Do you think the republicans will rig the 2006 election (again)?
471763
As many repuglicans that are going to jail for coruption, I don't know if there will be enough left to run for office. Yes they did rig the last election and the one before that so I would suspect that they will do this one two. Maybe the UN needs to step in and watch our elections to make sure that they are fair.
760268
It is anybody's ballgame. This country is split down the middle when it comes to voters. No one is winning in a landslide next week. It will be interesting and no matter what the outcome, as a Republican I will respect the votes, win or loose. I do believe that Dem control of either house will hurt the Dem's in 08. To close a look at these people will not sit well with the majority of Americans, the fringe left will love it but they are a small % of the party.
695104
They honestly don't deserve to do so, but the GOP has proven itself unreliable to truly govern.\n\nI still feel the GOP retains the edge, but it will be too thin to declare a mandate and they will have to deal with the Dems
163375
I think it's possible, but not probable. They *will* lose seats, but probably not enough in either the House or Senate to lose the majority. Their problem will be in 2008 when they lose the Presidential election *and* the House or Senate.
848716
it's a ploy made up by the republicans . they know that a low turn out give them a better chance at wining tomorrow .vote don't let the bureaucrats do it for you
852749
It does take two to tango. But I am going to be very pissed at Democrats (I am one) if they pull this stunt. They have talked one way for years, and now appear poised to do the opposite? -- Or is it just another 1) GOP fear and smear job against Democrats, prompted by their recent congressional upset or 2) another historic repeat of a scenario we know so well: GOP messes things up, paints the country into a corner, then leaves the Democrats to clean up their mess?\n\nI need more information.
696250
there is a funny thing that we've been hearing "this week" from the corporate media...(I think the two brain surgeons above me heard it too.. their tales are wagging ) "It's going to be a close race"? . two weeks ago in our United States Of Amnesia .. it was going to be a Democrat land slide with as much as a 30 point advantage in some places.. within 7 days and no real appreciable Republican "victory" except for Mr. Kerry's ill received pun... they are all of a sudden "going to keep the house" (Bob Novak) "Looks Like they're even going to pick up several seats this time around" (S. Hannity) and this one is the best "The Democrats have botched things so badly in the past several years that Democrat incumbants should be happy to keep their jobs" (Bill O'really ?)\n.. so yes the fix is in .. and the gears of the evil Sith Lords are once again turning, oiled by tax payers dollars and the blood of innocence, spilled on far away desert sands....
206042
Not very fun, I fear.\n\nThis election will, no doubt, be very "nasty and brutish" given the way trends have gone in the past several elections.\n\nThe democrats are full of hate for President Bush, and that seems to be pretty much their only platform point, so far.  That won't win the election for them, but it will keep the mud-slinging at a very high level.\n\nAnd the Republicans, sad to say, will no doubt sink right down into the same pig trough.
973217
"Didn't they foresee the tables could get turned?"\n\nNo. There are 2 kinds of Republicans. One type has a one fiscal quarter horizon arising out of business mentality of looking mostly at immediate results, and short term profits. A few knocks on the head will cure these guys. The other, infinitely more dangerous type, fully expected to make this a one party nation.
629860
"Will it be a landslide to the Democrats to teach the Republicans a lesson?"\n\nI SURELY HOPE SO!!!
678644
That would make the odds of Republicans keeping their power in the House and Senate actually worse, since I doubt the majority of this country wants us to start a third war when we can't even finish what we started in Afghanistan (the forgotten war) and Iraq.  So in short, I doubt the Republicans are that insane, though they keep surprising me on that front...
836616
Hmmm,  maybe this will clarify matters. After the 2004 election a bunch of Republicans started getting 'uppity,' they  defied Bush denouncing him as a lame-duck President out of touch with the Republican Party.  Bush butted heads with many of them and proclaimed a 'stay the course' policy loudly yelping that Rumsfield would stay on to the end of Bush's second term.  'Angry' voters turned against the Republicans, many of them the very same ones who had challenged Bush's power.  The 'Democrats' seized power.  But here is the amusing part.  The Democrats are not unified, many have their eyes on winning the Presidency in 2008, which truly scrambles ones loyalty.  Guess who these leaderless Democrats will have to turn to?   Yep, Geo W......    I loathe the smarmy rat and his evil puppet master Karl Rove but they are true political geniuses.  And do note, Rumsfield left on schedule, After the Election, after his presence scuttled several Republican's chances to win.   And who was one of the winners, newly independent Bush buddy Joe Lieberman....\n Bush scored big on November 7th and slowly it will dawn on political pundits.   (Actually Dan Rather has already figured it out )\n\nPeace...
129600
Let's hope he does.\nLike the last time, he'll take a lot of the far-left liberal votes away from the Democrats.
773811
Good call!\n\nI noticed and thought the same thing before the election. \n\nEverybody was saying how it was going to help the Republican party but I kept thinking... 'does this not show that they controlled it all the while....'
723510
Are you kidding?  I would crawl out of a death bed to keep the Republicans from getting power back.  They had a chance, and they showed what they could do-- make a total mess of everything.
140584
I think they will not gain at all.  I think that they may trade a few seats here and there.  I believe that the party has no message or plan to "fix" all the things they complain about.  If they bring their "A" game they could win big, but not until they replace Howard Dean.
494388
no, but I think the candidates are rigged, how else could we every year get such horrible choices were you have to pick the lesser of two evils who are even freekin related to each other.