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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:18 AM Original message |
Experts forecasting Democratic "bloodbath" in House -- losses of 47 -70+ seats. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. You Are A Braver Man Than Me For Posting It But I Goi Your Back |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I love this party and am an optimist but reality requires we face it...sooner or later. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You Are A Political Scientist |
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jefferson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. On that note, the latest issue of PS includes a few of these political science models. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
3. I'm feeling sick to my stomach |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #3 |
14. We have gone batshit fucking insane as a nation. nt |
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virtualobserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. I have a fiirm policy of never heading to a historic bloodbath..... |
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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
7. Experts...schmexperts....(try and say that five times) |
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virtualobserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I use that phrase as a mantra for my morning meditation...... n/t |
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BootinUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. We will come in a little better than these forecasts |
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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. Great. |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 07:30 AM Response to Original message |
11. Well the experts are sometimes wrong too, I'm not saying they are |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. Who predicted that? |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
12. It is like unto living satire |
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budkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
13. I'm glad the Repugs will be rewarded for their hard work... |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. The Privatizing Party (maybe they should change their name) |
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Ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Waiting for the buffoon with the "Dewey Defeats Truman" sign |
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Phoonzang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:47 PM Response to Original message |
16. Ok...I'm jumping ship. Any Canadians out there want to adopt a liberal American? |
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Proud Liberal Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. 60-70 seats POSSIBLE??? |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 02:58 PM Response to Original message |
18. The media made this happen more than anyone else, |
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wisteria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't think it will be that bad, but I suspect we will lose the House. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I don't think the losses will be nearly as bad as the OP's quote suggests. |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. Why? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
41. No reason. Just a hunch, I guess. So don't put any money down on my opinion. LOL |
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kwolf68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Im hearing |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
22. That would rival Roosevelt's 71 seats lost in the 1938 presidential election. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. But Not As Bad As 94 |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:00 PM Response to Reply #24 |
38. LOL |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. Will GOTV beat math? |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. I'd Have To See The Evidence Before I Conclude Tbe Polls Were Wrong In 98 |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:24 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. The Polls weren't wrong.. the predictions were. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Exactly |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Like a lot of people here think and hope is right? |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. They overestimated "Enthusiasm gap" then? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yeah, but there was an actual reason. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. eh ... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:07 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. It will be what it will be. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Learn what? |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #42 |
43. So many excuses.. and no lessons learned. |
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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:03 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Horsesnot ... |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:34 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Excuses, Excuses, Excuses |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Could the Tea Party actually depress Repuke turnout? |
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Imajika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #30 |
44. Yup, that is exactly accurate |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:22 PM Response to Original message |
29. The real question is will they (the Democrats) learn the right lesson?? |
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BlueIdaho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
31. You know we have the next two years to talk about this - Please don't supress the vote. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-29-10 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
34. Yeah, I'm not buying it...I think this is made up bullshit by the rethuglicans and the presstitutes |
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LittleBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 12:44 AM Response to Original message |
45. This was not the change we sought |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 03:16 AM Response to Reply #45 |
46. they have not been held accountable for the damage they did to America |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 03:30 AM Response to Original message |
47. Are rhese idiots ever right? |
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pstokely (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:50 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. They have been the last few elections |
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Honeycombe8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
49. 47 isn't a bloodbath. That's the conservative loss estimated. It's the 70 that is the fringe. |
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Exilednight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
52. The final outcome will be ............ |
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enough already 2 (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
53. god help us all if this happens. |
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niceypoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-30-10 11:12 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Get ready for impeachment hearings |
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