Republicans worry about reelection as voters get testy.........

converted_democrat

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Mon Sep-19-05 12:26 PM
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Republicans worry about reelection as voters get testy.........

By Brian E. Crowley

Palm Beach Post Political Editor

Sunday, September 18, 2005

When Mark Foley pumps $3.29-a-gallon gasoline these days, he sees the irritation that is building among voters, and he is worried.

"People are ripping mad," said the six-term Republican congressman from Jupiter. "People want someone to blame."

And that someone, Foley is warning his GOP colleagues, is likely to be the Republican Party in next year's elections.

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Wapsie B

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Mon Sep-19-05 12:29 PM
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1. But they're also betting on

the fact that voters historically have short memories. If it were 2006 I'd be more optimistic about making inroads in the House and Senate. But 11/06 is still light years away in terms of voter attention span.

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converted_democrat

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Mon Sep-19-05 12:37 PM
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4. People are broke, and will be broker by 2006. GOP is in trouble.....

People tend to remember how broke they are on a daily basis, and it will only be worse in 2006.

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Wapsie B

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Mon Sep-19-05 12:45 PM
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5. That is one thing that will turn people around.

I'd love to think that this is the zenith of the gop before it flames out, relegated to third party status.

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Broken_Hero

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Mon Sep-19-05 04:09 PM
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6. Yeah...

im getting broker each passing day...i hope people have long memories about this gas fiasco, the katrina fiasco, and the iraq fiasco...but i'm not going to hold my breath...

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deadparrot

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Mon Sep-19-05 05:22 PM
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8. It's not gonna be any better by next year.

Worse, probably.

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Pepperbelly

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Mon Sep-19-05 05:50 PM
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10. Jimmy Carter paid for the anger in a big way.

So did the Democratic Congress in the 1994 elections.

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tsuki

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Tue Sep-20-05 08:44 AM
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13. That is why the public must be reminded that the Conservatives only

brought down the price of gas until after November, 2006.

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Bluzmann57

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Mon Sep-19-05 12:29 PM
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2. The GOP should be worried

Watch how many of them jump off the bushco bandwagon between now and next November. If, and when they do, we have to be ready to pounce. We have to point out their failings and their previous alliance to the bush "administration" in the name of party loyalty.

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patrice

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Mon Sep-19-05 12:37 PM
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3. Those remaining will tighten up their religious-and-otherwise cartels

Edited on Mon Sep-19-05 12:39 PM by patrice

and move to acquire more power.

It's never over, one way or another, that's why IMO we need to be very selective about which dichotomies we engage in. False dichotomies are nothing but chasing your own tail. Other extreme phenomena are empirical facts. It's important to keep the two separate during the next big power-grab coming out of the evangel-cartels and their masters multinational corporations like Halliburton, Brown and Root, and Bechtel, the Carlyle Group, and Mammon.

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Kazak

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Mon Sep-19-05 05:17 PM
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7. Whoa!

The GOP has the majority on Jupiter too?

:crazy:

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converted_democrat

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Tue Sep-20-05 08:08 AM
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11. Jupiter, Florida..Then again, living in Florida can be like living on a

Edited on Tue Sep-20-05 08:22 AM by converted_democrat

different planet.

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Arkana

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Mon Sep-19-05 05:49 PM
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9. Well, it will definitely be harder for the admins

to write the Top Ten if we win the presidency and Congress, that's for sure.

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killbotfactory

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Tue Sep-20-05 08:14 AM
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12. That's because republicans have run this country into the toilet

The blame rightly belongs to them

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