Not counting chickens .... but...

[underpants]

The midterms.

Dick Armey's attempt to take over the GOP/RNC ----We all saw this coming from the beginning. Internal fighting makes people see that you don't have your act together. The Republicans prime directive is centralization of message followed by the image of them knowing what they are talking about. A house divided and all that.

The media created this and is only now daring to mention the division. This is like bad pop music shoved down the throats of a gullible public. Yes there are hyperactive supporters who will gobble up merchandise and talk it up to friends but the non-indoctrinated see it like it like a Grateful Dead show or the Justin Beiber crowd- they like to watch but most won't throw themselves full in to it.

The problem is the product. Timing is one problem- they spent themselves in the summer when a lot of people simply pay no attention to it. Notice that there was not the normal August lull in news from DC, it was full on tea bagging coverage and declaring early victory. This is too familiar at a time that the Iraq war ended. The other is that the product is negative. Hyperbolically negative. Ridiculous in the eyes of mainstream which means no one reading this as you are politically over-aware. Positive sells, negative sends people away ... unless they are scared (insurance).

Get out the vote is key. We hear the media tell us how the "energy level" is so high amongst the right but the energy level is split. They also fail to recognize that all of the poll numbers are only from people with landlines, the young are under-represented in the polls. Add to this that no one has believed the media since about 2005 -their exposure in the war was obvious and their lack of anticipation of the public uprising that was the 2006 radical shift in Congress was glaring.

I am supposed to say something about how the Dem's are going to lose seats .... blah blah blah... yeah they might but nothing will change and several races are turning up for the Dems (see Periello in Va 5th). That all depends on the head count and we can count that yet.... we need to get all of our chickens out to be counted.

[opihimoimoi]

1. I happen to think many many people who tire of the GOPs Lies are coming out mad as hell

to prevent a GOPer takeover.....esp since the GOPers revealed what they wanna do....

The Boner gave us a meaty bone as he layed out his meek weak pledge

[underpants]

2. A month ago all their advisors said "DO NOTHING" but they were forced to...

because they see that the tea baggers are a serious problem. Also lets face it the GOP advisors are all Rove devotees so they really aren't good at much other than raising (and spending money). The GOP has been greatly weakened by the culture of Rove followers who fill their ranks.

This pledge was a response to the tea baggers. They were told not to do it and shouldn't have. It signals panic and no one (even RW radio) thinks much of it. They took their shot and it was a misfire.

[opihimoimoi]

4. The GOP DEATH Spiral??? Is this the incipient stage?? maybe midterm. if I could venture??

[rhett o rick]

3. It appears to me that every day, every year we get more and more progressives on the radio, TV and

in office. We are stronger today than in 2008.

[southernyankeebelle]

5. I agree with your observation. You know the media leans right and keeps pushing

the republican issues. I think the teapulicans are going to be shocked at the quiet democratics showing up at the polls. I have a feeling Biden is right and we will retain both houses. Allot of people are very disappointed with Obama but the alternative is terrible.