Harry Krause wrote:
Eisboch wrote:
"thunder" wrote in message
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I can think of another very good reason Republicans are interested,
fear.
The main issue that brought Lieberman's defeat, was his support for the
war in Iraq. That makes a lot of Republicans, and Democrats, worried.
It's too early to say, how a Democrats defeat, in a relatively liberal
state, will translate to a national election in November, but I would
say,
many do have reason to worry.


There may be an unexpected backlash in the national elections that
does not favor Democratic candidates.
Democrats everywhere will be taking notice of what happened to Joe
Lieberman and collectively will be moving their respective positions
more to the left, further narrowing voter options. Republican
candidates will then have room to move more to a center "moderate"
position and may end up having more appeal nationwide.

Betcha Hillary starts moving left soon. This is going to be interesting.

Eisboch





I dunno. What is it now - 65%-70% of Americans are none too pleased with
the Bush Administration's conduct of its war against Iraq? While the
Repubs will try to paint Lamont and other Dems who oppose their war as
"weak on defense," I don't believe that dog is going to hunt. You'd
think by now that most voters would be able to differentiate between a
failed foreign policy that has drained our national security and a
reasoned approach to getting out of Iraq that recognizes that country is
heading down the toilet.

The Democrats are weak on defense.

The Bush-Republican-Neocon fiasco has done us serious and long-lasting
damage around the world. We have "lost face" everywhere. Central and
South America are turning left. Iran is thumbing its nose at us every
way it can, and because we're bogged down in Iraq, it was able to get
its Hezbollah client to start up serious trouble with Israel.

We are in the initial stages of WWIII. You can choose to bury your head
in the sand if you want but, this war hasn't even gotten started.

The Bush Republicans have failed miserably. It's time to put some
backbone in Congress and make sure our handicapped POTUS doesn't make
any more really serious foreign policy mistakes for the remainder of his
term.

Backone yes, but it is the Democrats that need to stand up and do what
is best for the country not just to regain political power. The biggest
problem with the democrats is that they are power hungry and only power
hungry.