National Review (Larry Kudlow): Mr. Hastert, Move Out of the Way

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The first wave of polls following the Mark Foley scandal is devastating to the Republican outlook for the congressional elections on November 7. Devastating.

The Foley scandal — and the corresponding bungling of the works by House Speaker Denny Hastert — is not the biggest issue in the midterm races. But at the margin it is having a very negative impact. One might even call this a tipping point. Metaphorically, it highlights the ongoing GOP problems of corruption, ineptness, mismanagement, and poor judgment.

Whether it’s Gallup, ABC/Washington Post, CBS/New York Times, or CNN/USA Today, the polls are all telling the same story: The Republicans are on course to lose the House while the GOP Senate is hanging by a thread.

According to Gallup, government corruption has climbed to the upper ranks of key voter issues, joining Iraq and terrorism. This is exactly where the GOP doesn’t want it to be. Undoubtedly, these new numbers capture a loss of Republican support among security moms and what we can call conservative values voters.

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Jerome Armstrong of MyDD on the subject:

http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/10/16/221922/64

"Hahahaha, yea, it was surely a good thing for Democrats that Dennis Hastert remained at the helm. Conservative Lawrence Kudlow follows up his Oct 4th article, Step Aside, Speaker Hastert, with his Oct 16th article: Mr. Hastert, Move Out of the Way."