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Post by subdjoe on Aug 12, 2008 16:41:05 GMT -5
www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080811/APP/808111324This is great. There are enough cause chasing socialists in that district that the vote may be split pretty evenly. Maybe a candidate from another party will have a slim chance to win. Just so Queen Nancy gets knocked out of the House.
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Post by harpman1 on Aug 12, 2008 16:50:29 GMT -5
How will we be able to tell the difference?
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Post by subdjoe on Aug 12, 2008 17:25:35 GMT -5
Well, neither one would be Speaker of the House. The only real difference is that Sheehan might actually be willing to talk with common folk.
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Post by The Big Dog on Aug 12, 2008 18:35:53 GMT -5
www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080811/APP/808111324This is great. There are enough cause chasing socialists in that district that the vote may be split pretty evenly. Maybe a candidate from another party will have a slim chance to win. Just so Queen Nancy gets knocked out of the House. The machine will take care of La Sheehan and Madame Speaker will be comfortably re-elected. The results from the June primary should provide a clue.... Shirley Golub Democrat 10,105 Nancy Pelosi* Democrat 83,510 Dana Walsh Republican 7,903 Philip Z. Berg Libertarian 276 Presume the 8000 or so Republicans in the district vote for Walsh in the general. Berg will get his ~300 votes. La Sheehan will get the fringest fringe, maybe the 10000 that Shirley Golub, another nut job, got in the primary running on the same slate of issues that La Sheehan is running on. While it is nice to dream, the reality is what it is and is also irrefutable. On November 5 |
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Post by surefire on Aug 12, 2008 18:45:36 GMT -5
Sheehan is an upgrade over Pelosi, IMO. As scary as that sounds.
Pelosi is the IMO ultimate elitist.
Sheehan, IMO, may possibly have a few loose screws, but would be more open to the common folk.
I think Sheehan's motives are good (although I don't agree with her politics in general) , I cannot say the same for Pelosi (whom I don't believe has good motives).
Neither is ideal, but I would vote for Sheehan before Pelosi anyday.
I also agree with Subjoe in that if this opens the door for another candidate-- possibly an independent, that would be great.
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Post by subdjoe on Aug 12, 2008 21:45:22 GMT -5
I don't expect it to happen, Queen Nancy has her seat bought and paid for. But, it is nice to dream.
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Post by Mink on Aug 12, 2008 23:00:07 GMT -5
Well, neither one would be Speaker of the House. The only real difference is that Sheehan might actually be willing to talk with common folk. Sheehan has been speaking to the common folk for awhile now. She will not win, but I have to give her credit for standing up, speaking up ....however, will be to no avail. There is a game in DC and she won't play. |
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Post by jgaffney on Aug 13, 2008 0:25:56 GMT -5
Yes, Pelosi, the machine politician, will get re-elected in a walk. What will be interesting, though, is to see if she keeps the gavel. The Dems might be looking for someone else, given Nancy's less-than-stellar track record at keeping the promises she made in 2006.
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Post by The Big Dog on Aug 15, 2008 12:51:35 GMT -5
They don't dare unseat her, assuming that the Democrats keep their majority. The party bosses that forced that would be pilloried as eeee-vil misogynists, particularly in light their abandonment of Hillary in favor of Barack.
The Democrats keeping the majority is likely now but may not be come November if the Empress Nancy continues to be seen as fiddling while the country figuratively burns. One need look back only two years to see just as big shift in seat count take place. While I can remain optimistic, I don't expect the Republicans to come back into a majority this year in the House.
But if Barack gets elected in Novemeber, the 2010 mid-terms could be as savage for the Democrats as they were in 1994 when the Gingrich Revolution stormed to power.
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Post by mrbose on Aug 17, 2008 11:10:04 GMT -5
How the nut case Stole DC staring Cindy Lou Who  |
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Post by ferrous on Aug 17, 2008 13:58:45 GMT -5
But if Barack gets elected in November, the 2010 mid-terms could be as savage for the Democrats as they were in 1994 when the Gingrich Revolution stormed to power. Barack as President with the Democrats holding both the Senate and the House? Are you sure that by 2010 that there will be anything left of the Republican Party and/or the United States' two party political system for a power shift away from the Democratic held government? Are you sure that by 2010 there will even be anything left of the United States worth saving? You see Big Dog, your thoughts are that of an optimist while my view takes on a much more pessimistic one. Iran leader's U.N. finale reveals apocalyptic view - www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=52071Then again, December 21, 2012 is only just around the corner - I found this "official" site from the "Department of Secret Investigations" to one of the more informative sites to help us understand the significance of 12.19.19.17.19 or December 21, 2012. www.disastercountdown.com/event/mayan/I thought the countdown timer really made the site. |
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Post by The Big Dog on Aug 17, 2008 16:46:20 GMT -5
I have to be optimistic lest I throw myself in the nearest river.... or head directly for the Cayman Islands.
There are some young, and conservative, Republicans out there in the wings. I'm also encourgaged that the fastest growing clubs on college campuses these days, up to and including UC Berkeley, are Young Republican clubs. It may be a faint hope, but hope is not yet extinguished.
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