Comments on: Bad News for Republicans

By: Bill Giesin

Bill Giesin — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:02:31 +0000

The Bush Legacy will affect the Republican Party politically just as the Clinton Legacy has affected the Democratic Party some six years earlier. That is to say, Clinton’s scandal with Monica Lewinsky rubbed voters the wrong way, and they took it out on Al Gore and the rest of the Democrats. Now the tide has changed. Voters will be angry over the fact that have continuously been lied to by the George W. Bush administration. Amazingly, the Democrats scandals seem to reflect problems what they have in their pants (sex issues) while the Republicans problems are their corrupt obsession to say and do anything to get their hands on our wallets. (lobbyist, blank checks to companies like Halliburton and unfounded reasons to invade countries that fail to have WMDs). For some strange reason…..these rub people the wrong way…..and they take it out on the guys who are still in office. It happened before….and it will happen again.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 14:49:01 +0000

If the Democrats do take control of Cokngress and launch multiple investigations, I’m sure the Republicans will scream that they’re only being vindictive. Perhaps such investigations wouldn’t be necessary if the Republican Congress had made even a half-hearted effort to exercise their oversight responsibilities. Don’t blame the Democrats. blame Pat Roberts and friends.

By: Callimachus

Callimachus — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:44:23 +0000

Unless the Fates intervene in a big way, I’ll predict we’re going to see Democratic majorities in Congress by the end of this year. Which means the next two years will be taken up, rightly or not, with an endless mother-of-all-investigating-committees romp through the White House record of the past five years. That should consume all the national energy and media wattage for the foreseeable future.

Meanwhile, while we pillow-fight, the rest of the world will continue to exist and evolve. Or mutate. Come 2008, we’ll have to notice it again. If not sooner.

Blame who you will.

By: john

john — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:24:51 +0000

Brian, Polls are random. Are you implying that since Bush is doing poorly in public opinion, that it is some Liberal plot to Bring down Bush? You’ve been listening to Bill O’Reily too much.

By: Capitol Annex » From The Blogs: Thursday, April 13, 2006

Capitol Annex » From The Blogs: Thursday, April 13, 2006 — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:12:12 +0000

[...] Donklephant has some bad news for Republicans. [...]

By: Brian in MA

Brian in MA — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:34:56 +0000

Hopefully this isn’t another one of those classic 40(D)-33(I)-27(R) polls that tend to show up whenever Democrats want to use polling data.

Polls are ultimately meaningless, it is the election that counts.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 15:31:54 +0000

It's amazing to me how the GOP is now racing with the Dems to the edge of the cliff. As I've mentioned before, the straw that finally breaks the GOP camel's back may well turn out to be something few people expected. The proposed Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, soon due to come before the full House, may be a possibility. Why this bill? Well, consider the "11 million illegal immigrants" figure so often bandied about in the immigration debate. Well, there are an estimated 70 million Americans who are at least casual Internet gamblers of some sort - and unlike the illegal immigrants, most of them are eligible and active voters. I'd hazard that a large chunk of them are either independents or libertarians who, at least until now, leaned Republican. That's a lot of votes for the GOP to jeopardize, not just in this election but future ones, by treating regular people like criminals. As for George W. Bush, well, I've already sounded off about him.