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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:01 PM
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Latest polls in Connecticut and Ohio spell trouble for Democrats
Edited on Thu Dec-03-09 04:01 PM by Bluebear
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Two new Quinnipiac University polls released Thursday in Ohio and Connecticut provided sobering news for Senate Democrats.

In Connecticut, Sen. Chris Dodd (D), whose numbers experienced something of a resurgence over the summer, trailed former Rep. Rob Simmons (R) by double digits in the latest Q poll.

Even against virtual unknowns like former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon, state Sen. Sam Caliguri and former ambassador Tom Foley, Dodd is in a statistical dead heat -- evidence that Connecticut voters are looking for any alternative to the incumbent.

Need more evidence? Just 40 percent approve of the job Dodd is doing in Congress while just 39 percent say he deserves re-election next fall. Not good. At all.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/the-line/friday-senate-line-depressed-d.html
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rockymountaindem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:04 PM
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1. Maybe he should retire n/t
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RUMMYisFROSTED Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:04 PM
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2. Only a year away!
:scared:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:10 PM
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5. Well, we do have a Democratic President and Congress for another year...
think of what we COULD accomplish!
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Arctic Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:08 PM
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3. Dodd only has Dodd to blame for this.
MM did a number on him in Capitalism.
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Le Taz Hot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:10 PM
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4. Perfect opportunity to introduce a progressve
candidate during the primaries.
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Craftsman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:11 PM
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6. Jobs, jobs , jobs
If the dems do not bring back several million good payign jobs in the next 9 to 10 months 11-10 will be a blood bath.
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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:14 PM
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8. We need to change the trade agreements as well as our tax laws
We should be rewarding companies that employ Americans and pay taxes in our country. We don't have to punish anyone else. But American products should be, after taxes, sold at the same prices as those from other countries. Now that would be fair free trade.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:11 PM
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7. Time for Dodd to step down & let Dick Blumenthal take his place
Blumenthal would win handily against any Republican save Jodi Rell.
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:14 PM
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9. it's not just democrats, people hate congress
it's broken...bought and paid for...corrupt
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:18 PM
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10. He carried too much water for Wall Street. n/t
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OHdem10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:23 PM
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11. Flip Flopping on Trade Positions does not fly.
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bobburgster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:24 PM
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12. I don't think the problem is with democrats.....
I think it is with Chis Dodd.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:25 PM
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13. If we lose that seat to a Republican it is indeed our problem though
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bobburgster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 06:05 PM
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19. Yes, I do understand that....
but Dodd is a hard man to back.
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Atman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:43 PM
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14. You can't blame "The Democrats" for Dodd's mess.
He's done it all to himself. People here are just tired of him, and his position on the bonuses to AIG pretty much was the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back.

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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:45 PM
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15. Who is blaming "The Democrats"?
It will indeed be trouble if the Republicans pick up that seat!
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 04:49 PM
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16. Didn't Connecticut vote for LIEBERMAN. . . .
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 06:11 PM
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20. YES....The state of Insurance and Gun companies !
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bvar22 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 05:20 PM
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17. Truman was correct:
"Given the choice between a Republican, and a Democrat who acts like a Republican, the people will vote for the Republican every time."

Unfortunately, the Center/Right Obama Administration has pretty much tarred the entire Democratic Party as being not much different than Republicans. Escalating the WAR in Afghanistan against the wishes of The MAJORITY of Americans isn't going to help.

It is a pity after the nation gave the Democrats a HUGE mandate for "CHANGE".

A Quick Review:


*The Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party SHUT OUT of the Obama Administration…...Mission Accomplished!

*WARS fully funded and EXPANDING. Bill sent to our children…...Mission Accomplished !

*Trillion Dollars given to friends and campaign contributors on Wall Street. No Strings Attached...Mission Accomplished!

*Military Spending INCREASED....Mission Accomplished!

*Trillion+ Dollars given to the Health Insurance Industry. Token, easily avoidable, symbolic only strings attached....Mission almost Accomplished!

*Kill the possibility for a REAL "Public Option" or REAL Universal Health Care for at least another generation, and begin the “Entitlement Reform” defunding of Medicare (-$500 Billion)....Mission almost Accomplished!

*Block ANY re-regulation of BIG BANKS and Credit Cards....Mission Accomplished!

*Protect the Bush War Criminals and Torturers from JUSTICE....Mission Accomplished.

*Throw the Dirty Hippie Peaceniks, Liberals, and GBLT under the bus....Mission Accomplished!

*Reinforce the worst Police State provisions of the Patriot Act....Mission Accomplished!

*Protect the very richest. Tell the Working Class that they CAN will be forced to compete with 3rd World Slave Labor.....Mission Accomplished!

*EFCA (Employee Free Choice Act) killed in the crib....Mission Accomplished!

*More Anti-LABOR "Free Trade"....Mission almost Accomplished!

*Jobless Recovery....Mission Accomplished


Not much "CHANGE" there.
Some Democrats in certain areas could get better mileage in the next election by campaigning on
OPPOSING the Centrist (1/2 Republican) Obama Administration.

Seeking "bi-partisan consensus" from Republicans, the Party the people threw out of power, was NOT a good idea.
Instead of "CHANGE", the campaign slogan should have been "Only as much change as the Republicans are comfortable with."



"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans. I want us to compete for that great mass of voters that want a party that will stand up for working Americans, family farmers, and people who haven't felt the benefits of the economic upturn."---Paul Wellstone



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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-03-09 05:22 PM
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18. Luckily the election is 11 months away and if the economy is showing recovery
and jobs are picking up Democratic hopes all over the country will increase. If not, we could be in for a GOP House and drastically reduced Dem majority in Senate.
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Craftsman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-04-09 05:31 AM
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21. The economy maybe getting better for Wall st., but it is not for Main st
Edited on Fri Dec-04-09 05:31 AM by Craftsman
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