GOP writing off two key Senate seats
Dying elephants sadden me.
TMP:
At yesterday's Christian Science Monitor forum -- the same venue where he upgraded the GOP's goal to a potential three-seat loss -- NRSC chairman John Ensign was asked point-blank if the party was giving up on the open seats they currently hold in Virginia and New Mexico, where the Democratic nominees are way ahead of the Republicans in current polling.
Ensign said bluntly: "You don't waste money on races that don't need it or you can't win."
Pollster.com shows just how much ground the GOP would have to make up in Virginia and New Mexico. It's probably a good idea for the Republican Party to cut their loses and focus their attention/limited resources on races that they at least have a shot at. It's just amazing to hear that NRSC openly concede they're in such dire straits.
great!
i am hoping these are two states that obama can make some in roads as the demographics have changed
At this point they are (secretly) writing off the whole damn election.
Keep in mind disenfranchisement and voting irregularities
A dead elephant in every pot!
Reich-wingers, get use to your minority status, it's going to last a long, long, long time.
*rubbing hands together in a scheming, greedy fashion*
We need more, dammit. Two more Dems- and two less Thugs- don't bring cloture on debate!
theWalrus @ 3:
would that this concession stretched to every race the entire nation wide!
Al-Queda brought down the twin towers. The GOP brought down America.
If they hold on to 25 senate seats it's 25 more than they deserve.
I knew it all along... If you were to put that elephant back on it's feet, it's stars would be inverted pentagrams.
...Hmmmm.
Not that we didn't already know who the republican party represented in the first place.
;)
Auntie Christ.
I think this is on the topic in a roundabout way... Five years ago, in the Phoenix AZ area where I live, there were many many cars sporting "W" stickers. They have almost completely disappeared. I'm seeing a fair amount of "Obama" stickers. I have seen only ONE McCain bumper sticker in this area of his home state! Not exactly scientific, I'll grant you, but I'm just sayin - this is redstate Arizona.
At this point, replace them ALL. Dems and Repubs, alike. We got snookered in 06.
People in NM, have been long been trying to rid the state of heather wilson. Her web site sends out poll questions that are the most slanted, loaded to get the answers they wanted things, you could ever lay eyes on, Would you vote for heather to live? or would you rather die?--well ok, maybe not that bad, but she is a neo-bush ass kisser, and everyone will be glad to see her crawl out of town-CEO
Should reteach all Reslugs to not hate America.
Excellent.
Now, let's have the Democratic candidates there actively campaign for Obama as well as for themselves.
Kerry's states + Virginia + New Mexico = Electoral College Victory
Ahh, the Republican Party:
A permanent, and ever shrinking minority.
And why?
Because they deserve it.
Why is NPR touting McLame's positions again???
When a republican loses, a dead puppy gets to go to heaven.
Throw all the bastards out.
Wasn't that the Democratic strategy until Dean came along? I thought I would never see the day when the Republicans would have a problem raising money.
Whoopie . . . it's time (again) for the schadenfreude-shuffle !
I also like the dead elephant graphic , but I have a thought for those with more time than I (my garden's still not complete) have to Photoshop , , ,
what if the first of three stars was a big X to denote the eye of a dead critter ?
...or did I already see that somewhere ...
And soon they'll be wiping off both parties seats after marathon sessions and fillibusters.
Auntie Christ @ 10:
Ya beat me to it, Auntie.
I don't think it's an accident. Yeah, somebody once told me that they could be stars leaning to the right, but that's hogwash. Even if that were the case, a good designer looks at it, sees that the stars look upside down and goes back to the drawing board. What the designer DOESN'T do is turn over a logo which has three pentagrams, one for each 6 in the number of the beast, and to his or her clients. Unless, of course, this was the requested and approved design.
The other possibility is that there isn't a single member of GOP who is smart enough to have noticed the flaw in the logo design, so nobody was notified and in fact, they are SO stupid that years of snarky jokes by people like myself still haven't filtered through. I am happy with that theory, too.
That's still about 4 seats shy of a 60 vote majority.
As long as the repugs have a filibuster option, Reid will roll over and go to sleep.
I think that Franken will crush Coleman (R-MN), so that's three.
Not sure if the south can extricate itself from its horrid racism, but with Obama running, the vote might be significant (barring election fraud).
I also don't believe the MSM polls showing "...virtual tie" between Gramps and Barack. I really believe we are looking at a major blowout of Reagan proportions with Obama clearly obliterating McCain in all key states. I just don't think the Repugs are capable of pulling any independents, other than disgruntled Libertarian looneys.
Mickxotic @ 11:
In Central Illinois I see more "W'04 " stickers than Obama and McLame stickers combined. After 7 years, and a trail of nothing but wreckage to show for their time in office, people drive around with "W" stickers on their car. These folks must be aliens, new to earth.
Sounds like Ensign needs another trip to the ronald reagan reeducation center.
They apparently didn't remove enough of his brain when he joined the party.
Dying?
Hell !! Rotting, stinking, bloated, putrid, cancerous, flesh-eaten, moldy, zombie-like, decaying and on the edge of extinction ....... Did I miss anything ?
odanny @ 25:
Leaving the supermarket the other day, I noticed I was parked next to a Escalade with a big ol Bush/Cheney sticker. I looked over at her and said, "how's that working out for you?" I got no response.
The entire Republican Party should be indicted under the RICCO statute for conspiracy to defraud the US Treasury.
The best part of this news is that a solid Democratic majority in the Senate will ensure that Lieberman gets the Senate job he most deserves: handing out warm towels in the Senate Men's Room and collecting quarters as tips.
The "dying elephants" don't sadden me in the least. Actually, the elephant died after the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower. From then on, it mutated into a crooked, profit thirsty corporate blood sucker, that has further mutated into a neocon fascist party.
I'm sorry, but I once had respect for the Republican Party, but it is dead and gone...and has been gone for almost fifty years. What is left is what we are looking at today.
All those "coin phrases" such as "conservatism", "small government", "free enterprise" are nothing but slogans they yap out to their followers to keep them voting these bloodsuckers into control.
Now it is the new "neocon/fascist corporate party". The elephant is gone...maybe not dead...but definitely gone. What is left is "the glutton pig".
odanny @ 25:
Our cars have W stickers on them. Only ours have a / across the W.
Wake up GOP. America HATES you. Be glad you have some Baby Boomers left that will vote for you. Once they are gone . . . you are consigned to the dustbin of history. You will not be missed.
I'm voting Republican! http://imvotingrepublican.com/
They acknowledge that the party is in bad shape and that there're losing ground, yet they keep doing everything Bush tells them to do. This is one screwed up party.
Maybe now's our opportunity to find out where elephants go to die
And open it up to drilling.
Ruthless People @ 34:
thanks. I sent that around the office. Hilarious!
Scy @ 33:
You know that thinking like that might be the kind of thinking that sinks Democratic hopes this fall. Do you really believe that Obama got as far as he did simply because of the youth vote? Get real, or at least get educated. It was baby boomers (even white ones like me) that put him over the top in the primaries. Any Democratic candidate who depends on the youth vote to get elected to anything is a sure loser because the youth vote is consistently not reliable. One thing you can count on concerning the youth vote is this: you can't count on it when it matters. Ask Gore. Ask Kerry.
In Virginia two of the state's top Republicans recently endorsed ex-governor Mark Warner (D) over ex-governor Jim Gilmore, citing his strong record of fiscal responsibilty.
Senator James Webb (D) ousted ex-Senator George "Macaca" Allen in 2006.
And when (not if!) Mark Warner (D) takes the seat being vacated by Senator George Warner (R) it can only help Obama take Virginia too.
I never could understand Southerners voting Republican, after what the Republicans did to the South not so many years ago.
I am shocked. Considering the wonderful job the GOP has done while in power, I would think they would think they are guaranteed winners! or they may really be students of history and realize they are done for the next forty years. It will take forty years for this counrtry to overcome their backward, fascist, policies.
Dr. (terrorist fist jab) Matt @ 6:
I predict at least a generation or so, especially in the House.
Bonkers @ 23:
Dudes - you're reading way too much into it. They're just freakin' stars, fer Chrissake! I hope your comments are all snark, but there are just enough folks out there who cling to stuff like this.
Joe H. @ 24:
True about the slim majority, but at least they will no longer have to kowtow to Joe Lieberman as the tiebreaker.
I don't want to be totally creepy, but notice that the Stars on the Elephant are now actually STARS. Before Bush took the GOP they looked like this right side up.
They kinda look like pentagrams too.
Draw your own conclusions ;P
Joe H. @ 24:
I differ with you on the 60 vote issue. Number one, we need to have the ability to strip Lieberman of his chairmanship and tell him to take a long walk off a short pier with his Repug pals--PERMANENTLY. On top of that, let's set up a 2/3 majority so that if we need to modify the Constitution to undo some of Bush's damage, we can. I'd also like to see us rid of some deadwood like Liddy Dole and phony moderate Susan Collins, corrupt prick Stevens and that phony Norm Coleman. Coleman presented himself as a moderate when trying to succeed the late Paul Wellstone. But most of all, I'd like to be rid of Mitch McChinless, John Cornyn, James Inhofe, Jeff Sessions and Saxby Chambliss! I'm not sure which of these bottom feeders, I'd most like to be rid of and getting rid of any or all would be reason to celebrate.
I also disagree with the idea of a dying elephant making me sad. This death spiral that the GOP is on, warms my cold blooded heart. It got that way, thanks to GOP Rule.
How many seats do Democrats have to win in order for Joe Lieberman to be irrelevant to the Democratic agenda?
Exotic Blue Lensman @ 5:
Know how to make an elephant float?
First, you need a lot of ice cream and root beer...
If Obama wants to win New Mexico he needs to get out here to speak with the people. New Mexico need some work due to the large number of Hillary voters. Obama came to speak in southern New Mexico, but the event was closed to the public.
We need to rally these folks that may jump to the dark side.
I hope this is a sign of the times. Kick out all the Republicans and lets start this government thing over.
Dying elephants sadden me.
In the early 1900's the King of Siam had to inspect the site of a natural disaster. All the flags (white elephant on a red field) were flown upside down as the international sign of distress. It disheartened the King so much to see upside down elephants that he proclaimed a change of flag, one that would look the same in either direction, as the one Thailand has today.
A dying elphant would be a sad sight. A self-destructing Republican, not so much.
http://www.ufodigest.com/graveyard.html
The elephants showed a strong preference towards an elephant skull (middle) rather than the skulls of a buffalo or a rhino (Image: Royal Society/Karen McComb)
There is a legend in Africa that speculates that elder elephants knowing that their death was imminent left their herds and traveled to a place known as the Elephant Graveyard. It was believed this graveyard was the final destination for literally thousands of elephants and that their bones and tusks littered the area. This graveyard has never been discovered and has been the subject of speculation for many years. I first became aware of the myth of the elephant graveyard after reading King Solomon's Mines by H. Rider Haggard as a child.
Andy K Jong Il @ 7:
Thats right!!!
Anytime a Republican so willingly admits a sure loss or mistake, I always wonder just what are they up to this time. This is a party of people that rarely admit they do anything wrong.
Stay vigilent!
Karen @ 15:
Plus Ohio, plus Iowa, plus Indiana, plus Arizona, plus...........______________(fill in the blank). Thanks for destroying the GOP Chimpy, and you too evil Dick! And the same goes for all of the other little repuke fascists that followed you two psychopathic criminals in lock-step! Your day has finally come. The one where you get your cumuppance. And I for one, am really gonna savor watching it.
Joe H. @ 24:
Keep the ball rolling. Smith in Oregon is going down as well.
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GOP writing off two key Senate seats
... Only TWO seats?
... Does this include Larry Craig's seat. I hear he likes having his seat... Oh that's (R)ight, Larry has it in for tapping toes...
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Mark Warner (D) will trounce former governor Gilmore (r). Gilmore nearly bankrupted the state of Virginia when he tried to do away with the vehicle property tax. Warner followed Gilmore and restored fiscal sanity to Virginia. Hopefully, Warner and Obama will share each others' coattails to victory.
It doesn't help the GOPers in Virginia that their cndidate Gilmore was one of the most inept and dishonest governors in recent memory. He left the Commonwealth with over $billion in debt, debt that he tried to conceal. That slimey asshole is running against Mark Warner, who is one of the best governors the Commonwealth has had in recent memory. Warner inherited Gilmore's mess and treated the citizens of Virginia like adults; he spelled out the damage that was done, what the state of the State was and then offered the voters several choices about how straighten things out. Warner is well respected across party lines, while Gilmore is considered to be an idiot, even by a large number of Republicans.
The Commonwealth is turning blue again.
New Mexicans finally pushed out Heather Wilson earlier this month, and it's obvious that Udall (D) will beat the trouser socks off of Pearce (R). NM is kind of funny with politics. The big population centers---Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Las Cruces---are unabashedly Dem. The rural areas (lots of ranchers, ex-military) are staunch GOP. Population density makes us mostly a Blue State, but that is always certain. Dems can't always count on us. (They can always count on me, though =) I drive around and I see TONS of Obama signs (and lots of Clinton signs, a while back), but that is b/c I live in ABQ. John in New Mexico (above) is right, though---Obama needs to come visit. Lotsa Hillary fans, lotsa people want to see what he is about. We need to see his charisma for ourselves !
McCain and his party come around here, they can barely fill the space. They really have to go dredging for the old geezers and the WalMart moms.
Dying elephants sadden me.
No you don't. Don't lie.
Let's hope this continues until Republican's become a "third party" in this country.
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