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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:31 PM
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New Gallup Poll - Bad News, TERRIBLE News, for The Republican Party

New Gallup Poll - Bad News, TERRIBLE News, for The Republican Party

by Shane Hensinger

Chris Cillizza in the WaPo highlighted a new poll out today on party identification by state which contains not a grain of good news - for the Republican party

37

That's the number of states that are either solidly or leaning Democratic in a series of Gallup tracking polls conducted over the first six months of 2009. Only eight states are solidly or leaning Republicans in that same data.

The numbers, which are based on party identification of adults in national tracking polls, paint a stark portrait of the challenge facing Republicans not just in the 2010 midterm election but also in the 2012 presidential race.

The Republicans currently have an edge in just 5 states, Alaska, Alabama, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Since the last Gallup poll in 2008 measuring voter ID by state, 9 states have changed classification from one category to another. Virginia, Indiana, Florida, Georgia, South Dakota and Nebraska moved from the Republican category to the Democrat, Colorado, Nevada and Alabama moved toward the Republicans.

To put this in starker terms. Add up all the states which strongly identify as Republican and you have a total of 15 electoral votes. Do the same for the Democrats and you have a total of 350 electoral votes. Not a typo - 15 electoral votes for the Republicans and 350 for the Dems.

Declining poll numbers are transitory but voter ID tends to be more static. This poll is a stark reminder of the problems Republicans face in moving from their status as a regionally-based party into one with national appeal. Remember this when you here the pundits breathlessly predicting a "Republican comeback." It's going to be hard to have a comeback when you've only got a majority of voters in five states.



Please allow the wingnuts to continue making fools of themselves. Thank you.
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Lord Helmet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:32 PM
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1. Good news. Democrats have actually gained ground since the election.
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happygoluckytoyou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 09:32 AM
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65. THANK YOU G W BUSH... admiral of the SS GOP... (watch out for that iceberg)
though i am quite concerned about attacks from russia, now that private palin is no longer keeping an eye on them
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peace frog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:46 AM
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77. Tsk, tsk, tsk
Golly, what a doggone shame! :evilgrin:

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sasquuatch55 Donating Member (701 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 04:25 PM
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95. Such excellent news but, we still need a third party to get real change.
nt
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:33 PM
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2. They are puckering up like a sphincter under siege n/t
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NoSheep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:41 PM
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15. DAYUM, now that's funny!
:rofl:
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ElboRuum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 03:51 PM
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91. They're clenching like they just chugged 3 gallons of Olestra.
Let's keep this going. Anyone like to add one?
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high density Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:34 PM
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3. Down to five states, wow.
Great job, GOP.
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Bicoastal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:38 PM
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8. We can leave them those states, right?
#'s 23, 34, 39, 47, and 50 in population?

Out of all of these, only Alabama is bigger than the unrepresented territory of Puerto Rico...
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GivePeaceAchance Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:13 PM
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50. Oh to be democratic we can turn those states green maybe.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:39 AM
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75. The Republic of Alwytaho
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Vincardog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 02:44 PM
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88. We should not leave them any states. 50 state strategy means all 50
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Solomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:42 PM
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33. That map looks like s msp of the Aryan Nation.
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cmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 01:39 PM
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87. bbbbbbbut Alaska is the biggest state in the Union
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:34 PM
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4. Go Georgia! Go Georgia!!
It's your birthday! Turn purple!
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:35 PM
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5. Utah, Wyoming, Idaho, and Alaska
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 06:38 PM by Botany
:rofl: must be 30 electoral votes there

The republican party is killing it's self.


Against health care, for the iraq war, against jobs, for the insurance companies, against the first Hispanic for the SCOTUS, and
for Rush Limbaugh.

Go Alabama and Artur Davis!
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:48 PM
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18. !
:rofl:
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:32 PM
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53. Alaska DOES have a Democratic senator now.
Doesn't that give us honorary purple status?
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 02:59 AM
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58. yes it does. Sad about Lu Young though. :(
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:37 AM
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74. I agree.
As much as I disagree with Don's politics, no one could ever say that he wasn't devoted to his wife. A 46-year marriage in DC with no adultery scandals seems to be a rare thing indeed.
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poverlay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:37 PM
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6. This may be a Repugs lowering expectations poll as I'm sure Arizona is not
even close to "competitive". Any state that would send Bush' rear-end cleaner Kyl and McLame to the Senate is awash in the Republican party hallmark: ignorance.

Of course I'd like it to be true, but time will tell. I'll settle for a trend.
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ObamaKerryDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 04:21 PM
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94. I don't know. I live here. It's gone Republican the last few elections, yes..
..but only went for Bush in the lower single digits in 2000 and 2004 (where I think the difference between he and Kerry was something like 3 pts)? And this past year, McCain only won it in the single digits (and he's OUR Senator!) The only reason it was not a swing state this time around was because it was his state, but even then he failed to pull off a sizeable lead, even though Obama didn't even actively campaign here in the GE. I think it could very well be up for grabs in 2012 AND McCain's seat in 2010, if he actually goes through with this vote against Sotomayor and we put up a credible challenger.

It's hardly a solid red state, either. More like a purple one at this point. :)
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:37 PM
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7. Could you imagine an EC map like that for Obama in 2012?
Probably not going to happen, but (not factoring in the EC changes after the 2010 Census), Obama would win 439-35 with 64 up for grabs!
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Number23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:38 PM
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9. This accomplishment should not go unrecognized
Thanks to everyone who made this happen.

Thanks, Birthers! God bless you, Michael Steele! Keep it up, Rush!! Love ya, Senate Republicans! Way to go, Sarah Palin! You're the man, Mark Sanford! And most of all, THANK YOU Barrack Hussein Obama!!

"Add up all the states which strongly identify as Republican and you have a total of 15 electoral votes."

Try a little harder, guys! I'm sure you can get that number down to 2 in no time.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:40 PM
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12. But on Fox they said support for Obama and the Dems was falling.
:rofl:
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cascadiance Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:01 PM
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21. Maybe! If Bernie Sanders jumped in the presidential race in 2012!!
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 07:03 PM by cascadiance
As the study notes, a lot of people aren't leaning to either party but are shifting to independent status. Someone like Bernie Sanders in a three way race with a Republican and Obama might be a far more "interesting" battle.

That is, if the "bipartisan" efforts with a non-negotiable right continue and yield us nothing over the next few years... If Obama starts listening to and works more for his base though in the future, the liklihood of this happening becomes a lot less.
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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:07 PM
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39. I would contribute to a fund to build a statute of Howard Dean /nt
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roguevalley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 03:00 AM
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59. he put my state in play, Our Howard. Love that man to death.
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:13 AM
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71. I would, too
Not just because he ran the party so well, but the beginning of the end for Reagan/Bush-ism started with Dr. Dean's run for President. His initial success against Republican-lite in the Democratic party woke everyone up to the fact that the people were as mad as hell and weren't going to take it any longer.
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:38 PM
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10. I can't say what relief it is to see that Oklahoma now leans Democratic.
With nut jobs like Coburn and Inhofe, perhaps leaning Democratic will finally rid us of those two parasites. They've sucked the public t*t for too long, it's past time for both of them to go. Coburn is up for re-election this round, too. Hope he gets sent packing.
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ezgoingrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:47 PM
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54. Don't get excited.
The majority of people in Oklahoma are registered as Democrats. BUT and it's a big BUT, the people of Oklahoma solidly vote Republican in national elections. The chances of Coburn being sent packing are very very slim.

How Oklahoma has voted in past national elections: http://www.270towin.com/states/Oklahoma



Registered Republican numbers increased in Oklahoma: http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=17858



In six states, including Iowa, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania, the Democratic piece of the registration pie grew more than three percentage points, while the Republican share declined. In only three states - Kentucky, Louisiana and Oklahoma - did Republican registration rise while Democratic registration fell, but the Republican increase was less than a percentage point in Kentucky and Oklahoma. Louisiana was the only state to register a gain of more than one percentage point for Republicans as Democratic numbers declined.

I tried to get exact numbers as far as registered Republicans and registered Democrats, but couldn't find exact numbers.


I wish it were true that Oklahoma is swinging toward the blue, but I live here and I know that article is wrong!
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yesphan Donating Member (295 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 09:30 AM
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64. I concur
I live here (OK) too and am surrounded by wingnuts everywhere I go. I just don't see the swing toward
the blue. We'll find out next year I guess. Right now I'm seeing a totally republican controlled gubment here after the '10 elections. Not conservative mind you, but republican.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 11:56 AM
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81. I think I may have taken that poll. I can't say for certain.
They polled who you identified with and who you approved, not just how you were registered. The polls don't give you room to explain what you are saying. That's the problem. You have to choose between two alternatives.
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:44 PM
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86. Ky is mostly Dems, but usually votes Rep nationally.
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pattmarty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 03:10 PM
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90. Yeah, if he gets defeated he can go right from the Senate to the asylum.
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:40 PM
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11. Just think if we had a Free Press
who just reported the facts!
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opihimoimoi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:40 PM
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13. OMG...the GAP is STUNNING
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:41 PM
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14. Look at TX. nt
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:46 PM
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16. Tennessee?
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 06:48 PM by AspenRose
OKLAHOMA?! Competitive? Wow. And Mississippi's competitive too.

Many around here already guessed Texas would be competitive in 2012.

Can't sit on our laurels, though. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm afraid Virginia will have a Republican governor soon....
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ProSense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:54 PM
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19. This is Party ID
Like they did in Florida, where there are more Democrats than Republicans, the Democratic Party needs to get the vote out.

Republicans are helping the cause.

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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:18 PM
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44. Yay!!!!!!!
Turns out the REASON why, as the President told us in '04 that there are no blue states or red states ...... is that there are simply no red states! So the classification has become irrelevant! lol
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wysimdnwyg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:33 AM
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73. WTF?
Where are they polling? I have a difficult time believing Tennessee is leaning Dem. Of course, I work in a Republican stronghold. I wonder if Obama's election has increased the number of people in Memphis who are paying attention.
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 12:02 AM
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102. I can't speak for Virginia
but I really fear that NJ could have a Republican (Rove protege) governor soon....
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:47 PM
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17. Ah, but who can name the four big red states (and the teeny tiny little one)?
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 06:47 PM by Deja Q
* Baked Alaska
* I'm Da Ho
* Whine-oming
* Illegal Uturn

* Allah Bam her
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rd_kent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:57 PM
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20. Why does Howard Dean get not an OUNCE of credit for this?
He didnt even get a spot in the new administration. Why?
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Myrina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:28 PM
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84. DAMN good question!!
:patriot:
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Still Sensible Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:18 PM
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22. Oklahoma is a strange case however
and has been for a long time. There are more registered dems in this state and have been for as long as most can remember. The problem is, about half of those tend to vote repub in presidential and congressional elections. Oklahoma dems are overrun by blue dogs and DINOs. While I know this is the case in OK, the state were every county went for McCain, I suspect from looking at the map at least some of the same phenomena is going on in Tennessee and Georgia.
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depakid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:32 PM
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23. And yet the Democrats STILL can't get key legislation passed
and the administrative agencies are sitting on the sidelines twiddling their thumbs.

What's wrong with this picture?
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hootinholler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:32 PM
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24. Mississippi?
Dayum! Alabama just leaning? Well I'lllllll be.

-Hoot
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:34 PM
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25. Maybe the states who sent the Blue Dogs to Washington can
start sending some Dem Senators who will actually support a Dem President.
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City Lights Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:36 PM
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26. Ha! Best news I've read all day!
:beer:

Suck on it, Repukes. :rofl:
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:39 PM
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27. WOO HOO good news!! Thanks ProSense
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Stevepol Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:54 PM
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28. The only thing this doesn't take acct of is the voting machines.
Get fair voting in GA and TX and both of them will be democratic.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:32 PM
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31. Some studies of the 2008 vote suggest that the Dem margin was ....
... even bigger. You should have heard the repugs in OH scream when our new sec. of state
Jennifer Brunner started to clean up things here .... it was very clear that the state repug
party was working w/ local BOEs, precincts, and voting machines to rig the system.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 04:10 AM
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61. +1, Botany nt
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jimlup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 07:56 PM
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29. Honestly, we may be seeing the ultimate failure of the republicans
These guys may not be a viable national party after a couple more elections. Seriously, I'm totally in favor of helping this happen but they seem to being an excellent job all by their little selves.
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SuperTrouper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:51 PM
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34. Cantor, McCain, Palin, McConnell and the GOP all going to political hell in a hand basket
:rofl:
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angee_is_mad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:25 PM
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30. Kick
and Fired Up and Ready to Go!!!
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AlinPA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 08:33 PM
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32. TN, OK, KY? Hard to believe that poll. nt
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CTLawGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 09:12 PM
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35. Problem is
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 09:15 PM by CTLawGuy
a lot of those Southern "Democrats" are dixiecrats who vote Republican on a national level, especially at the presidential level. So the map is extremely misleading. The national democrats are much more liberal than these dixiecrats, so a mainstream national Democrat will have little chance in a lot of those southern states, other than VA, FL and NC.
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 09:17 PM
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36. Still beats the shit out of this:
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CTLawGuy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 09:21 PM
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38. we are in better shape than THAT, for sure
NT
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pinb1212 Donating Member (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 09:21 PM
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37. I'm from Kansas
I'd like to believe this. But, I really can't. We basically have 25% of the state senate and 35% of the house.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:59 AM
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79. Kansas was closer in the National Election however, in 2008.
Edited on Tue Aug-04-09 11:02 AM by Jennicut
As was Missouri and Indiana. I wonder what it would take to push those states blue.
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jmondine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:08 PM
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40. Holy shit! They've got Alaska AND Wyoming? How many electoral votes is that?
I shudder to think! :silly:
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:10 PM
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41. Wow! Not even South Freakin' Carolina is leaning their way!
:rofl:
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Proud Liberal Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:13 PM
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42. Sounds like their memes are really taking hold
Oh, wait a minute.................:rofl:
and to think that ther was a thread earlier today talking about the republicans making gains in 2010 and 2012. Eh, maybe not.......
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grantcart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:16 PM
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43. This is what I have been saying for weeks.


President Obama's dropping poll numbers only have meaning if he runs against himself.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:21 PM
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45. Whoohoo!
:woohoo:
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:23 PM
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46. 4 little loonie red states left! LMAO!!!!
That's just sad.
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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:38 PM
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47. ****TEXAS IS COMPETITIVE****
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:53 AM
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56. Yep. That'll make mah lil heart go pitter-pat
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 03:51 AM
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60. I wish the Dems would spread beyond the big cities in TX.
I got Repukes representing me all over. Governor, two senators, U.S. Rep.

However, my State Rep is a Democrat --- whoopee
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svpadgham Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 04:52 PM
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96. I don't believe that one.
The only way I see Texas as competitive is if they only polled people in Austin. Most people where I live are clueless.
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_dynamicdems Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 10:53 PM
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48. Blue is spreading like wildfire.
Good news.

:kick:
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GivePeaceAchance Donating Member (950 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:10 PM
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49. It would seem to me that they are finally busted so take heed blue dogs see which way the wind blows
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 11:11 PM by GivePeaceAchance
And it's a blowing it's a blowing real hard *pffffff*
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fujiyama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:18 PM
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51. Daaaamn, I'd love for that to be similar to the '12 map
but that's certainly a long ways away.

If unemployment falls and we can get a decent health care package passed, we'll be good for 2010 and beyond. Stupid conservative Dems need to get with it. The lesson to be learned is that conservative economic policies are a failure and people may be starting to realize that. Sucking up to the powerful and wealthy elite is a losing strategy.
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tomm2thumbs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 11:28 PM
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52. so sad about Arizona - har har har har
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Kablooie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:48 AM
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55. Then why is 90% of what I hear in the media the Republican view?
I rarely hear radio or news supporting Obama's plans.
Just tearing them down.

(Other than the few Democratically targeted specific shows)
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killbotfactory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:54 AM
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57. For a couple reasons, probably
1. Controversy drives up ratings, they are in it for the money, and that's how they make it.
2. Republican views are good for corporate, and our news media is controlled by corporate.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 04:13 AM
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62. +1, Kablooie!
As long as the M$M is a mouthpiece of the GOP and corporate America anything can happen.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 09:24 AM
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63. We need to work the campaign in 2010 like it's 37 states solidly red
We get too cocky and rest on our victories, that's when the Republicans will come charging back.
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 09:40 AM
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66. GEORGIA REPRESENT!!!
:woohoo:

At least we are only leaning repug
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:41 AM
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76. Interesting. I assumed if the state didn't "get it" in '08
it never would. Maybe the double digit unemployment is finally waking people up?
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Major Hogwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 09:47 AM
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67. Great balls of fire! Idaho has the worst reputation of them ALL!!
And I would know - because I live here.

Probably due to the high potato diet we eat every day.

LoL

Bring it on!!

Man, am I glad I supported Kerry in 2004 now!!

Obama is sure to be re-elected.
Unless they find his birth certificate from Kenya, or something really bad like that.

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Keep up the good work, ProSense.
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TN al Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 09:51 AM
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68. Living in Tennessee...
... I can't imagine it not being listed as fully tilting right.
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sledgehammer Donating Member (774 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:06 AM
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69. Thank you Birthers! Thank you Rush! Thank you RNC! Keep it coming!!! n/t
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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:09 AM
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70. Oh, please, let this stand
Somehow, reality has to smack these idiot Republicans between the eyes. Until a few Republicans start acting like rational human beings, we can't get anywhere. We can't pass everything as a budget reconcilliation, and that's the only way to get anything of consequence through the Senate.
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jeffweemsforRRC Donating Member (93 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:14 AM
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72. Texas +2 Dem
Mighty sweet!
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Flying Dream Blues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:49 AM
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78. K&R...nt
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Turborama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 11:30 AM
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80. Thanks for the uplifting news, ProSense
I concur with you final comment.

:kick: & R
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:01 PM
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82. The Republicans made a big mistake in the way they picked on Sotomayor.
They kept repeating that she had claimed to be a wise Latino woman. And then people saw her and guess what? She looked like a wise Latino woman. She talked like a wise Latino woman. And everybody really liked her. She seems down-to-earth and warm-hearted -- a far cry from the know-it-all, arrogant Scalia and the pale, faceless Roberts (nice enough guy but not much personality and certainly not down-to-earth) and the unknowns that sit with them on the Court. So, the Republicans really hurt themselves there. Americans have shown over and over that most of them really don't judge people by the color of their skin any more. We just know each other too well to fall for hate propaganda based on race and ethnicity.
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LiberalLovinLug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 04:09 PM
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93. So right
They are not only racist and sexist, they are stupid as well. They could have simply focused on some made-up "liberal" accusations, on abortion, or gay marriage or any other of the hot button issues, but they just haaaaaaaaaaaad to stray into the ethnicity waters, by harping on that one quote she made. They just can't resist the low hanging fruit. LOL
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deep1 Donating Member (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 11:01 PM
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100. Figures......
You know, I realized that Republicans are the ones who play the race card, over and over. They accuse liberals of doing it, but that is not the case. Republicans are the biggest race baiters and hypocrites.
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Richd506 Donating Member (576 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:04 PM
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83. Hell I'm just waiting for the remaining Republicans to be like...
"fuck this!" and reveal themselves for who they really are. A bunch of Confederates who didn't get the memo that the Civil War ended...
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SpiralHawk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 12:34 PM
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85. The anti-American Republicon Homelanders have done this to themselves
Americans are not going to support the Republicon's anti-American crapola. No way.
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Archie_Leech Donating Member (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 02:44 PM
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89. Don't care what the Gallup map shows

there's NO way Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, or even Georgia is going "blue" ANYtime soon and anyone that believes they will I have a very nice bridge across the East River I have to sell you.....
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quiller4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 04:02 PM
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92. look at the demographics. As Oklahoma is less white it is also
less "red", The Native American and Latino voting blocks are blue and growing. Democrats increased their majorities in the Tennessee state house in 2008. The lower house alreasy had a strong D majority but before the 2008 election the upper house was essentially tied. Although you may consider many Tennessee Democrats "Blue Dogs" they are much more likely to identify as Yellow dogs.
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quickesst Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 05:51 PM
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97. Of particular interest....
...is where those red states are not located. That's gonna disappoint a lot of people here. For some, it could be traumatic. Thanks.
quickesst
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:30 PM
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98. It would be lovely for this to be true but frankly it is absurd
Obama carried 0 counties in Oklahoma and now it is leaning Democratic? South Carolina is a toss up? Sorry, but no way, no how. I would rather play our hand than the GOP hand right now but we aren't that well off.
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deep1 Donating Member (252 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 10:47 PM
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99. Great news let them squander off
KICK AND ROLL:patriot:
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Erin Elizabeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-04-09 11:57 PM
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101. I've said for a while now that Texas is going to slowly transition
over to being a blue state. Not quickly, mind you, but it is happening. We're gaining ground. Urban areas, of course, but some of the suburbs are starting to go that direction (especially the more blue collar and diverse burbs, of course). The valley, yeah. So we need to spread into the rural areas. And Ft. Worth.
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Window Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 01:16 AM
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103. But, but I just heard Pat Buchanon on MSNBC the other day saying the
republicans would pick up at least 30 seats in 2010.
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anneboleyn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-05-09 02:05 AM
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104. WOW. There is some incredible news here to be sure -- Obama should be very confident with his plans
and ignore the chatter -- get that healthcare reform passed! This will be amazing to watch in 2010 and 2012.
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