Hastert: "Things are looking pretty good" for GOP ("strong economy")

[Human Torch]

Middle class gives Democrats hopes of victory
Growing resentment of GOP, administration policies to blame



http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15432646/

WASHINGTON - Middle-class voters who deserted the Democratic Party a dozen years ago are now giving the party its best chance to reclaim the House since the GOP swept Democrats from power in 1994.

Motivated by anger at President Bush and the Republican-controlled Congress, 56 percent of likely voters said they would vote on Nov. 7 to send a Democrat to the House and 37 percent said they would vote Republican. Voters in the latest Associated Press-AOL News poll rated Iraq and the economy as their top issues.

"I don't care if I vote for Happy the Clown, just so it's not who's there now," said Mary Nyilas, 51, an independent voter from Cologne, N.J., who said she would do everything she could to "vote against the powers that put us in this situation" in Iraq.

Dismissing talk of a sour outlook for the GOP, House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Thursday cited signs of a strong economy and rejected the Democratic argument that voters should fire him and his rank-and-file. "Things are looking pretty good, and I don't think anybody would really want to change that at this time," he said in Aurora, Ill.

[NYCGirl]

1. Unfortunately for him, things are not looking so good for Hastert.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061026/ap_on_go_co/congress_pages

Edited for typo

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. Looking good? Like a plate full of deep fried republicans in alfredo sauce?

Mmmmm, good.

Eat up, Denny. The last supper is here.

[Cassandra]

4. Eeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Too oily.

[greeneyedboy]

3. ahahahahaha. you are toast, Denny. nice try, though.

[pooja]

5. Economy? Who is it good for? Halibuton, oil companies, oh and

let's not forget the Carlyl Group. Middle class is a dying breed... If we keep going at this rate we will have a server class and the elite.