The Bush administration and the Republicans in Congress have their work count out for them this fall to avoid losing the House or Senate. With that said, what story will grab the headlines this October? Looking for likely scenarios backed up by online sources, not unqualified opinions.
200049
I'm confused by your writing that "Republicans in Congress have their work cut out for them this fall". Is there some secret polling I'm not aware of that says Democrats are cruising along? Last I heard the Democrats in Congress were polling with LESS than 25% approval ratings.\n\nI think everyone is going to have a tough time this election season. And that's awesome.
472465
please you are a democrat pretending to be a republican.  in case you haven't been watching the news.. the polls are turning and it may not be the landslide the liberal media has been boasting about.  as a matter of fact Nancy Pelosi may NOT be the next speaker of the house..
236876
How about, "Take back America". \nRight now the GOP Congress is a culture of corruption. It's pay for play politics where the interests of the highest bidder come before the interests of the American people.\nIf the Democrats can take back Congress in November, we can stop anti-environment Republicans from threatening the Arctic Refuge, selling off our national forests, weakening environmental standards, and we can finally do right by our national security by putting America on a path to genuine energy independence.  We can also fix the Medicare/prescription drug mess.\nA Democratic Congress will also do some meaningful investigation of the lies that have taken us to war and the compromising of a CIA operative for political gain.\nFor too long, the Republicans have been able to get away with dividing our country and it is time for this to all come to an end. It's time to restore a Democratic majority to Congress.
551722
they will not be as easily led as the republicans and may have several investigations of what the white house has been doing for the last six years. impeachment may be off the table, but exposing bush as the dictator he would like to be is a definite possibility. remember, the republicans refused to perform ANY oversight of the white house and what it was doing. the dems will not be so compliant.
125015
I believe the Democrats will pick up 10 or so congressional seats and 1-2 senate seats.  Republicans will still control Congress but the Senate will be deadlocked 50 -50 making it difficult for Republicans to push their agenda through. Watch for all Republicans to distance themselves from the President who will go from lame duck to dead duck. Republicans will start harping on Iraq and Democrats will try to take the lead on fighting terrorism and the economy and will be criticizing Republicans for a record deficit, high oil prices, poor Iraqi and Iran policies, and corruption. The Presidential hopefuls will all be trying to balance themselves On the fence --- in other words, politics as usual
427505
I haven't heard that yet, but here's my thought on it.  Yes it's a flip flop to an extent.  But I'd guess that now that Democrats have won the house they would want to get Rumsfled as far away from any hearings that may be called.  Then of course blame the entire sinking ship on him.
478159
Well the Repubs hope that ths will help them win the elections. That is why they pressured the Iraqis to move up the verdict date to 2 days before the elections. Hoping a November surprise would help them turn the tide.
184516
Rove is lying low and still doing his dirty work in the background. There seems to be a bit of a shakeup going on. Probably getting some people that aren't under investigation, yet, in the spotlight. Don't worry there is plenty of corruption in the GOP. As long as the GOP put their own political gain and personal greed in front of the best interests of the American people we'll keep having scandals and investigations.
115541
It's quite possible.  The same way that representatives bring up all these great plans right at the end of the term, come home for the summer while Congress is out of session, campaign and then return to "finish the job."  Then, right after the elections, a lot of the bills that the same reps were proposing and talking about die in committees, because they never really cared about them other than to talk about.
435032
That's exactly what will happen. The Dem's. love to keep people dependent.
529699
If they cut funds, expect a body count double the current.  We are barely accomplishing mission with what we have there now.  Cut funding and the Democrats will have killed many Soldiers.  \n\nI pray it does not happen.  If it does, the Dems are going to have blood on their hands...the'll prob blame it on Bush though...
438255
Not quite yet. There has to be a confirmation that the Dems took both MT and VA to make good on it
518405
This could be true.  And also if something goes horribly wrong it will now be blamed on the Democrats.
216032
We can go a long way into stabilizing the situation by voting in November. If we can replace one or both of the houses with a democratic majority it will return  some checks and balances to the government and slow Bush down, and maybe even stop him from doing something worse then he has already done.
623387
It will be in time for the Republicans to use it as a campaign tool.  They'll say, "We're bringing them home while the Democrats never came up with a plan."  All the while it was actually the Dems idea, the righties just took it after they shot it down.
512767
Oh because they havent. It will run its course and eventually they will be told the next issue. If you want to know what the next issue will be keep an eye on Fox News.\n They are pretty good at telling the masses what to think.
134351
I think it will be an event free week, because damage control is going to start in by bringing up another topic that is either trivial (ex. Feel good news), attention getting (ex. Gay Marriage debate) and/or news that is written to make the office look good....until the next scandal that is.\n\nBasically, it's time to turn attention away from what's really going on and redirect to a new topic for a while.  \n\nThe office has become masters of doing this.  (You see something in the news and then you hear no more of it until it's over, case in point is the Supreme Court Nominations, John was announced debated, under the radar and then boom he's in.  Miers was announced, ripped apart, covered up for a while and then boom she withdrawls.  Alito was annouced, questioned and I honestly can't recall whether he's in or not, someone please tell me cause now that I think about it, I can't remember what happened after he was taken off the radar.)