GOP: "Neither Iraq nor the scandals are a problem for 2006"

[sabra]

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20051207-114243-6937r

GOP confident of an '06 mandate despite liabilities

WASHINGTON -- Republicans on Capitol Hill looking ahead to the 2006 elections acknowledge they have liabilities: real and perceived scandals in their party, a war abroad that continues to incur U.S. casualties and a president whose poll numbers seem stuck somewhere south of not good.

Democrats and liberal pundits have expressed hope that next year will be a mirror-reverse of 1994 -- the election in which, for the first time in 40 years, Republicans took control of both houses of Congress.

...

"Neither Iraq nor the scandals are a problem for 2006," says Carl Forti, chief spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC). "I don't know of any member of Congress who has ever lost because of something another member did or did not allegedly do."

However, some House Republicans caution that their party's brand image may have gotten a bit fuzzy of late, with polls showing Democrats have replaced Republicans as holders of the public's trust on issues that once virtually belonged to the GOP.

:rofl:

[blm]

1. Psst...Don't worry fellow GOPers...we control the voting machines.

It don't matter what the public thinks.

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. Bingo! Not to worry, not to worry. We have it all under control. n/t

[helderheid]

10. DING DING DING - we have a winner! (pardon the pun)

[kenny blankenship]

11. I'm afraid you're right

"remain calm brother Fascists, we control the ballots and more and more we control the composition of Congressional districts as well...you have nothing to fear. On the other hand, the more you show panic, the more difficult will become the management of your re-selection while preserving the illusion of a natural & legitimate outcome."

[helderheid]

13. couldn't have been said better

[thefloyd]

2. Wow

Biggest joke I'v heard all day. Gop should hold their mouths considering the number of scandals which are currently in a hold pattern over the Gop's grave.

[savemefromdumbya]

3. well, since the voting is rigged, there won't be a problem for the GOP

besides, if Democrats could only stand up for our policies instead of being spineless and caving in to the GOP........

[leeroysphitz]

4. What else would they say? n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

5. Looks like they've got the bugs worked out in the Diebold machines

Otherwise they should never be that confident.

[adigal]

6. Such a disconnect between what 60%

of the country feels and what these arrogant, selfish creeps perceive.

[BOSSHOG]

8. No problems for gop in 2006 because

they know their base is a bunch of ignorant racist yahoos and religiously insane zealots who are very dependable on voting day and who don't mind being forgotten the day after the election. What they lack in pride and integrity they make up for in votes.

[Dawgs]

9. They forgot to mention...

...the economy,
shitty health-care,
cronyism,
stem-cell research,
corporatism,
and treating the poor like scum.

[cliss]

12. Well, before they pull out the champagne.....

There are a LOT of things that can happen between now and November, 2006. Namely the economy. Ford is about to lay off 30,000 people. GM will most probably file for bankruptcy.

The housing industry is about to tank (see numerous articles here at the DU). Millions of people are about to get squeezed for their mortage, starting in 2006.

Natural gas is expected to soar. Electricity has gone up. There is a huge oil field in Kuwait which is suspected to be running out of oil.

Just wait, Repubs.