GOP Faces Dimming Prospects in '08

Source: Washington Post

A Senate electoral playing field that was already wide open for 2008 has become considerably more perilous for Republicans with the retirement of Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) and the resignation of Sen. Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho).

Republicans need a net gain of just one seat to take back control of the Senate, but they have 22 seats to defend, and campaign cash is conspicuously lacking. Warner's retirement raised to two the number of open Republican seats, and both of them -- in Virginia and Colorado -- are prime targets for Democrats.

With former Democratic senator Bob Kerrey possibly waiting in the wings, Republicans are anxiously watching to see of Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) will retire. And two more Republican seats open for reelection -- in Wyoming and Idaho -- would be occupied by unelected appointees, John Barrasso and Craig's replacement.

"The state of the playing field looks very good, even in places where we didn't expect it to look good, even in deeply red states," said Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "Things could change, but if you did a snapshot, we're going to have a good year."

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/01/AR2007090100592.html

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Is that a great headline or what?

Now, let's not blow this incredible opportunity!

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"It's always darkest right before you get clobbered over the head with a pipe wrench. But then it actually does get darker," said a GOP pollster who insisted on anonymity in order to speak candidly.

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and the GOP has been trumping stupid for a while now, they are still the dominant party for
scandal even though they are the minority party.

would be to impeach bush/cheney

they were actively trying to PRIMARY him with that little piece of Bushbot shit, Jon Bruning! They wanted Hagel OUT for speaking his mind about Bush and the war, even though he's an otherwise faithful arch-conservative Repub. Now it's biting them in the ass, if Hagel retires and Kerrey gets in--Kerrey's mildly pro-war, but otherwise no worse than Ben Nelson, if I recall correctly. And Hagel will support Kerrey, I suspect. The GOP may have dug their own grave in Nebraska--Hagel is the ONLY Republican Senator Nebraska has had in 35 years, believe it or not.

Another great quote from GOP Faces Dimming Prospects in '08, September 1, 2007

One would like to think that it was because Democrats worked hard---

--but all the hard work to defeat was done by the GOP itself, with the masterful leadership of Rove, Cheney, and Bush and a host of supporting actors.

If the Democrats worked at all, they could have been at this point 8 years ago, and we might have been spared all the pain of two terms under thugs.

Bloodbath, anyone?

Now that would be a thing of beauty.

Couldn't be happening to a more deserving bunch!

5th rec. Off to greatest with you.

Maybe someone else needs a lift this afternoon.

No, wait--turns out he's doing a hell of a job. Hello? DLC? Ready to apologize yet?

They're too busy sabotaging the Dems prospects in 08.

Why not give * another 50B for his war? We can always blame Howard Dean when we lose!

What are you, some kind of Defeatocrat? Next you'll tell me you want a bunch of ortodontists running the country, for God's sake.

And yet these bums are still stalling the change that America voted for when it put in place a democratic majority. I can't figure out what these bastards think they are doing.

I'm pretty sure.

Yeah that probably covers it.

doing an ultra important job but this repuke senatorial crises seems to be the "hoisted on their own petard" syndrome.

Dean is building the foundation from the ground up in all the states..and now that the candidates are on board with heeding the Democratic Primary rules, it seems they are behind the DNC, too.

But I don't think Craig's former seat is at risk. I do think it may have been if Craig had ran for reelection though. Which was why they had him step down now rather than take that risk.

A Dem pick up for Warner is a good possibility.

They've dug themselves a pretty deep hole, but I'm not about to underestimate what can take place between now and Nov. 2008.

Rove didn't pull off putting his flunkies in as U.S. attorneys to turn their backs on GOP vote corruption, but these guys are relentless. Voter ID will be a huge issue, and that's just the start of the purging of the voter rolls.

If all else fails, there's always martial law. Things look good now, but these guys will stop at nothing.

is that Dems don't have the courage to really push the people's agenda, despite the fact that everything is going their way.....Stand Up on Iraq Dems!
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:banghead:

I'll wait to jump off that bridge when I come to it...

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egotistical power wongers (oops! slip of the key there, creating a little combo made up of wonkers and mongrels) like the PUGS, who have as much character as a crime wave, but with a comfortable majority will indeed do the people's business. They appear at this point to be trying to do nothing that might endanger a big win in '08 (and ironically are doing just what might bring disaster.) However, with that big win will come big opportunities for them to prove their mettle. There is also the very real possibilities that the dems and their families are being threatened. When elected GOPers purposefully ignored the warnings by Clinton and Gore and their own FBI about airplanes and buildings and when Bush continued to read My Pet Goat after an attack on the WTC, anything is probable.

since we're going to win the Presidential election next year, the tie breaking vote will belong to a Democrat.

This is perhaps the one thing I would look forward to the most. Having the Dems kick him off every committee he is on now and telling him to go pound shit.

Chances are damned slim a repug can be classified as a true American by anyone other than vannity...and he's totally a lost loon. But I have my concerns about a number of Democrats as well. I'm discouraged with my own Brian Baird out here in WA. And there are several Democrats that click heels with the repugs.....(the weasel in CT, and I think the one in KS is just a repug in Democrat's clothing)

Be careful voters!! Be sure these crooked sons of bitches are willing to serve the country and NOT their pocketbook and party.

it sound's like boasting or something to be proud of.....I say shat up all ready and get to work making it happen with out causes attention......That's what Karl Rove did...........and it worked......

Yes, the Dems are doing really well right now but self-congratulation and it's bastard child, complacency, could still throw it all away.

ALL THEY REALLY ARE IS "A CONSPIRACY OF THE POWERFUL"

Don't let the screen door hit you
where the good Lord split you.