GOP Strategists Whisper Fears Of Greater Losses in November

Source: Washington Post

The pessimism in the GOP ranks reflects a striking shift in momentum in the four weeks since the Republican National Convention, when Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made her national debut and rallied conservatives, helping to fuel the perception that longer-shot Democratic targets were drifting out of reach.

"If you turn the clock back two or two and half weeks, you could make a plausible argument that if a couple of things go our way we will lose three to four Senate races," said one Republican strategist. "Now we will lose six to eight." Polling in most Senate races over the past 14 days has shown a five-point decline for the Republican candidate, the strategist said.
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The picture in the House is similar. The generic ballot test -- a traditional measure of broad voter attitudes -- has also moved decisively in Democrats' direction in recent days. The latest NBC-Wall Street Journal and Associated Press polls showed voters favoring a generic Democratic candidate for Congress over a generic Republican by 13 points, while a recent Time magazine poll gave Democrats a 46 percent to 36 percent edge.

GOP operatives said the party's declining fortunes are rooted in a series of events over the past two weeks, including McCain's decision to suspend his campaign in order to help broker a deal on the rescue plan and Republican opposition that doomed the bill in a House vote on Monday. Those incidents helped reinforce voter impressions that Washington is broken and that Republicans bear the brunt of the blame, the party insiders said.

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This and the OJ verdict... almost makes up for the Depression.

I bet they'd shiet themselves if McCain actually won!

"Oh no - What can we do to further obscure the truth about our radical fiscal profligacy, our corruption, our incompetence, and our sexual deviancy? There must be some way for us to further catapult propaganda against America. We must gear up our vaunted republicon chickenhawk propaganda corps: Fox news, Rush, O'Reilly, Beck, Hannity, etc. etc."

- Republicon Homelanders

Afterall you put your ass in their hands. We intend to deliver it!

Voters can cast their ballots for Democrats in all states. This is how you build a national political majority.

McCain scares the crap out of those voters who have been undecided. Biden nailed it when he asked to name one substanstive area where McCain would govern any different than George W. Bush. That was an effective way to say that a vote for McCain was a vote for a Bush third term. Even Plain sounding like Cheney on the duties of the VP reinforces that vision.

:hi:

"GOP operatives said the party's declining fortunes are rooted in a series of events over the past two weeks...".

How about the last two and a half decades? Or are they still praying to Saint Ronnie?

New Poll: Young Voters' Election Energy Intensifies, Spurred by Economic Concerns and Desire for Change - 23 Sep 2008
Rock the Vote's latest poll of 18-29 year olds shows young voters are increasingly engaged in the upcoming presidential election, driven by concerns over the faltering economy and a sense that our country needs a new direction. Concern over the economy, while a top issue for young people since 2006, has intensified and is now the number one issue this election for nearly half (41%) of 18-29 year olds. The political leanings of young voters have remained steady since Rock the Vote's last poll in February: when asked for whom they would vote for president in November, 56% said Barack Obama and 29% said John McCain.

http://www.rockthevote.com/about/about-young-voters/polling/


This is the result of the politics and attitude of the GOP toward young folks which has been the trend of the entire Shrub Presidency. The GOP has lost a whole generation of voters with the appeal to the base politics in 2000 and 2004. The GOP trashed young people for so long but this is the beginning of the payback. This election is shaping up to be a realignment election like 1932 or 1980. The GOP has shown nothing but contempt for future generations of Americans and it shows.

I just donated last week to several individual senate and house races, none of which included my senators or congressperson.

It's as if he's trying to destroy the Republican party.

:D