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| Pelosi: Claims about GOP midterm momentum are 'hype and hyperbole' |
| 2010-01-16 |
| Republican claims about increased momentum for this year's midterm elections are just "hype and hyperbole," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) claimed Friday. In a fundraising e-mail to Democratic supporters, Pelosi said that the Democratic agenda is moving the country forward and the Democrats toward victory this fall. "Republicans are in full blown 'spin mode' attacking the President and claiming he has lost support," she wrote. "But that is just hype and hyperbole. You and I know better -- together we are moving America forward." Pelosi's claims come as Republicans and Democrats have begun the beginning of this election year sparring over which party is in worse condition. The e-mail was circulated by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Republicans have cited falling polling approval ratings for the president as well as weakened polling numbers on key issues such as healthcare reform. As a result, most Republican leaders have claimed they can take back the House as early as this year. Democrats are banking on the passage of healthcare reform legislation as well as a renewed focus on job creation and budget cuts to propel them toward victory in the fall. Both parties have also sparred over how retirements will affect their ability to win races in the fall. Ten Democrats have announced their retirements so far as opposed to 13 GOPers. Though it will affect the upper chamber, the hotly contested Massachusetts special Senate election to be held Tuesday will likely be judged as a bellwether of voters' attitudes heading closer to the main election season. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 "hype and hyperbole" ...and Clue moonbat Nero fiddles as Rome burns. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-01-16 19:22 |
| #6 Time to put the bong down! |
| Posted by: TZSenator 2010-01-16 15:50 |
| #5 ...compounded by living both in the Bay and in the Beltway. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-01-16 11:54 |
| #4 Leaking botox rots your brain. It primarily attacks the cognotive and perception of reality areas. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-01-16 10:45 |
| #3 Plasticized whistling moron, meet graveyard.... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2010-01-16 09:59 |
| #2 Just keep believing that Nan. |
| Posted by: DMFD 2010-01-16 05:55 |
| #1 Republican claims about increased momentum for this year's midterm elections are just "hype and hyperbole Then why haven't you sent in The One to stump for him? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-01-16 01:32 |