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brooklynite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 04:02 PM
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The full RNC Election Disaster Memo
Edited on Thu May-15-08 04:07 PM by brooklynite
Download a copy here

Some choice tidbits:

The loss of three straight elections, in once solidly Republican districts cannot be explained simply by "bad candidates", or by being out-organized. They are canaries in the coal mine, warning of far greater losses in the fall, if steps are not taken to remedy the current climate.


The political atmosphere facing House Republicans this November is the worst since Watergate and is far more toxic than the fall of 2006 when we lost thirty seats (and our majority) and came within a couple of percentage points of losing another fifteen seats.


Members instinctively understand that the Republican brand is in the trash can. I've often observed that if we were a dog food, they would take us off the shelf.


As the head figure of the Republican brand, President Bush continues to flounder. Although other Presidents have experienced low points that are almost as bad, this President's lower rating have been sustained over a long period of time.


No where is the Democratic surge more demonstrable than in the the fundraising totals. From the Presidential race to the Courthouse, Democratic contributors are opening up their checkbooks in record amounts. From the grass roots to K Street, Democrats are opening up a fundraising lead that will give them a larger microphone down the homestretch to define issues, to register and turnout voters and to recruit workers and candidates......Abandonment of many tranditional GOP interest groups or a hedge strategy to "buy in" on a perceived longer term Democratic majority.....GOP leaders turned lobbyists from Bob Livingstong to JC Watts are giving Blue.


This year, to the extent McCain is elected, it will be inspite of his party's brand name




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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 04:23 PM
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1. Is Tom Davis learning?
Edited on Thu May-15-08 04:33 PM by KamaAina
"No where is the Democratic surge..."

"between Barrack Obama and John McCain..."

"Barrack Obama is a quintessential cultural liberal..."

"...from Newtrier to Shaker Heights..." (Does he mean New Trier, Ill.? That's not even a town, it's a high school!)

"rural Hispanics were not as Democratically inclined as their urban amigos." (No typo, just condescending racism from someone who has a large Middle Eastern and growing Hispanic population in his own district.)

"...Congressional Republicans can count on more Louisiana's and Illinois's". (and now, more Mississippi's, too :P )

"Harry Truman took a different tact."

"ANWAR and oil shale offer new sources..."

"Barrack Obama has not made the sale to Hispanic voters." Three strikes and your out, Tom! :dunce:

edit: "Other Democrats with potential vulnerabilities include... Dennis Moore KY-3". I'm sure Kentuckians will be surprised to learn that John Yarmuth has been replaced by Dennis Moore -- not to mention Kansans' surprise when they hear that Moore has pulled up stakes and moved east!!


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wryter2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 04:45 PM
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3. A different tact?
Now I know where their supporters learn English.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 08:58 PM
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6. Tact is not in their vocaboolary
Tacky? Now that's a winner! But spelling, not so much when everything is phonetically s-o-u-n-d-e-d out.
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Spiffarino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 11:13 PM
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8. I guess GOPers don't sail after all
They only go to the yacht club on Sundays to sip mint juleps and order poor people around.
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 04:40 PM
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2. The Reality based Democrats figured it out fellas!
And here you thought you could just go out and create your own rosy reality in perpetuity. It doesn't feel so great to get a Reality smackdown does it?!

The other reality is this. You're stupid and destructive and everything you do is stupid and destructive. Deal with it.

:nopity:
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tanyev Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 04:45 PM
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4. George Bush moved from floundering to foundering a long time ago.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 04:56 PM
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5. I tuned into the weather today
and it's the first time I've had local broadcast news on in some months.

The Democratic commercials stressed change and hope for a better future. The GOP commercials were nasty and mean spirited, flailing away at old issues that no one still believes, like fearmongering over base closures (Wilson) and railing against socialized medicine through SCHIP (Pearce). It was actually pretty funny since everybody I know thinks health care needs drastic reform that gets the insurance companies out and everybody seems to know that the BRAC is history.

In fact, "flailing" was the description that kept coming to the surface. These fools are desperate. They know their ideas don't work and they know people are furious at their party and what they've done to this country. They're all living in the past and trying to act like nothing has changed and that only they can possibly support "our conservative values."

It's over and they know it.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 09:03 PM
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7. My oh my - Rethugs are Talkin Blues
Edited on Thu May-15-08 09:15 PM by malaise
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Nevernose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 11:30 PM
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9. Maybe if they stopped worrying about their "brand"
And started doing something... They've had 15 years and haven't done SHIT to make this country one iota better. They've had precisely three pseudo-ideas:

1. Act tough. Tough on crime, drugs, random international enemies, whoever. It doesn't matter, as long as we look tough.
2. Give rich people more money and tell everybody else that eventually the rich people will share.
3. If anyone notices the lies, corruption, hypocrisy, incompetence, or just plain stupidity, find a scapegoat.

They've blamed teachers, and atheists, and Arabs, and Mexicans, and gays, and even red-baited, and fifty different other groups, and now they're almost out of scapegoats. They've done a lot for religious extremists and wealthy bankers, Jack Shit for everybody else, and are now surprised that the only people still voting for them are religious extremists and wealthy bankers? Why don't they surprise me anymore?
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L. Coyote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-15-08 11:37 PM
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10. Hello Rs. I have a solution. Impeach Bush and Cheney!! Then run against Prez Pelosi LOL
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snot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 02:37 AM
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11. "to the EXTENT McCain is elected"???
like if he gets within shouting distance, we'll cheat him the rest of the way . . .
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Hekate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-16-08 03:57 AM
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12. Dear Lord, they are effing fools aren't they? I dare to hope this foul tide has turned. nt
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