But, and it is a big but, what might that blithering idiot in the white house do facing a situation where the democrats have extra large majorities in the house and senate?

Might there be another 9/11 in the making and a declaration of martial law to handle the new threat? Plus, perhaps, a suspension of the November elections to cope with this new thrust by the terrorists.  Maybe, a nuclear attack upon Iran, who as everyone knows, endangers the American position in Iraq.

What a condition I have,  The happier I get, the more nervous I become.  It's like the new American angst.

Be a good republican. Hurt somebody.

Follow your bliss

I much prefer these political posts than the Clinton/Obama ones.

You say Florida could be a rout. Doesn't that mean it could be a rout for the Pres. election?  Is it in the 'maybe' column?

One fact I always amazes me is that the Republicans never had more than 232 seats in the house, and all you heard is 'never ending majority' from them and the media. Yet right now the Dems have more than that and look to pick up 30 and what do you hear?  Nothing.

nalbar

In other words, if these huge gains come to pass and last for a while (e.g. 8 years of Obama in office), how coherent will the dems be at that point, and how viable will the republicans be?

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When we hear freedom we know it doesn't mean armed occupation. --felagund

Say, "We are coming for you in November."

We need a little panic in the Republicans.  We need to get them thinking "How do I save MYSELF?"  

Let's stir the pot.  Let's get a campaign going to create fear and concern in the offices of Republicans, especially those in districts that went for Kerry or Gore.

AP

Clinton's W.Va. victory does little to slow Obama

Obama gets more Super delegates and three former SEC chairmen endorsing:

His campaign announced his pickup Wednesday of two superdelegates: Rep. Peter Visclosky of Indiana and Democrats Abroad chair Christine Schon Marques.

Also endorsing Obama were three former Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen--William Donaldson, David Ruder, and Arthur Levitt Jr., who was appointed by former President Clinton. The campaign released a joint statement by the former SEC chiefs, well as former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, that praised Obama's "positive leadership and judgment" on economic issues.

As I said last night, 275 Dems in the House in the next Congress.

If things get worse for the GOP (and I believe they will) then it could be 300.

While there are downsides to this (who wants such a thing under the control of one person) it means that in the future candidates have more than one source for campaign money.

IMO (for what that is worth) this is the single most important indicator that Obama is more progressive than he shows. Much of the change needed in this country (health care reform is the prime example) simply cannot be accomplished inside the 'normal' campaign financing scheme. But a future might hold an answer to the 'I can't vote for that because my money might dry up' statement. Obama might be able to provide an outside source.

nalbar

I will say too, that economic populism is the key to these battleground states, I think. Things have largely gotten so bad now, that lots of people are seeing the old wedge issues as the diversionary tactics they really are for the very first time, stupid as it sounds. I think that's what happened in MS-01. Even they're starting to get it. The 'Southern Strategy' for example, has seen better days, and the 50-State Strategy must be there to fill the vacuum. Dean and Obama know what they're doing and they're being vindicated with almost every contest. With any luck, the R's will relegated to a pitiful, not-quite relevant, hissin' n' spittin' regional party doing more damage to themselves than anybody else.

There a a couple important distinctions between yesterday's R+10 election and some random R+5 election in Michigan.

First, there wasn't an incumbent with a good record for helping bring local jobs and money. You had a republican mayor of a town, where he is popular, but that doesn't necessarily carry over into other areas of the district.

Second, it was a special election to put someone in office for only 6 months. It's hard to get voters excited about that, unless they are already excited and energized. A lot more people will participate in the big general election in November.

These elections mean something, the republicans should be scared, and the democrats should be hopeful, but I would be count anything over R+3 as highly likely to switch in November. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to see the LA and MS seats swing back into the R column.

May 14 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. House Republicans said an election loss in Mississippi yesterday may portend widespread voter rejection in the November races, and some are advocating distancing themselves from President George W. Bush's policies.

At a closed-door weekly meeting of all House Republicans this morning, Representative Tom Davis of Virginia distributed a 20-page assessment of the party's prospects, telling reporters later that it warned that following the ``same-old, same-old is a 25-seat loss.''
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Boehner is planning to unveil later this week elements of an election-year agenda that focuses on national security, boosting the economy through extended tax cuts, balancing the budget by 2012 and improving domestic oil production.

Davis said party leaders have fought Democrats on some of the wrong issues, including last year's decision to side with Bush against an expansion of the children's health-care program and a measure designed to help homeowners avert foreclosure.

``The caucus is going to have to look at itself and decide if they want to be a national party, or if they want to continue to contract,'' Davis said.

l don't think they can run fast, nor far, enough away from chimpy, and their obstructionist activities in the congress to save themselves at this point.

lTMF'sA...the revolution will not be televised...Peace