Comments on: A fourth Senate Republican won’t seek reelection http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/12/a-fourth-senate-republican-wont-seek-reelection/ Tracking U.S. politics Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:14:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: jason http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/12/a-fourth-senate-republican-wont-seek-reelection/#comment-387265 jason Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:56:41 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14866#comment-387265 Democratc + Republicans= same solution. Democratc + Republicans= same solution.

]]> By: overwithit http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/12/a-fourth-senate-republican-wont-seek-reelection/#comment-387224 overwithit Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:16:56 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14866#comment-387224 Hey the election is over guys, no need to keep blogging everything in sight to deflect attacks away from Obama. Now maybe we can get the real story on the Chicago mob connections and Rev. Wright. There are still a lot of Red states out there and a lot of people who still believe in God and the rights of babies. So let's just see how many Republicans get elected in four years after your party gets the blame for every natural disaster yet to come. And wait for those Global warming cap-and-trade nuts to start taxing and beating our standard of living back to the stone age, then we will see how many people vote Democratic. Hey the election is over guys, no need to keep blogging everything in sight to deflect attacks away from Obama. Now maybe we can get the real story on the Chicago mob connections and Rev. Wright. There are still a lot of Red states out there and a lot of people who still believe in God and the rights of babies. So let’s just see how many Republicans get elected in four years after your party gets the blame for every natural disaster yet to come. And wait for those Global warming cap-and-trade nuts to start taxing and beating our standard of living back to the stone age, then we will see how many people vote Democratic.

]]> By: zoombwaz http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/12/a-fourth-senate-republican-wont-seek-reelection/#comment-387207 zoombwaz Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:34:50 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14866#comment-387207 The reason the Dems came back is that they took their party back from the politically correct left wing, and gave the GOP enough rope to hang itself. The GOP lost in 2006 and 2008 because it became clear to the electorate that the GOP ideology will not and cannot work, and that it is diametrically opposed to their economic best interests. Laissez faire economics will never work, and tax cuts for the rich will never trickle down, yet after being drubbed in two successive elections BECAUSE of their ideology, the GOP's answer is that they weren't conservative enough. That is the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. They have become captives of their whacko right wing, and until they shake themselves free of the wingnuts on the extreme right, they will never come back as a national party. The Dems may be naive, but the GOP is certifiably insane, and naive beats insane every time, because naivete can be cured through experience, but there is no cure for the insanity currently gripping the GOP. They won elections by lying to an American public unaware they were being lied to, but once they became aware of the lie, it lost its power. The transition from ignorance to enlightenment is a one way street. Once enlightened, always enlightened. Short of amnesia, there is no possible return to ignorance, by definition. The GOP strategy of peddling the same old lies to the electorate is therefore based on an impossibility, and therefore doomed to fail. Ask yourself, "What truth does the GOP have to bring voters back to the fold?" The answer is they have none. The reason the Dems came back is that they took their party back from the politically correct left wing, and gave the GOP enough rope to hang itself. The GOP lost in 2006 and 2008 because it became clear to the electorate that the GOP ideology will not and cannot work, and that it is diametrically opposed to their economic best interests. Laissez faire economics will never work, and tax cuts for the rich will never trickle down, yet after being drubbed in two successive elections BECAUSE of their ideology, the GOP’s answer is that they weren’t conservative enough. That is the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. They have become captives of their whacko right wing, and until they shake themselves free of the wingnuts on the extreme right, they will never come back as a national party. The Dems may be naive, but the GOP is certifiably insane, and naive beats insane every time, because naivete can be cured through experience, but there is no cure for the insanity currently gripping the GOP. They won elections by lying to an American public unaware they were being lied to, but once they became aware of the lie, it lost its power. The transition from ignorance to enlightenment is a one way street. Once enlightened, always enlightened. Short of amnesia, there is no possible return to ignorance, by definition. The GOP strategy of peddling the same old lies to the electorate is therefore based on an impossibility, and therefore doomed to fail. Ask yourself, “What truth does the GOP have to bring voters back to the fold?” The answer is they have none.

]]> By: WMG http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/12/a-fourth-senate-republican-wont-seek-reelection/#comment-387198 WMG Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:56:13 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14866#comment-387198 "Demublican"? There's talk of Tim Ryan seeking the position -- DEFINITELY no "dino" and DEFINITELY a fighter for the average working class American. He's just the kind of Senator EVERY American needs, regardless of party. “Demublican”? There’s talk of Tim Ryan seeking the position — DEFINITELY no “dino” and DEFINITELY a fighter for the average working class American. He’s just the kind of Senator EVERY American needs, regardless of party.

]]> By: TC http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/12/a-fourth-senate-republican-wont-seek-reelection/#comment-387192 TC Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:23:40 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14866#comment-387192 There won't be a permanent democratic majority. The guy is 74 years old now and will be 76 when his term is ends in 2010. The guy deserves to retire. The media is making a big deal out of nothing. In 2010, republicans will likely pick up seats rather than lose them like they did this year. The democrats lost big starting in 1994 in both houses of congress and the talk then was about a permanent republican majority. Well, in politics nothing is forever. The republicans will be back just like the democrats came back. To think otherwise is foolish and naive. There won’t be a permanent democratic majority.

The guy is 74 years old now and will be 76 when his term is ends in 2010. The guy deserves to retire. The media is making a big deal out of nothing. In 2010, republicans will likely pick up seats rather than lose them like they did this year.

The democrats lost big starting in 1994 in both houses of congress and the talk then was about a permanent republican majority.

Well, in politics nothing is forever. The republicans will be back just like the democrats came back. To think otherwise is foolish and naive.

]]> By: jimbo http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/12/a-fourth-senate-republican-wont-seek-reelection/#comment-387183 jimbo Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:15:42 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14866#comment-387183 The GOP base is driving the moderates from their party, making it even further right than it is now. Heckuva way to create a permanent majority. The GOP base is driving the moderates from their party, making it even further right than it is now. Heckuva way to create a permanent majority.

]]> By: jason http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/2009/01/12/a-fourth-senate-republican-wont-seek-reelection/#comment-387171 jason Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:49:25 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/frontrow/?p=14866#comment-387171 Excellent. Please vote third party for his replacement. No more Demublicans in office! Excellent. Please vote third party for his replacement. No more Demublicans in office!

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