GOP mired in g-o-o-p
May 14th 2008 21:48
Yesterday, a special election was held in Mississippi to determine who would complete Roger Wicker's (R-MS) term in the House. Wicker took over for Trent Lott when Lott resigned from the Senate. This district is a very red district in a very red state. Losing it would be a warning signal of Noah-like proportions for the GOP. What happened?
This was not an anomaly. At this point, it's a trend -- and a BAD trend for the GOP. Needless to say, the GOP higher-ups are apoplectic:
And it's not like the GOP didn't try to win this one:
Folks, the GOP is in TROUBLE. Honestly, I don't think they can do anything at this point to stop the freight train that is coming. Barring some type of miracle, November will be a bloodletting for the Republicans. Seeing as they haven't really done anything or stood for anything in a long time, they will only have themselves to blame when it happens.
With all precincts reporting, the Democratic nominee, Prentiss County Chancery Clerk Travis Childers, defeated Republican Greg Davis, 54 to 46 percent. Childers was able to expand his three-point margin of victory from the race's first round of balloting last month -- even as he faced an onslaught of Republican attacks.
This was not an anomaly. At this point, it's a trend -- and a BAD trend for the GOP. Needless to say, the GOP higher-ups are apoplectic:
The victory marks the Democrats’ third straight special election pickup in three months. It will be a serious blow to the Republican Party’s already-flagging morale and will surely prompt a new round of finger-pointing among the already fractured GOP caucus.
"This loss is going to prompt serious introspection by our conference to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it," said a GOP leadership aide. "We have time to do that, and we will if we learn our lessons leading into November. But the next couple of days are not going to be pretty."
"This loss is going to prompt serious introspection by our conference to figure out what went wrong and how to fix it," said a GOP leadership aide. "We have time to do that, and we will if we learn our lessons leading into November. But the next couple of days are not going to be pretty."
And it's not like the GOP didn't try to win this one:
The $1.27 million that the NRCC spent in the heavily Republican district amounted to nearly 20 percent of the committee's entire cash-on-hand.
Folks, the GOP is in TROUBLE. Honestly, I don't think they can do anything at this point to stop the freight train that is coming. Barring some type of miracle, November will be a bloodletting for the Republicans. Seeing as they haven't really done anything or stood for anything in a long time, they will only have themselves to blame when it happens.
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Comment by Lester Caudill
Round Politics
If they had done the right thing oil would be flowing from Anwar, oil would be flowing from off shore east coast and west coast. And maybe we would be exploring the large shale deposits out west.
But they gave in to the dems, and now look what we have. The Republican only acted like dems now we will have the real thing, and it can only get worse from here. Because no one can be as stupid as a liberal dem.
Comment by PopulistConservative
Angry Electorate
Comment by PopulistConservative
Angry Electorate
It'll never happen, but term limits could clear out the deadwood. We need almost complete turnover. There's a good article on RedState about the GOP dilemma (replete with Biblical chastisement). You may enjoy it. I think the guy quoting from Revelations in the comments was spot on.
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