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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:15 PM Original message |
Are we really going to lose 20 to 50 house seats???why would |
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subcomhd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. no, it's not, it's not, yes we do and they aren't. eom |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think at the most we would lose 6-10. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:20 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. nobody expected what happened in '94 either. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. "Nobody" isn't quite true. All the pollsters were predicting that |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:05 PM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Really? |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 06:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
38. There are very few similarities between '94 and 2010. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. I agree |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. the "country" won't go "right" |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. So get out the vote is key, but I wonder.... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Which is why I keep saying that irgnoring and insulting poor people is self-defeating. |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
22. Ah, yes, it's already 'blame the lefties' time. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. If we don't pass a decent health care bill, those seats deserve to be |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. except it will probably more liberals than conservatives who get sacked. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's possible, depends on how the economy is doing. I think 20 is more probable than 50 |
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byebyegop (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:36 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Which is why there is nothing to worry about. |
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Mojambo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. If they are blue dog seats how much have we really lost? n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Not much. |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
9. If decent jobs do not come back in about 12 months |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:28 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. exactly, people who think that dems are actually going to gain ground in '10 |
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Craftsman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. If thing are as bad as they are now it will be a blood bath |
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byebyegop (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
25. In normal times that is true....but |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
10. No we're not. It's GOP wishful thinking. |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. NO! Oh ho ho ha ha. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
13. My hope is that enough leftists will be scared by the GOP's bullshit |
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byebyegop (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
15. Just another manufactured drama. |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I agree |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Given the multitude of election theft techniques, it's realistically not up to us. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. Two party system ensures this |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. No - Next question? n/t |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
26. It is likely that we willl lose seats. Dems just don't turn out in |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. its very likely we will lose seats although its way too early to predict numbers |
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no limit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. Considering we are only 8 months in to Obama's presidency,,, |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. What is really going on is.. |
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byebyegop (210 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. What is REALLY happening is the GOP is terrified of things going further left. |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
31. One of the biggest factors that could lead to Democratic Losses: |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 04:15 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. So how do you explain the big losses in mid term elections back in the pre-TV days? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
34. It's a self fulfilling prophecy, |
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Swede Atlanta (906 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
37. It is an historical fact....... |
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LaPera (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-31-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
39. Without health care with a public option the Dems will lose seats-Remember what Clinton said.... |
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