Political bits
(WaPo) The Dems slap down Arlen Specter, voting to take away his seniority in the committees, saying they "might" revisit the decision in 2011. (Several thoughts: 1) They now have some leverage on his voting. 2) I don't think this happens unless Harry Reid lets it happen. 3) Specter probably shouldn't have repeated "I'm not a loyal democrat" until all the ink was dry.)
(CDaily) Colin Powell weighs in on the GOP civil war. (As if anyone in the GOP listens to him...)
(WaPo) Former Bush officials have "launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to urge Justice Department leaders to soften an ethics report" on torture.
(Politico) Limbaugh calls Cantor/Bush/Romney's townhalls (/grabs for power) a sham.
And, (WaPo) Don't look now, but situations and better Republican recruiting are giving them some shots at 2010 Senate seats. (My state's shame, John Cornyn....)
(CDaily) Colin Powell weighs in on the GOP civil war. (As if anyone in the GOP listens to him...)
(WaPo) Former Bush officials have "launched a behind-the-scenes campaign to urge Justice Department leaders to soften an ethics report" on torture.
(Politico) Limbaugh calls Cantor/Bush/Romney's townhalls (/grabs for power) a sham.
And, (WaPo) Don't look now, but situations and better Republican recruiting are giving them some shots at 2010 Senate seats. (My state's shame, John Cornyn....)
posted by mikevotes at
6:47 AM
2 Comments:
The Republicans have some decent candidates, but the question is if they can pass the gauntlet of their own Party's base.
Much of the premise of the WaPo article seems to rest on the trend of midterms being bad for the Party in power.
That is not a guarantee, however. 2010 is not that far away, and the Party is in disarray. Republicans do not do "disarray" well, while the Democrats swim in those waters perpetually.
Likewise, the Republicans love to talk about the "pendulum" as if it were a guarantee. It isn't. The minority has to do something that broadens its appeal in order for the pendulum to do its thing.
This is just more "magical thinking" from the GOP.
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Todd Dugdale , at 8:52 AM
I agree with your contradiction of premise.
I guess the question would be, how much does a dispirited base show up to vote for moderates in an off presidential year? If they can be agitated to turn out, for other races, they can be reliably counted on to vote for moderates if they're the only R in the race. (Assuming they could survive a primary.)
But, compared to a month ago, they do look a little better. Of Course, that's coming from less than zero.
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mikevotes, at 10:22 AM
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