Word on the political streets is that the Republicans are going to get squashed like a bug on Election Day and when we wake up on Wednesday morning, Democrats will hold untrammeled control of Congress.
Maybe that’ll happen. But maybe it won’t.
The Democrat who replaced Tom DeLay is down by 17 percent. Democratic Congressman Paul Kanjorski is considered political toast. Democratic Congressman Tim Mahoney, reeling from revelations of multiple mistresses, is trying to save his seat with attack ads, and avoiding public appearances; he trails by anywhere from 9 percent to 26 percent.
I can hear it now: “But Jim, you’re talking about seats that just fell in the GOP’s lap – Mahoney, Tom DeLay’s old seat, a scandal-ridden old pol in central Pennsylvania…”
Yes, that’s the point. The GOP couldn’t knock off anybody in 2006, even in deep red districts. In Georgia, John Barrow won the 12th District race by just 864 votes of more than 142,000 cast, and Jim Marshall secured the 8th District seat by only 1,752 votes of nearly 160,000 votes cast. Scandal-ridden pols like William Jefferson and Allan Mollohan skated to victory. This year, the dynamic is different; the Obama/Democratic wave isn’t enough to save the scandal-ridden…
The thing is, there are a lot more scandal-ridden Democrats than just those three. Congress is riddled with corrupt plutocrats with giant senses of entitlement like John Murtha who feels safe enough to call our soldiers murderers. Congress’ approval rating is in the dumper, chiefly because of the appalling elitism and bizarre legislative priorities of the Democrats in charge. They are ripe for the picking and I wouldn’t be surprised in the least if a lot more get plucked in November than the pundits expect.
Tags: 2008 Election, Allan Mollohan, Democrats, Paul Kanjorski, Tim Mahoney, Tom DeLay, William Jefferson
“Paul Kanjorski is considered political toast.” I have no idea who he is, so I’ll take your word for it. And Jack Murtha committed ’suicide by press.’ Calling your constituents racists just won’t fly, no matter how true it is (and it is true). But what if a Republican candidate got convicted of seven felonies? Strangely, that won’t matter very much. In the end it’s the Republican philosophy that’s on trial here. And it’s losing. The people will speak (many have already), and they will give a resounding verdict on conservatism. They like the old style conservatism that Democrats have adopted. They don’t like the new style Christianist, big spending, warmongering anti-intelligence style conservatism that you represent. I always wondered how I became a liberal when Bill Buckley was my hero. But I guess Chris has explained it for me, hasn’t he? I guess I never should have doubted myself. I always said Arthur Laffer made me a Republican and then made me a Democrat. Turns out, he’s a Democrat too, now. Why am I not surprised? Everyone that was with Reagan is now with Obama. So where is your movement going? Who do you guys have left, McKinley? Look in your pockets, Reagan’s gone and we’re holding him in our hands and our hearts. Granted, he’s a little too liberal for modern times. But we can deal with that.
Oh, and can the Republicans win in November?
No.
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Among the soldiers I know, no politician engenders more distaste and outright scorn than John Murtha.
Not Nancy Pelosi. Not Harry Reid. Not Dick Durbin.