Economic turmoil hurting GOP incumbents

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By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
ASSOCIATED PRESS

Sunday, October 12, 2008

WASHINGTON — The financial turmoil that has devastated the stock market is also battering Republicans in congressional races, giving Democrats a chance to topple GOP incumbents and wrest seats in pivotal districts and states.

According to lawmakers and strategists in both parties, voters' anxiety about the economy after the enactment of a $700 billion financial rescue plan has created the conditions for an anti-Republican tide that could hand Democrats insurmountable majorities on both sides of the Capitol.

"It is hurting every Republican across the board," GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio said. "This environment has just become very toxic for us. It could very easily be a wave" in Democrats' favor.

Deepening economic worries have also cost Republican presidential nominee John McCain ground, said U.S. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the GOP's House campaign chief ...

http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/nation/10/12/1012econcampaign.html

[dchill]

1. It SHOULD hurt them.

It has already hurt everybody else. Poetic justice time. Schadenfreude time. Payback time.

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2. Everybody's got to pay to play.

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3. Aw, say it isn't so, Joe!

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4. That could almost make me believe in justice. Or God. Or Karma.