really too bad.
At least Morris wasn't sucking on it this time.
I wish I knew. :)
I wouldn’t get my hopes up. Any improvement in the economy is going to be credited to the Democrats, rightly or wrongly, and that will help them. Assuming, of course, the economy improves.
People are getting afraid of dems... that works in our favor.
Not unless Michael Steele saddles up this horse...
“The people want justice. They want the grift and fraud excised. They want those who blew these huge bubbles for their own personal aggrandizement and profit while ripping off the common man to get their just desserts - an indictment and a prison sentence, not another billion-dollar bonus.”
http://market-ticker.denninger.net/
That’s my concern too - are there really that many non-rinos actually running?
Lt. Col Allen West is a hero if ever there was one:
From wikipedia:
While serving in Taji, Iraq on August 20, 2003 as commander of the 2d Battalion 20th Field Artillery, 4th Infantry Division, Lieutenant Colonel West was in charge of the interrogation of an Iraqi police officer who was suspected of having information about planned attacks on American forces. According to the Iraqi police officer, Yehiya Kadoori Hamoodi claimed that during the interrogation, soldiers under West’s supervision assaulted him attempting to get him to talk.
The police officer insisted that he did not know anything about planned attacks and was loyal to the United States Army. However, when the detainee didn’t talk, Lieutenant Colonel West fired his 9mm pistol close to the man’s head and at this point, the man gave information about a planned ambush, resulting in its being thwarted. According to West, there were no further ambushes on U.S. forces in Taji until he was relieved of command on October 4, 2003.
In an interview with the New York Times the Iraqi police officer, Yehiya Kadoori Hamoodi, said he felt he must have been falsely implicated by another alleged informant as being a plotting assassin and that the information he provided was useless and obtained under duress.
West, who at the time was just short of having 20 years of service, was charged with violating articles 128 (assault) and 134 (general article) of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and was in danger of receiving an 11 year prison sentence, dishonorable discharge and losing his retirement benefits. West was processed through an Article 32 hearing in November 2003, where he admitted wrongdoing, was fined $5,000 over two months for misconduct and assault. He then submitted his resignation, and was allowed to retire with full benefits in the summer of 2004.
After West’s resignation was brought to public attention the next Fall, he received over two thousand letters and e-mails from the American public offering him moral support. In addition, a letter was drafted to the secretary of the Army, its signatories being ninety-five members of Congress in West’s support. Even a prominent critic of the Abu Graib affair, Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, wrote a letter to his constituents in support of West’s honorable intentions during the controversial incident.
In January 2004, the conservative Frontpage Magazine named West its Man of the Year.[1]
And the GOP as we now know it,would not purge government of leftist bureaucrats as they should. We need a far more conservative GOP than we have now, with no fear of using power.
Yes, the do recruit, but anyone is free to run without the blessing of the Party.
Yes, they do raise some funds and do some advertising, but not in the Primary.
If you NEED their help, in the General, you probably don't have a very good chance of winning.
Politics is a team sport.
My advice is to go to a few rallies or meetings, go to prolife or 2nd Amendment or Tea Party events.
Meet candidates you like.
Then work for those candidates.
The Political Party does have a role, but the Party has no control over the elected officials, and no control over who runs under the Party label.
Believe it or not, this is a GOOD thing, it puts the VOTERS in charge.
The Dems hold a 40 seat edge over Republicans in the House.
Earlier today I said that I did not think it possible to get that many back in one election.
Another FReeper reminded me that the R got over 50 seats in 94.
Like you said, this is Morris. We can hope but let’s not get lazy over it.
I would love to see this happen,...but will the determination we see now with angry voters last until the election in 2010?
btw..I would settle for 3 Dem Senators, Reid being one of them....Nevada needs to daschle him!
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