23 Republicans skedaddle
Trying to outrun bailiffs brandishing subpoenas?
From Washington Post: "....Party officials insist that the retirements -- 17 members of the House and six senators -- are simply the result of individual decisions and not indicative of a broader negative sentiment within the party. "I don't hear a drumbeat that 'We're not effective and I don't like it here anymore,' " said National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Cole (Okla.).
But with so many lawmakers -- including a large number from competitive states and districts -- heading for the exits, it's hard not to point to the GOP's newfound minority status in Washington, the turnover in party leadership and the perilous political environment heading into 2008 to explain the exodus.
....Republicans also face a daunting financial gap at the congressional level, the likes of which they have not seen in decades. At the end of October, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had $29 million in the bank to spend on House races -- roughly 14 times the $2.56 million its Republican counterpart had at that time.
The disparity on the Senate side is smaller but no less significant. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee showed $23.4 million on hand at the end of October, compared with $9.5 million for the National Republican Senatorial Committee. [..]"
Maybe it's the Wide Stance Sprint? Because it looks like Larry Flynt's getting ready to drop the bomb.
Flynt told FOX's Neil Cavuto that he's "hoping to expose a bombshell" that will stand "Washington and the country on its head." Within the next week or two, his magazine will expose "a sex scandal of huge proportions involving a prominent United States Senator."
Naaah...as much as we love juicy political scandals, Republican politicians are leaving because they are losing their voters, only religious crazies remain. The drop in fundraising is really all anyone needs to know. For the Republican coffers to be so empty, when they have most of the wealthy voters and most of the business owners, especially Big Business, says it all.
If the people who give money are opting out, then you know they're probably not going to be all that excited about voting. Of course, they wouldn't be caught dead voting for a Democrat, so they'll just stay home come election day.
A recent Pew poll: "Compared with the 2004 campaign, fewer voters now place great importance on the issues that have animated Republican political unity in recent years – including gay marriage, abortion and terrorism.
....Republicans not only are less engaged in the campaign, but they also rate their party's presidential candidates more negatively than do Democrats. Nearly half of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents (46%) rate the Republican presidential candidates as only fair or poor; by comparison, just 28% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents give the Democratic presidential field comparably low ratings.[..]"
George W. Bush deserves all the credit...worst president in history. He has destroyed the Republican party. Well, maybe he had a little help from crooks like Tom De Lay... and all those closeted gay hypocrites....
Republicans became so interested in trashing Democrats (Bill's BJ) that they forgot to do those Republican things they were elected to do -- smaller government, fiscal responsibility, etc. And now the country is falling down around their ears... but, by god, they made the Democrats look bad.
But not bad enough apparently.
I just hope the Democrats remember that "Pride goeth before the fall" when it's their turn to have real power. I hope they remember to shed their partisan mantle and work with the reasonable Republicans, listen to them if they have good ideas, and quit supporting bad ideas coming from their own party. It's time to think about America first........
Wha..? Don't wake me up...it's nice in la-la-land...
I know, I know... we elected Democrats in 2006 so we could throw out those who were responsible for the deterioration of our nation, internally and throughout the world. We wanted Democrats to get our kids out of Iraq, clean up the crooks in Congress, protect our health, our air and our homes. And what did we get?
Pelosi and Reid on the throne of Republican Lite.
But hey, I still say Democrats can't do ANY WORSE than the Republicans have done.
