Republican Party in deep trouble nationwide
Posted in republican comedy on May 11th, 2008
Chimpy and the flag.
The Republicans are losing candidates non-stop due to scandal, arrests, and Bush worship. Voters are finally waking up to the fact that the Republican message is flawed.
Paul Kane at the Washington Post explains:
Democratic leaders have stopped tamping down expectations and instead have set a new goal for the November elections of establishing a long-lasting majority that could dominate the chamber.
Independent analysts agree that a loss Tuesday would leave Republicans with no excuses. They blamed poor candidates in races in Louisiana and Illinois, where the GOP lost a special election for the seat long held by former House speaker J. Dennis Hastert.
“When you connect three dots in anything, that’s a bad thing. This connects the dots. At that point, everybody’s got to come together and have a come-to-Jesus meeting” said Rep. Tom Davis (R-Va.)
“The Republicans would be ignoring reality if they try to explain away this race,” said Nathan Gonzales, political editor of the Rothenberg Political Report.
UPDATED - Found this story on Politico about the impending massacre:
In case you’ve been too consumed by the Democratic race to notice, Republicans are getting crushed in historic ways both at the polls and in the polls.
At the polls, it has been a massacre. In recent weeks, Republicans have lost a Louisiana House seat they had held for more than two decades and an Illinois House seat they had held for more than three. Internal polls show that next week they could lose a Mississippi House seat that they have held for 13 years.
In the polls, they are setting records (and not the good kind). The most recent Gallup Poll has 67 percent of voters disapproving of President Bush; those numbers are worse than Richard Nixon’s on the eve of his resignation. A CBS News poll taken at the end of April found only 33 percent of Americans have a favorable view of the GOP — the lowest since CBS started asking the question more than two decades ago. By comparison, 52 percent of the public has a favorable view of the Democratic Party.