[Coop]

"He's trying to talk down the market," Schmidt said. "If he's saying [the Democrats could make major gains], he is basically saying, 'I want to exploit this politically. I don't want to solve this.' "

I'm sorry. This is a weak response. Where's the powerful mention of Corzine or McAuliffe?? Strongly discredit them and be done with it.

"[Dick Gephardt] said we're in an environment where winning the House is becoming more and more of a reality," Smith said. "He's bullish."

Slightly rearrange the letters and replace the forgotten "T," and I agree completely.

[tomahawk]

Gephardt is an enemy of America.

[LS]

Talk about living on Mars, old "ET" here has lost it. I'm telling you, just based on redistricting, the GOP will gain at minimum a few seats (4-5) and if somehow the Dems get painted as obstructionists, say by another attack or by a big victory in the War on Terror, the 30 seat gain is going to be on the other side of the aisle, "little Dick."

[coloradan]

He said if this thing plays out right, we could pick up 30 to 40 seats,"

What happens when the government goes from trying to protect civil rights, secure the borders, and so forth, to trying to play a game against other members of government. Government isn't a game - or is it?

[Movemout]

LOL! I agree completely. The dims have been delusional since Newt foreclosed on the house. The more delusional they become the better!

[RCW2001]

40 seats would be a bit much, however, sadly, I do believe the GOP will lose the Congress 2002. BTW...the GOP has no one else to blame other than their own leadership (or lack thereof, rather).

[Dan from Michigan]

40 seat? WTF.

[EternalVigilance]

The Democrat operatives in the media are working hard to reinforce this too.

Last night I flipped on ABC News, and watched as they ran several not-so-thinly disguised hit pieces on the President and the Vice-President that more as less took it as a given that their past performances in corporate America were corrupt.

I agree with those who say that our side is doing a lousy job of fighting back, as usual.

EV

[section9]

Meeting with the top leadership Tuesday afternoon, Gephardt opened by advising Members to read a Paul Krugman column in that day's New York Times that accused President Bush of shady land dealings and cronyism in Texas. He also touted a similarly themed story in the New Yorker magazine.

"[Gephardt] said he thinks this is where the whole thing is headed," said one source who was in the room.

Now this should be very revealing even to the most casual observer. Anyone who puts intellectual stock in the most partisan columnist that the New York Times employs should be taken out and horsewhipped into good sense.

The American people know when all this nonsense began. Gephardt is merely believing his own propaganda. That is always fatal in politics.

Gephardt is trying to tie this to Harken Energy. He's really trying to use that? God, one would hope so. Indeed, this dog ain't even hunting. What we really need are for the Rats to go bonkers, come about September, and start criticizing Bush for his handling of the war.

Be Seeing You,

[3AngelaD]

Guys, guys. You have to consider the source. Roll Call is a left-wing, badly edited gossip rag read only by political junkies on Capitol Hill. I am sure that at some point, Roll Call printed a story about the sun rising in the west. All this is wishful thinking on the part of the Dems and their fellow-traveling/useful idiot writer at Roll Call. That said, the Republicans aren't playing their cards right. Hope someone wakes up.

[Non-Sequitur]

Forty seats? In his dreams, perhaps. Or our nightmares.

[McGavin999]

And did littly dicky immediatly leave the capitol and get on a private corporate jet to fly off somewhere like the democrat senators did?

The republicans had better get off their backsides and expose these democrats as the very people who pushed this thing into existance by standing behind and supporting lies, parcing, shaving the truth. THEY are the ones who told America that you can get away with it if you can lie good enough.

[blackdog]

"If this thing plays out right".............Sheesh, pretty much say's it all doesn't it?

The governance of this country is not play, it is not a game, it is not for party style grandure. The people deserve and should demand politicians bigger than school-yard political gamesmanship.

[CPT Clay]

I'd like to see Corzine slapped with the new stiffer penalties that the senate just passed!!!!!

[Demidog]

Do a little investiation on how incumbents have been dong in the primaries and then get back to us about whether or not Gephardt has reason to expect some major congressional shifts....

[Pokey78]

This is the equivalent of flying to Vegas and laying down a bet on the Cincinnati Bengals to win the Super Bowl.

[mombonn]

Slightly rearrange the letters and replace the forgotten "T," and I agree completely.

You beat me to it! LOL, that was the first thing that ran through my mind.

[capt. norm]

"Pick up 40 seats"

He must have been hanging out with Michael Jackson too much...they're both starting to make about the same amount of sense. (ZERO)

[BlueCat]

The democrat activists are working VERY VERY hard to keep this in front of the country. And they KNOW they have the media on board with them -- in fact, they are gloating among themselves about it.

I'm in a position to see this stuff firsthand. It is truly frightening.

[Mr. Bird]

The administration is still holding all the cards: military action. If Whitewater proved anything, it's that people don't get extremely worked up about esoteric financial shenanigans. Unless there's a video of Bush or Cheney taking a bribe a la ABSCAM, this is all Summer nonsense.

Gephardt knows that a strike on Iraq obliterates Harken/Halliburton/Enron from the radar. He's getting in his jabs now, but it will be futile.

One thing needs to be said, however, and that is that the current GOP leadership in congress (both houses) sucks. They are losers, and they cannot count on a popular president or war forever.

[MissAmericanPie]

I think the Democrats pretty much have Texas sewn up in both the Senate seat, and the House seat. It remains to be seen about the Governorship, I think that is going to be tight. It's just a matter of time anyway since Texas has been over run by illegals in the past five years. Between Texas having gone 1/3 Hispanic and all the other minorities, Euro's either are a minority here now or very close to being the minority. Not as bad as Cali, but just short of, and like Cali, going solid democrat eventually. How many electorial votes is that including both states? Anyone know?