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Only the marginalized extreme left leaning groups/individual have done anything note worthy in opposition to Bush and previously Clinton administration's genocidal misadventures abroad...
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I think Republicans will lose the House but will keep the Senate.
Most likely Colorado's next Gov. will be a Democrat.
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If demos win one or both, Bush is going to be in for one helluva bumpy ride for his last two years. Every lie will be investigated. EXACTLY what he deserves.
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No, republicans will maintain both houses for a long long time, I mean what else can go wrong for them, and yet they still have immense support. LoL..next we'll see them trying to extend how many terms a president can serve, and Bush will be in the white house for ever.
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go karl rove 
i hope he can salvage something.
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PS!! on that note! there is this representative - republican - Peter King! he's been on the news a fair amount! he introduced the racial profiling laws - i.e. that Arabs and south asians should be racially profiled, ie.e stopped at airports for 6 hours, and even jailed just b/c they are south asians or arabs! he has a written a book on terrorism which is fiction but then he claimed its half true! he is calling muslims terrorits, the man is evil - he gets a lot of his contributions from AIPAC which has a significant hold on the political affairs of this coutnry!
in any event he is up for re-elction on nov 7th! his districts are mainly in Long Island (Nassau/ suffolk counties) NY! if you live there, please check out his opponent Dave Mejias' website and vote against Peter King on Nov.7th! if you know ppl in NY spread the word!!!
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while i agree with you! i think what we are going with is the lesser of the 2 evils
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yeah.. just like the Democrats gave a 'bumpy ride' to the outgoing Bush Sr. administration and the Iran Contra culprits..
They're both the same.. one comes over and immediately protects/pardons the other.. Time for people to vote Independent Conservative or Libertarian instead of Republican or Democrat.
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^I'd be all for a 3rd party if there were legit candidates out there. Not sure about the Indpendendent conservatives though - the Republicans are too involved with religion already.
But the most pressing issue right now is having the checks and balances that a demo house or senate would bring. The six years of one party rule is turning this country into a facist state with unprecedented executive powers.
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How much are you willing to bet that the trend will continue.. a Democratic House will NOT overturn a single authority held by the President.. nor would it rescind ANY draconian law limiting habeas corpus.. or pull out of needless conflicts; You're conveniently forgetting that these measures passed with the support of Democrats every step of the way.
If the Democrats were a legitimite oppostion and not just a 'me-too' party, things wouldn't be such a mess today.
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The Demos have sacrificed principles because the GOP machine has successfully labeled any opposition to 'anti-terror' policies as un-American and used against them in election cycles which has worked very effectively by playing on the fear of the public. It's disgusting. Both what the GOP is doing and the reaction by the Demos. I think with some power they will turn back some of those draconian laws or at least prevent more of it.
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^^Its not that simple…
There is basically a fifth column in the U.S., aka AIPAC, aka Likud’s overseas extension, aka supporters of Israel, aka zionists…they don’t discriminate/distinguish among republicans nor dems, conservative nor liberal…you will find them in all colors, shapes and size and on all sides of the political spectrum…The current regime’s foreign policies and modus ope***** are an extension of the long-term goals of these fifth columnist and its no surprise that the erst-while trotskyite leftists of mostly jewish background have reinvented themselves as neo-conservative of the judeo-Christian persuasion to perpetuate their only raison d’etre, i.e. the unconditional and unwavering support of the state of Israel…God forbid, if republicans end up losing the '08 election, then look for these same neo-con/zionist/fifth column to either jump ships or most probably activate their dormant sleeper cells in the DLC ranks…
Faced with the probability that Bush will lose power through the midterm elections, the Republicans have been grasping at straws in pursuit of their neoconservative vision of a muscular and aggressive America on a permanent war footing in hot pursuit of the dreams of full-blooded military glory of PNAC. These Republican neoconservatives have a fifth column of support inside the Democratic Party. Headed by Al From, a man who is at once a confirmed neocon and a zealous Zionist, the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) supports the policy agenda of PNAC hook, line and sinker.Worse. At the head of the Democratic Party’s campaign to regain a majority in the House of Representatives we find a belligerent bully of a Congressman, Rahm Emanuel. Even though it is the official position of his party to withdraw and disengage from Bush’s unpopular war in Iraq, Rahm Emanuel still grants interviews to reassert his support for the war to topple Saddam Hussein even though the war is now recognized as America’s gift to those who long for the growth of terrorism in the Middle East. Frequently described as “obnoxious” by his colleagues, Congressman Emanuel rules his official party position as head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) with an iron fist.
*The Hon. Rahm Emanuel - DCCC *
And, worse. The Democratic Party’s campaign to regain a majority in the US Senate is headed by Senator Charles Schumer. While the majority of his party favour a timely withdrawal and disengagement from Iraq, in what should be regarded as a very curious development, Senator Schumer voted against setting a timetable for strategic deployment from Iraq. Additionally, Senator Schumer has created controversy as head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). Earlier this year, Senator Schumer endorsed the deeply unpopular Senator Joe Lieberman in his primary campaign against a very popular anti-war Democratic challenger, Ned Lamont. Schumer and Lieberman are both members of the right-leaning group of Democrats who purport to swing a lot of weight on national security affairs in their party caucus and the DLC – as well as being the Bush-Cheney White House’s favorite “Democrats.”
*The Hon. Charles Schumer - DSCC *
With the war in Iraq the single most unpopular policy of the entire Bush presidency, it does seem odd that the Democratic Party’s dual campaigns to win majorities in both houses of congress are being headed by two pro-war Democrats, both of whom are warmly regarded by the Republican-leaning DLC.
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why beat around the bush.. they're all Israeli firsters.
As I said.. there is no difference between the two parties.. vote Independent Conservative or Libertarian..
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Sorry, but those parties will not win a majority this year and as similar as the 2 parties may be, we still need a divided goverment to prevent any more abuses by this administration. A democratic congress will tie Bush up for his last 2 years, putting a halt to his consolidation of power and abuse of power.
Israeli-firsters doesn't even register on voters' minds. However, the neocon agenda of force feeding democracy through war around the globe is a GOP policy.
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voting for a third party right now does nothing more than send a message, a message that the other 2 parties really dont care about because currently it is not a threat to their hold and is not going to be for sometime. had 3rd party candidates been able to get double digit numbers of some significance, it may have mattered, as of now it sends a message that politicians know is not any real threat to their tenure and for some time.
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I would add that if you have as much political knowledge as PA, CG and think the Democratic Party is the same as the Republicans I would suggest you stay away from the polls on election day and spend the time learning how different the parties actually are.
For the Muslims, take some time and go check out a Republican forum and tell me what they think about Islam, then go to a Democrat forum and do the samething. Not only will you be voting Democrat you might volunteer your time to get others to do the same.
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utd not all republicans, but the right winger conservative (read bigoted closet racists) types which do constitute a large power base for GOP.
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For the Muslims, take some time and go check out a Republican forum and tell me what they think about Islam, then go to a Democrat forum and do the samething. Not only will you be voting Democrat you might volunteer your time to get others to do the same.
I am not saying to vote for republicans lock stock and barrel, rather to consider our support of Dems without demanding a wholesale attitude, if not policy change from the Dems...We don't want to digress into a default voters for dems and taken for granted a la the african americans...Nor do we want the perpetuation of specifically anti-islamic policies and actions as well as Islam-phobia as epitomized by the Pres. and Senator Clintons, the former through the genocidal, "worth the price of half a million women and children" sanctions on Iraq, enactment of secret evidence, which was specifically created to target muslims, shameless wag the dog attack on Iraq as well as illegal and belligerent bombing of the pharmaceutical plant in Sudan.
We know the republicans are bigoted racist, with a penchant for Islam phobia...but at the same time don't know where the dems stand, the anti-islamic rhetoric masked as anti-terrorism concern coming out of most democratic stalwarts is no different than what usually emanates from the conservative/republican circles...the only difference is the manner in which to deal with the pesky muslims…
No thanks, I’d rather bring the republicans back in the office and with a high percentage turn out by muslim voters contributing to this in order to make the dems rethink their conditional and qualified support for muslim causes…cause otherwise the status quo would not change regardless of who is in the power…
Here is a little anecdote for all the dem supporters here…the delegation of muslim representative who went to meet candidates Gore and Bush prior to the 2000 election were snubbed and refused to be given audience by one party, guess who it was…
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White House prepares for Power Shift.
Advisers bracing for possible shift in balance of power
On desks around the West Wing sit digital clocks counting down the days and hours left in the Bush presidency, reminders to the White House staff to use the time left as effectively as possible. As of 8 a.m. today, those clocks will read 825 days, four hours. But if the elections go the way pollsters and pundits predict, they might as well read 20 days.
At least that would be the end of George W. Bush's presidency as he has known it. If Democrats win one or both houses of Congress on Nov. 7, the result will transform the remainder of Bush's time in office and dramatically shift the balance of power in Washington. Ending a dozen years basically passed in exile, congressional Democrats would have a chance to help steer the nation again -- following a campaign spent mostly assailing Bush's vision rather than detailing their own.
Emboldened by victory, and bitter from grievance, Democrats could use their ascendance to block Bush's agenda, force him to respond to theirs and begin a new era of aggressive oversight and investigation. A Democratic victory, analysts in both parties said, could mean that some of Bush's tax cuts would not be renewed, attempts to revive his Social Security investment plan would be doomed and efforts to further broaden national security powers in the face of civil liberties concerns would be thwarted.
Most worrisome to the White House is the subpoena power that Democrats would gain with a majority in the House or Senate. For years, Republicans have been mostly deferential in scrutinizing the Bush administration, but Democrats are eager to reexamine an array of issues, such as Vice President Cheney's energy task force, the Jack Abramoff scandal and preparations for the Iraq war.
"It obviously affects things a lot," said Charles Black, a Republican lobbyist with ties to the White House. "History tells you that administrations have a hard time achieving things in their last two years. I think the president wants to be as aggressive as he can with a good menu of ideas.
"If he had to deal with a Democratic majority in one House or both," Black added, it makes it that much harder.
Steve Elmendorf, a former House Democratic leadership aide, said of Bush, "He would lose control of his agenda. He would have to make a decision: Does he want to compromise and work cooperatively with the Democrats, or does he want to keep pushing what he's been pushing and lose all the time?"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15310701/
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Ohio leads the way towards ending the Bush regime.
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the Republicans are staring at defeat in these midterms. Cook himself says their prospects are the worst since the Watergate year of 1974. How can anyone be so sure? The answer lies in one word: Ohio.
In presidential elections, Ohio has become the crucial state in modern America. No Republican has ever been elected president without carrying Ohio. No Democrat can be sure of winning the presidency without it. Bill Clinton carried the state in 1992 and 1996. George Bush won here in 2000 and 2004. When I asked one of America's leading political columnists recently whether Hillary Clinton really has a chance of winning of the presidency in 2008, he replied: "It all boils down to whether she can carry Ohio."
What's this got to do with the 2006 midterms? Only this. A few days ago, senior Republican leaders quietly decided that Senator Mike DeWine of Ohio, first elected in the Republican glory days of 1994, is now dead meat in his contest with Democratic challenger Sherrod Brown. Internal and public polls have shown DeWine slipping inexorably behind Brown. The two most recent public surveys are a Quinnipiac poll showing Brown leading 53 to 41, and an Ohio poll showing Brown leading by 52 to 45. Support for Brown among independents has surged - with a 24-point lead in the Quinnipiac poll and a 30-point lead in the Ohio poll. As a result, the Republican party nationally has written DeWine off.
What is more, fully 16 years after the Republicans regained the governorship of Ohio (ushering in a record run for the party) their candidate Ken Blackwell is trailing badly behind Democratic candidate Ted Strickland in the gubernatorial race.
http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/martin_kettle/2006/10/post_514.html