Republicans Will Pressure Allen... Soon

AlCzervik

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:18 PM
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Republicans Will Pressure Allen... Soon

November 08, 2006

Republicans Will Pressure Allen... Soon

Top Republicans in Washington will give Sen. George Allen a few days to take stock of his legal and political options before beginning to pressure him to concede to James Webb. Senior Republican officials and White House aides believe that Webb won the race. Several outside advisers to Allen want him to make the decision quickly; others in his campaign want to make sure that there's no chance a cache of new votes will turn up. One question: when will (will?) the AP call the race?

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2006/11/republicans_wil.html

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zonkers

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:20 PM
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1. Ha!

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gfnrob

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:21 PM
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2. Webb needs to get himself on the air ,

and talk about his transition

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torrentprime

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:24 PM
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4. Didn't he?

http://www.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/vote2006/VA/2006-11-08-virginia_x.htm

I LOVED seeing Webb and McCaskill step up and claim victory. I remember both speeches confusing the CNN commentators: Wolf Blitzer seemed to be thinking, "We didn't tell them that yet; how can they say it?" :)

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gfnrob

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:27 PM
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6. I mean, do every News show he can, public apperances......

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NNadir

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:30 PM
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8. If Allen was a Dem, Wolfie would be in paroxysms of outrage.

I don't know why anyone would regard Blitzer as even having a shred of credibility. The degree to which Blitzer is deluded has been obvious since he cowered in manufactured fear at Saddam's weapons of Mass Destruction.

We have made a step toward saving our country, but when history condemns the place to which we have come, much of the blame will be heaped on our propagandists, including Mr. Blitzer.

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torrentprime

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:22 PM
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3. Gracious

Weird. I know Burns hasn't given up yet, but overall the Rs aren't fighting the loss of the Senate that hard. Why?

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Horse with no Name

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:26 PM
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5. You know who one of their largest contributors is

Diebold.
They have lost their majority regardless of whether Allen wins or not.
They don't want too much focus on the voting process especially in light of the HBO documentary. Diebold loses money from bad publicity then they don't contribute to 2008.
That's my take anyway.

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gfnrob

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:28 PM
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7. Contribute??? ????

:o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o

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robertpaulsen

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Wed Nov-08-06 08:34 PM
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9. Exactly! I can just hear those top Rethugs talking to Allen now.

"You moran! You honestly want a fucking recount to show the world how close Diebold got you to Webb?! Do you want us to lose everything in 2008 too?! Just shut the fuck up and take one for the team!"

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