Posted by
arandomguy on Thursday, November 02, 2006 3:07:53 PM
This is an interesting political story. After the Mark Foley scandal, in which he sent sexually explicit emails to several underage pages and was forced to resign, the MSM was predicting that Republican prospects were doomed. They claimed that because of the Foley scandal, the base wouldn't turn out, and Democrats would surely seize control of congress.
Now, the race to keep Foley's seat is dead even between the Democratic challenger, and the Republican picked as a last-minute replacement to Mark Foley. This is in a heavily Republican district that went overwhelmingly for Bush in 2004. It is no surprise Republican's are popular there, even after Foley's shenanigans.
What is interesting, is the spin the Media put on it in the initial days of the scandal. All the pundits felt sure that Republicans were doomed because of Mark Foley. Now, the opposite seems true. Foley's seat isn't in danger of being lost any more - a seat I'm sure Democrats felt was their's after the Foley mess hit the media.
This raises another interesting question. If Republicans can come back in a district that was scandal ridden, it is safe to assume they'll place reasonably well across the country, isn't it? It think so. That's why, despite all the media buffoons who are sure Republicans will lose (and are in fact, cheering for it), I do not think the Republicans will lose. I don't think they'll lose the house, and I definitely don't think they'll lose the Senate.
I don't think they'll increase their majority unfortunately, because they won't be able to get a cloture vote in the Senate. Their majority may even decrease slightly. But I do believe that they will maintain power in Congress, because Americans are starting to realize what electing Democrats would really mean.
It would mean an end to the war on terror, an end to the Bush tax cuts. It would lead to an increase in spending and a decrease in revenue. It would lead to impeachment proceedings against Bush, and it would lead to a total halt of all government. A democratic congress would be a nightmare for the troops, for the conservatives, and for America.
They wouldn't be able to get anything beneficial to this country done, and would in fact do much harm. And now, just before the elections (with the help of John Kerry who, as David Letterman pointed out last night, is capable of losing elections he's not even in), Americans are starting to get this message (which explains why Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi have been hiding for two weeks), which will drastically improve the odds for Republicans.