On Thu, 15 May 2008 07:02:31 -0700, George Grapman
<sfgeorge@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>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.”
Actually, they've taken the country off the cliff.
With a $40,000 sign-on bonus to go into the military, they had to take
on felons and still fail to meet their recruiting goals.
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