Republicans, how do you explain the fact that most Americans (even republicans) wanted republicans to lose?
829100
Because the people currently in office aren't true Republicans. They have personal agendas and many are puppets for someone else with lots of power and/or $. Republicans believe in self government; how do you explain the no child left behind law? That's nationwide. There are so many other things I don't even know about. Also, Bush is hypocrite. He claims to be a man of God and prays and that is part of what helps him do his job. I believe Church and State should be seperate, his religious beliefs should be interfere with his decision making for the US.
842142
The poll percentages represent the people's approval/ disapproval of not only Bush,Cheney and Rumsfeld but also of the Republican Party and it's policies.If the polls were more in their favor , it would indicate that the people were comfortable the way things are being run. I believe the Republicans are worried about lossing in areas that they were once a shoe-in and are campaining really hard not only to gain seats but to avoid losing any.
938565
hmmm.....don't they have a choice of more then two parties in the u.s,that's called real democracy u know,it does not matter which of the two evils wins both apply the same form of politics.i would agree with you though that the republicans do stand for the rich. (money talks  in a capitalist world)
650912
I agree 100% with everything you've said except that the Republican party is fractured.  I know too many idiots that are happy with the current situation  (...mostly because they live in a small world centered around themselves and are naive to everything that doesn't directly present itself to them).  And naivete is the problem anyway.  Americans wouldn't be in this mess if more of us weren't so naive to the issues and our role in political process.  The political process might be part of the problem, but the election probably wouldn't have fallen the way it did if it hadn't been so close in the first place.  And who's to blame for letting it get that close?  At least half of US, for voting with our heads up our derrieres.  I sincerely hope we do better next time around.  Actually, to dig ourselves out of this pit, we'll probably have to find someone just as GOOD as Bush is BAD.
1186017
Do you think they care? Republicans are greedy, self-righteous, arrogant bastards who only care about their rich, corporate buddies, their superior morality, and money!  They believe the rich are important and the rest of us should just obey their every demand, because they know what is best. Hope for a Democratic victory this election in both houses of Congress, so we restore common-sense and concern for the average Joe.
710757
Well said. Republicans had their chance and blew it. Greed and political expediency overcame good government. Now they lost credibility with not only the entire world, but with voters as well.  Funny and scary thing is that they still dont understand that what they were doing was wrong.
740440
You must read your newspaper very closely, you are right.  The reason is because the republican agenda is to put their self-aggrandizement over the common good.  This isn't to say that democrats are righteous and sagacious, but they seem to be much less corrupt and full of bologna than the republicans (have you seen Hastert lately? he looks like Humpty Dumpty).
492033
Republicans use any excuse they can to do what ever they want... they don't care if it makes sense or if it's consistent with their previous actions... \n\nI mean about 80 percent of them are like "don't talk bad about Bush, he's our president" and this is after they just got done calling Clinton every name in the book for 8 years... \n\nthey don't care what happened yesterday or what happens tomorrow, they just want what they want right now and d*mn everything else to h*ll...
927885
Better worry about the rest of American voters as well and not focus on a single group.  I hope the Republicans wise up and choose a moderate candidate who can win, instead of trying to sell a candidate who gats the biggest conservative base.  A candidate who can win, especially with congress once again in liberal hands, is much better than one who looks good, but only to conservatives.
540222
first it's do not does and big not bid so if we are going to attack let's be articulate and get your facts straight, it is the Republican Party that likes to keep the poor and the middleclass living in fear and causing them to graze like sheep and believing that they are the only party that can save them from the terrorists. The Democratic Party never would have gotten us into this needless war or the incredible mess here at home that the Republicans have succeeded in doing and it is the Republicans who go home to big mansions and only a few of the Democrats that do. You will find that there are more Democrats from humble origins than well-to-do versus the Republicans.
1113452
If it's not Democrats, it's Republicans saying they are the scapegoat...after a while it becomes like grade-schoolers..\nThough I disagree widely with most of what liberals stand for...I do not wish for it's demise.  This would make the US virtually a one party system..and that is not the way democracy is supposed to work.
801600
GASP! A question actually backed with legitimate facts!?\n\nBecause they see that the people of the US are not happy. Not all people, but their Democratic constituency. And because the Republicans are in majority, it is much easier for the Dems to just point fingers, in an attempt to regain control of the Government. It is much easier to condemn than to defend...
1173601
That's actually a good question well ahead of its time!! \n\nDemocrats have lost every national election in the last 12 years, but persist in blaming Bush/Rove for stealing it all. In reality, the liberal wing of the party is pissed that a conservative agenda is moving forward, even threatening some of their major policies of past generations, & with no sign of slowing. That's still 94-00 I'm talking about. In response they've tried to put up liberal candidates to strongly take them back in the other direction, but moderate swing voters in mid-America won't vote for people like that & all they've done is hand those elections to anyone the republicans chose to run (Bush). They don't understand that the mainstream either never did agree with them or has at least moved away from their philosophy & agenda. Take a look at the county by county map of either of those presidential elections if you like. They're too cut off & disconnected from the people & don't know how to make in-roads with them. They may call all of that crazy right now, but what will they be saying if republicans, even with Bush's popularity numbers, hold congress in 06 & 08, & win the Pres again in 08 with another moderate (say Rudy Guliani who wins in a landslide).\n\nThe Democratic Party must fight for its soul & survival at some point soon. If they force that fight now & the moderate branch wins, then they'll have a good chance to re-center the party & maybe win some elections. It seems more likely to me that they'll have to lose the 08 Pres race before enough reality sets in to have that fight. Then with a strong agenda of their own they might be abel to win congress & start swinging the direction of the country. If the liberal branch wins, be that now or after 08, then they'll continue to lose & not understand why, and continue to spew hate & believe republicans are stupid as a defense mechanism that prevents them from facing their own problems. I think they can fix their house if they are forced to, but if they refuse to do it & again turn away from mainstream voters than I can't say those folks won't turn to someone else who can better oppose the things they don't like about the republican party. Republicans have plenty of internal problems too, but even with a pissed off base they aren't as desperate to address them as democrats have to be right now.
827287
This was certainly America's frustration of Republicans. Had a decent moderate third party been available neither party would be in charge at the moment. However America has accepted this one party short of totalitarian government system and has only the option of giving back power to the party it fired in 1994.\n\nThe Democrats certainly have been given a gift from the gods same as the republicans in 1994. For the remainder of the Bush Administration look for them to be model citizens and solidify their power by returning back to their roots of being the party of the people. This is going to be one of the most politically active times in the beltway's history.\n\nBut should a Democrat win in 2008... expect  a lot of the same from them as we have recieved from the Republicans over the last six years.
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
951862
Right now the republicans are using scare tactics to try and hold their position.\n" If Democrats take over, they will withdraw from the war and make every American citizen a target or terror!!!"\nGive me a break.\nRegardless the political agenda, Americans will vote by what they want from the government, not what the government wants from them, even though it may not make a difference.\nJust watch what happens, and maybe you will agree it is time to change ALL of government, not just the persons in it.
863311
Those are two reasons why republicans will lose. They don't care at all about the middle class, and they can't even win any wars.