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47of74 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 10:20 AM
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CNN: GOP needs power player to end 'warlord status,' expert says.
(CNN) -- The 1994 elections were approaching, and House Republicans were on a mission to take control of their chamber for the first time in nearly 50 years.

Buoyed by an electorate skeptical of then-President Clinton after his unsuccessful push for health care reform, Republicans charged forward with what experts say they are lacking now: a clear message and a leader.

With Newt Gingrich at the helm of a legislative agenda called the "Contract with America," Republicans handed Democrats a blistering defeat, taking back control not only of the House, but the Senate, too.

For 10 of the next 12 years, Republicans held the majority in both chambers. By the end of the bruising 2006 and 2008 election cycles, the Republicans found themselves back in the wilderness.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/13/republican.brand/index.html


Experts? More like paid shrills.

GOP's problem is that they listen to that fat ass drug addict, that looflah loving phone sex guy, and that psychopath. The part is made up of teabaggers, birthers, and so on while the moderates have been leaving the party.
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BR_Parkway Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-13-09 11:50 AM
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1. Which psycopath? Seems like they have many of them to listen to
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:27 PM
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2. That would be Cerberus; the three headed dog guarding the entrance to Hades.
"GOP's problem is that they listen to that fat ass drug addict, that looflah loving phone sex guy, and that psychopath. The part is made up of teabaggers, birthers, and so on while the moderates have been leaving the party."
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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:58 PM
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3. A bowl of public relations mush.
You would think the Republican Party was another failing reality show.
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