Posted on 10/19/2006 4:36:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
WASHINGTON – Less than a month before the midterm election, the campaign is a picture of uncertainty. Take, for example, Elenore Klepser, a resident of a suburb near Buffalo, N.Y., and a loyal Republican - at least until recently. She has supported Congressman Thomas Reynolds for as long as she can remember. But now, she wonders if Mr. Reynolds, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, has been part of a coverup in the congressional page scandal. Or take Patty Wetterling, a Democrat and child-safety advocate in Minnesota. She was lagging in her first-time race for a vacant House seat until the scandal broke. Now campaigning on a demand for expulsion of members involved in an apparent coverup, she was found in a Zogby/Reuters survey to be running neck and neck with her Republican opponent in what has been considered a Republican stronghold. The page scandal is certainly not the only factor, but a recent Zogby/Reuters poll found Democrats leading in 11 of 15 races for crucial seats currently held by Republicans, putting control of the House within reach of the Democrats.
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I don't think I've ever seen such a full political assault in the media since the Lewinsky scandal.
Democrats Offer to Let GOP Keep Some Seats
by Scott Ott
(2006-10-19) — With Republican electoral prospects dimming by the hour, Congressional Democrats today offered to forego “the embarrassment of counting the votes” from the upcoming national elections, but to let the GOP keep some of its seats in the House and Senate.
“It’s kind of like an out-of-court settlement,” said presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA. “We’ll let our friends across the aisle avoid the humiliation of a public thrashing by our strong, attractive Democrat candidates, but we’ll demonstrate mercy by conceding a few seats, so that Republicans have at least a token voice in national affairs.”
An unnamed spokesman for the Republican National Committee (RNC) called the Democrat offer “gracious”, and said the two parties were negotiating over when and where Interim House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-IL, will give the concession speech.
Republicans have staggered in recent weeks under a barrage of painful publicity ranging from plunging fuel prices, to record stock market closes, to the Bush administration’s failure to produce inflation despite growing employment, reduced tax rates and soaring tax revenues.
Meanwhile, Democrats ride a wave of public adoration due to the party’s clear, positive vision for protecting the civil rights of foreign terrorists, retreating from Iraq so that rival Muslim sects can work out their differences without American interference, and restoring the Clinton era “spirit of cooperation” with North Korea.
While some critics have suggested that both parties wait until the American people speak at the ballot box before declaring winners and losers, Rep. Pelosi called that kind of thinking “a quaint relic of ancient history, made obsolete by political pollsters and media pundits.”
“After all,” she said, “just because we’re the Democrat party doesn’t mean we have to be slavishly democratic. Some things are better decided by a few smart people behind closed doors.”
LOL!
In fairness, this is a Daniel Schorr piece we're talking about.
Daniel Schorr sounds like a conspiracy theory nutter.
Or take Patty Wetterling,
No thank you. I have more than enough stupid people in my life.
“It’s kind of like an out-of-court settlement,” said presumptive House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA. “We’ll let our friends across the aisle avoid the humiliation of a public thrashing by our strong, attractive Democrat candidates, but we’ll demonstrate mercy by conceding a few seats, so that Republicans have at least a token voice in national affairs.”
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Ya think there might be a reason for that?
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