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| Democrats Eye November Landslide |
| 2006-05-30 |
| (AP) WASHINGTON - Republicans are three steps from a November shellacking - each a grim possibility if habitually divided Democrats get their acts together. First step: Voters must focus on the national landscape on Nov. 7 rather than local issues and personalities that usually dominate midterm elections. That would sting Republicans, who trail badly in national polls. Second step: Voters must be so angry at Washington and politics in general that an anti-incumbent, throw-the-bums-out mentality sweeps the nation. That would wound Republicans, the majority party. |
| Posted by:Uneamble Jating3646 |
| #9 Only if the Republican politicians commit egregious acts of stupidity ... oh, wait ... |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-05-30 21:50 |
| #8 Ohio used electronic voting machines in the primary at the beginning of the month. My experience was smooth as silk, and I even got a printout verifying my choices, which went into a locked box in the precinct-- presumably to be opened if there is a serious challenge to the result. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-05-30 20:20 |
| #7 But Steve if you only got to hear their emotional cries at the hearings about the past STOLEN elections. It would have been more believable if they had showed up to the hearing not reeking of marijuana and spouting "HALIBUTON". Trust me they are going to come unglued when they lose more seats in both houses. What is funny is that they really believe that Americans take them seriously. The best “witness” I saw was when a “voting expert” demonstrated that when he touched the screen at different places at the same time it failed to register his correct vote. Then he demonstrated that IF he had access to the RAW code he could in theory change that code (no duh). Clearly this was due to the Halliburton-Diebold-Rove cabal and rogue NeoCon programmers. How the committee kept a straight face during the hearings is beyond me. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-05-30 17:40 |
| #6 I dunno. I got a bad feeling about all this-- REALLY bad. Though the Donks seem hopelessly Stuck On Stupid and mired in the deep, deep recesses of the Fever Swamps, the Republicans never cease to amaze me with their cluelessness and their chronically tin ears. Bush and the Republican congresscritters alike seem apt to engineer one clusterfuck after another, and I fear that with five full months to go before Election Day, they just might pull off a real doozie-- something so friggin' hairbrained that the entire electorate turns on them and says, "Enough of this crap! Get these bums OUTTA HERE!!!" Like I said: I got a real bad feeling about this... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-05-30 17:14 |
| #5 CyberSarge, you miss what the Doinks are doing: by setting up these expectations now (and expect breathless reporting on Zogby polls all fall, since Zogby always gives the Doinks about 8 points in any head-to-head poll), when election day comes and the Republicans win enough seats to stay in power -- -- guess what the claim will be -- you guessed it: why, the Republicans must have stolen the election! Halliburton, Diebold and Rove, oh my! Couldn't possibly be that all the Doink-leaning polls were wrong, coud it? You read it here first. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-05-30 16:47 |
| #4 It is possible that the Repubs will throw the bums out during the primaries and thus not have the same turnover during the national elections in Nov. After all folks are pissed now they may be less angry in Nov. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-05-30 13:53 |
| #3 And Democrats could fumble the opportunity. Profound and visionary statement. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2006-05-30 12:55 |
| #2 How can the Donks possibly talk of “landslide” while Diebold, Halliburton, and Karl Rove are stalking the earth? FYI after all the ballyhoo here in the Golden State touch screen and electronic voting machines will be used next week in the primary election. After much (emotional) left-wing testimony and actual testing of machines the Secretary of State (a Democrat) could find no reason to un-certify the machines. Since our Right Wing Conspiracy can depend on the Diebold connection, all we need now is some mean looking poll watchers or police cruisers parked MILES away, and the Donks will flee without casting a vote. My prediction (nay Diebold promise) is a Republican sweep! |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2006-05-30 10:38 |
| #1 The votes in most major cities are |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-05-30 10:36 |