Scandals, war shadow GOP governors

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Scandals, war shadow GOP governors
By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times | December 2, 2005

LOS ANGELES -- Political fallout from corruption scandals and the Iraq war cast a pall over a gathering of Republican governors in Carlsbad, Calif., yesterday as GOP strategists and leaders acknowledged the party faces a tough climate for its 2006 campaigns.

''You'd have to be really disconnected from reality to not see and admit that Republicans nationally have gone through a tough patch here the last six or eight months," Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty said. ''We should just acknowledge that."

In a fluke, however, the setting of the annual GOP governors' conference symbolized the party's woes: a golf resort in the congressional district of Randy ''Duke" Cunningham, the Republican who resigned last week after pleading guilty to taking $2.4 million in bribes. Cunningham's admission added to troubles that Republicans already faced from the indictments of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay; I. Lewis ''Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff; and Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

The Republican governors also heard blunt talk from strategists on the difficulties they face next year, when voters will choose 36 governors at the same time as the mid-term congressional elections. GOP strategist Mike Murphy said voters might try to punish the unpopular president by voting against his Republican allies.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/12/02/scandals_war_shadow_gop_governors/

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1. "Republicans nationally have gone through a tough patch" ...

it ain't just bad luck boyz. You been hoseing us down regularly and now you think the swamp has nothing to do with you?

You all aren't just pitiful - you're LUNCH.

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2. "unpopular president" that phrase needs to be repeated a million times

the democrats should use that phrase over and over again every time they got on tv.