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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-09-10 01:59 PM
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33. Nah... Republicans handed the Dems the election...
if they want it, and I don't mean maintaing the status quo I mean taking over for real, making the whole Republican party lame ducks for the next two years. I explained my theory here:


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  -The coming Democratic wipeout? Hannah Bell  Aug-09-10 03:16 AM   #0 
  - The "opposition" party nearly always gains seats in the first mid-term election of a new presidency.  LAGC   Aug-09-10 03:39 AM   #1 
  - 2002: pubs gained 1 senate seat & 8 congressional seats.  Hannah Bell   Aug-09-10 03:58 AM   #2 
     - That was because of 9-11.  LAGC   Aug-09-10 04:38 AM   #3 
  - The predictors before the presidential election in '08 were all talking  old mark   Aug-09-10 04:51 AM   #4 
  - Right wing talking points from the Socialist Worker nt  SecularMotion   Aug-09-10 04:53 AM   #5 
  - Any criticism of Obama is "right wing" by definition..  Fumesucker   Aug-09-10 05:04 AM   #6 
  - And talking points are "organized criticism" by definition.  SecularMotion   Aug-09-10 05:12 AM   #7 
     - Right wing sources say that Obama is too conservative?  Fumesucker   Aug-09-10 05:39 AM   #10 
        - Thanks for purposely missing the point  SecularMotion   Aug-09-10 06:01 AM   #12 
           - I know what the talking point is..  Fumesucker   Aug-09-10 06:07 AM   #13 
  - Right wing talking points from the Socialist Worker?  bvar22   Aug-09-10 07:38 AM   #14 
  - lol. no, the right wing talking points originate elsewhere.  Hannah Bell   Aug-09-10 02:00 PM   #34 
  - Moochelle.......  nenagh   Aug-09-10 05:24 AM   #8 
  - Unrec...  SidDithers   Aug-09-10 05:26 AM   #9 
  - I am Liberal and a realist...  SkyDaddy7   Aug-09-10 05:41 AM   #11 
  - Seems about right.  FBaggins   Aug-09-10 08:03 AM   #15 
  - I still hold out hope that Americans will reject the Bush Era Right  lunatica   Aug-09-10 08:11 AM   #16 
  - Are the socialsists providing any kind of viable alternative?  WonderGrunion   Aug-09-10 08:14 AM   #17 
  - Of course they are.  FBaggins   Aug-09-10 08:30 AM   #18 
  - That's a parasite hoping it's host goes somwhere the parasite wants to go.  WonderGrunion   Aug-09-10 08:44 AM   #21 
  - Deleted - Dupe  FBaggins   Aug-09-10 08:31 AM   # 
  - Ain't necessarily so....  blindpig   Aug-09-10 08:31 AM   #19 
  - Thats the thing about socialists  kctim   Aug-09-10 08:40 AM   #20 
  - it's social security & universal health care we're talking about -- not stalinist labor camps.  Hannah Bell   Aug-09-10 01:59 PM   #32 
     - The majority of the people  kctim   Aug-10-10 08:12 AM   #40 
  - Some of the conservative resurgence is overhyped by the media  jimlup   Aug-09-10 09:32 AM   #22 
  - Two observations to add to your piece...  anaxarchos   Aug-09-10 09:52 AM   #23 
  - K & R  JoseGaspar   Aug-09-10 11:51 AM   #24 
  - The GOP will not take back the House or the Senate  WilliamPitt   Aug-09-10 11:52 AM   #25 
  - K&R anecdotal, but in my area, O's formerly zealous supporters are sorely disallusioned  amborin   Aug-09-10 12:02 PM   #26 
  - Both parties don't care about me or my concerns. I'm too left.  L0oniX   Aug-09-10 12:11 PM   #27 
  - The Socialist Worker has apparently bought the media spin as well.  Arkana   Aug-09-10 12:14 PM   #28 
  - Consider not rejecting this article out of hand...  jtuck004   Aug-09-10 01:49 PM   #29 
  - Has anyone ever been to explain why 2nd place Dem beat Rand in KY primary?  Dawgs   Aug-09-10 01:54 PM   #30 
  - And what about all of the House wins over the past years.  Dawgs   Aug-09-10 02:00 PM   #35 
  - So, Democrats and Socialists are deciding to ignore the polls again?  Dawgs   Aug-09-10 01:57 PM   #31 
  - Nah... Republicans handed the Dems the election...  walldude   Aug-09-10 01:59 PM   #33 
  - I'll start taking you seriously when I see you start  Skidmore   Aug-09-10 02:00 PM   #36 
  - Amen to that. I've noticed that, too.  apocalypsehow   Aug-09-10 02:06 PM   #39 
  - *yawn*  jpak   Aug-09-10 02:01 PM   #37 
  - Oh, for crying out loud. UnRec.  apocalypsehow   Aug-09-10 02:03 PM   #38 
 

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