Tea party victory endangers GOP?s goal of retaking the Senate

[Trench]

This ODonnel said she was interested in withcraft in 1999

She and Palin will have alot in common

two witchs on brooms:scared

She was a regular guest on Politically Incorrect. She was very likable (and harmless) on that show.

But as a U.S. Senator? Not so harmless...

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[THE KOD]

The latest eyebrow-raising comment was revealed Friday by liberal comedian and talk show host Bill Maher, who, as host of the now-canceled show ?Politically Incorrect,? had O?Donnell on his program several times as a guest.

?I dabbled into witchcraft - I never joined a coven. But I did, I did. ... I dabbled into witchcraft,? O?Donnell said during a 1999 appearance on the show, which ran from 1994-2002 on ABC. ?I hung around people who were doing these things. I'm not making this stuff up. I know what they told me they do.?

She then described one of her first dates ? with a witch ?on a satanic altar.?


?I didn't know it,? she said. ?I mean, there's little blood there and stuff like that. We went to a movie and then had a midnight picnic on a satanic altar.?

Maher showed the clip Friday on his HBO show, ?Real Time with Bill Maher,? and pledged to unveil additional clips every week if O?Donnell does not appear on his current show.

A spokesman for the O?Donnell campaign did not respond to CNN?s request for comment.

O?Donnell, the Tea Party-backed candidate who scored a surprise win over establishment pick Rep. Mike Castle on Tuesday, has largely run on a socially conservative platform.

:scared

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maybe Palin will endorse her for the Senate again and then pick her as a VP running mate in 2012

wow just wow

 

[Trench]

In this clip, O'Donnell talks... and talks... and talks... and never says anything. Well, almost nothing. She tries to make the case that there's no situation which excuses lying. When she's asked what she would do if Nazi's knocked on her door during WWII and asked her if there were any Jews in her house, her response is "God would provide a way to do the right thing."

Is that your final answer? Seriously? :142smilie

She's not exactly a deep thinker. But I guess that's what the Tea Baggers look for in their candidates.

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[DOGS THAT BARK]

No doubt this lady has 0 qualifications much like someone else that was elected to highest office in the land.

IMO it shows just how strong movement is to get such an idiot selected.

I really like the initial tea party movement but wish it wasn't taken over by politicians.

I see O is try to counter this movement among his base today



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[rusty]

No doubt this lady has 0 qualifications much like someone else that was elected to highest office in the land.

IMO it shows just how strong movement is to get such an idiot selected.

I really like the initial tea party movement but wish it wasn't taken over by politicians.

I see O is try to counter this movement among his base today



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Great post DTB.Read this article.Seems to me the Dems are running scared.I admit I like Clinton,as far as Frank,not so much:0074

Barney Frank banks Bill Clinton speech
U.S. Rep. waves off notion former president?s appearance is sign of weakness
By Jessica Heslam and Rich Weir
Saturday, September 18, 2010 - Updated 23 hours ago



U.S. Rep. Barney Frank - suddenly the target of an energized GOP and a hard-charging young opponent - has called in Bill Clinton for a Bubba Bailout in an apparent sign that one of the Bay State?s safest congressional seats may not be immune from voters? throw-the-bums-out rage.

Both Democratic and Republican observers acknowledge Frank might need big guns in this dreaded turnover year, but the 30-year veteran congressman insisted it?s just politics as usual.

?It?s called campaigning. I?m trying to win an election and that?s what you do in campaigns. You do it to get votes,? Frank fumed yesterday. ?If I campaign effectively, that means I?m scared, but if I don?t campaign, that means I?m arrogant.

?Would you ask people why they buy TV ads?? Frank added. ?Are you supposed to campaign ineffectively? Should I bring in unpopular people to campaign??

Clinton will stump for Frank in Taunton Sept. 26. Frank said the former president offered to help him out. Frank mulled it over and took him up on it: ?Bill Clinton is a very admired figure. He will tell people what he admires in me. Every elected official should campaign hard.?

Frank?s challenger, Sean Bielat, a little-known Brookline Republican with just $228,000 in his war chest to Frank?s $2.4 million, said, ?Calling in Bill Clinton, a former president of the United States, to stump for you is a pretty desperate move for a guy who has been elected 14 times already and who has a 10-times advantage in fundraising . . .

?It?s like David and Goliath, and Goliath just got a tag team from his older brother,? Bielat said. He issued a statement saying the Clinton move shows Frank is ?running scared.?

Frank derided the notion.

?It sounds like he thinks I have no right to campaign,? Frank said. ?It?s right-wing political bias. You don?t say it when a Republican brings in somebody.?

Frank said he?s brought in big-name pols before, including the late U.S. Rep. Claude Pepper, a liberal icon who died in 1989, and U.S. Rep. Tom Foley, the Democratic Speaker of the House in the early 1990s who was himself swept from office by another tide of Republicans.

Both Democratic and Republican observers said the Clinton event suggests Frank - a part of the Democratic leadership now linked to the nation?s economic woes - might feel vulnerable.

?It?s a tidal wave out there,? said GOP consultant Jim Nuzzo, citing nationwide upsets in Tuesday?s primaries. ?I think even those Democrats who otherwise might feel absolutely the most secure they could possibly be . . . must wonder, ?Oh my God, how big is this tsunami out there and will it come and hit me?? ?

Greater Boston Tea Party President Christen Taylor said it ?means he thinks he can lose.?

?This means he?s campaigning for the first time in 20-something years . . . Conventional wisdom is out the door,? she said, adding she believes Bielat will draw independent voters like Scott Brown did.

Democratic consultant Michael Shea said Frank ?understands politics better than most. Like the rest of us, he saw what happened in the senatorial election, with Coakley versus Brown . . . He?s going to pull out all the stops and do whatever it takes to win.?

Attorney General Martha Coakley - who lost the late Ted Kennedy?s seat to Brown in January in part by failing to campaign enough - said: ?All incumbents and challengers know that everybody running for office needs to run hard. I certainly know that as well or better than anyone.?

 

[Lumi]

wait for it...... :SIB

 

[THE KOD]

 

[Duff Miver]

Great post DTB.



U.S. Rep. Barney Frank - suddenly the target of an energized GOP

Guess what, rusty. Barney Frank doesn't give a damn what you and doggie think.

As far as he's concerned you two can go sit in the corner and crank your franks.

 

[DOGS THAT BARK]

Don't see how tea party is nothing but a plus in Nov--

It's a given independents are determining factor in elections--Independents have swung hugely in favor per their values described in article which exactly mirror the Tea party---

"More generally, independents made clear in the survey what they want candidates to do: Decrease the size and scope of government, cut spending and taxes, balance the budget, reduce the federal debt, reduce the power of special interests and unions, repeal and replace the health-care legislation, and decrease partisanship. The survey also showed that independents believe they aren't getting any of this from the current representatives in Washington. "

Republicans Gain Ground Among Independents

But a new poll shows independents still don't trust the GOP on spending.


By DOUGLAS E. SCHOEN AND HEATHER R. HIGGINS

A new comprehensive national survey shows that independent voters?who voted for Barack Obama by a 52%-to-44% margin in the 2008 presidential election?are now moving strongly in the direction of the Republican Party. The survey, conducted by Douglas E. Schoen LLC on behalf of Independent Women's Voice in late August, raises the possibility of a fundamental realignment of independent voters and the dominance of a more conservative electorate.
Today, independents say they lean more toward the Republican Party than the Democratic Party, 50% to 25%, and that the Republican Party is closer to their views by 52% to 30%. This movement comes in spite of independents' generally negative views of the GOP?a majority of independents (54%) view the Republicans unfavorably, compared to 39% who have a favorable impression. (The poll also revealed that 48% of independents were either "sympathetic to or supporters of the tea party.")
Yet Republicans still have a 14-point lead overall among independents who say they intend to vote in the upcoming congressional elections (37% to 23%). Forty percent remain undecided.


Independents who say they are certain to vote in the upcoming election break better than two-to-one for the Republicans, 42% to 20%. (The poll consisted of 1,000 respondents who said they were absolutely certain or very likely to vote.). These figures suggest that if the Republican message is compelling enough, the 14-point margin can grow based on turnout. But to achieve that, Republicans need a positive message.
Follow-up interviews of 400 independents from our original poll after Christine O'Donnell's victory last week in the Delaware GOP Senate primary show further deterioration of the Democratic position. The Republican lead in the upcoming congressional election has reached 22 points, 40% to 18%, with all likely-to-vote independents. It is 23 points among those who say they are certain to vote (45% to 22%). Independents also strongly support continuation of the Bush tax cuts for all Americans, as well as oppose any additional infrastructure spending.

More generally, independents made clear in the survey what they want candidates to do: Decrease the size and scope of government, cut spending and taxes, balance the budget, reduce the federal debt, reduce the power of special interests and unions, repeal and replace the health-care legislation, and decrease partisanship.

The survey also showed that independents believe they aren't getting any of this from the current representatives in Washington.
Only 7% say the federal government does what they would like to see it do most of the time; one-third say it does so some of the time, and 59% say that the government rarely or never does what they want. Similarly, 81% say the federal government and the political leadership in Washington are out of touch with Americans like themselves. Our country may have a representative government, but independents feel that they don't have any representation at all, which may be why 68% say they want a major third party in our country.
Independents see both parties as big spenders and taxers?only they view the Democrats as worse. When asked what they like most about the GOP, only 9% cite that it will cut spending and taxes. Fourteen percent of independents who were originally Republicans say they left the party because they felt the Republicans spent too much.
Nevertheless, 42% of respondents say the Democratic leadership has increased spending and taxation too much, and 34% say they should be cutting spending and taxation more. One-quarter of independents who were originally Democrats say they left the party because the Democrats want government to spend and tax too much.
The large number of undecided independents does not mean they are not interested in government and politics; rather, they are angry and concerned and want to make the right choice. Seventy percent say that people like themselves are now paying more, not less, attention to politics. According to a May 2009 Pew survey, independents have grown in recent years to 36% of the electorate as of 2009 from 30% in 2002.
While the current numbers look promising for Republicans, the GOP should recognize that these voters remain up for grabs. If Republicans fail to convince voters that they are committed to scaling back government and cutting taxes and spending, these independents may become so disgusted that they simply stay home rather than vote.

They could also return to support President Obama, who has retained some reservoir of personal goodwill, with 43% favorable and 55% unfavorable. Indeed, in the focus groups conducted as part of the poll, voters were reluctant to blame the president personally for the country's problems.
It's not yet certain which party will be able to win the loyalty of this key voting bloc (or if either party is up to that challenge), but independents' desire for fundamental change in Washington is clear. They are increasingly trending Republican, but they will remain that way only if the GOP offers them the agenda they so clearly demand.