Harry Hope wrote:
> Representative Tom Davis, Republican of Virginia and former leader of
> his party’s Congressional campaign committee, issued a dire warning
> that the Republican Party had been severely damaged, in no small part
> because of its identification with President Bush.
>
> Mr. Davis said that, unless Republican candidates changed course, they
> could lose 20 seats in the House and 6 in the Senate.
>
>
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>
> The result in Mississippi, and what Republicans said was a surge in
> African-American turnout, suggested that Mr. Obama might have the
> effect of putting into play Southern seats that were once solidly
> Republican, rather than dragging down Democratic candidates.
>
>
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>
> The special election results left Democrats and Republicans in rare
> agreement about one thing:
>
> President Bush looms as a drag on Republicans.
>
>
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>
> Scott Reed, a former chief of staff to the Republican National
> Committee, said the defeat would dampen fund-raising. “Republican
> leader****p needs to really take a good look in the mirror,” Mr. Reed
> said.
>
> “They’re taking the party off the cliff.”
>
>
> From The New York Times, 5/15/08:
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/us/politics/15repubs.html?em&ex=1210996800&en=5cb3725262e6dd07&ei=5087%0A
>
> Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears
>
> By ADAM NAGOURNEY and CARL HULSE
>
> WA****NGTON —
>
> The Republican defeat in a special Congressional contest in
> Mississippi sent waves of apprehension across an already troubled
> party Wednesday, with some senior Republicans urging Congressional
> candidates to distance themselves from President Bush to head off what
> could be heavy losses in the fall.
>
> The victory by Travis Childers, a conservative Democrat elected in a
> once-steadfast Republican district on Tuesday, was the third defeat of
> a Republican in a special Congressional race this year.
>
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>
> They're gonna hafta pull that "R" from the side of their names too
>
> Harry
Yet the dittoheads think Operation Chaos is working.
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