Do you think Trent Lott will make a great Senate GOP 2nd in command of the MINORITY party?
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Lott is a solid Senator who was smeared over an innocent compliment given to Strom Thurmond. The media would have NEVER made that sort of stink if Lott was a Democrat.
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Now that he is on the ballot, things are looking good for him.\n\nThe Republican vote is going to be split between Perry seeking reelection and Strayhorn running as a Republican-turned-independent, the Republican vote will be split.\n\nThe State of Texas is predominantly conservative, so liberals such as Democrats and Libertarians (sp) don't have much of a chance. \n\nWith the right-wing vote being split, and liberals not getting much as far as votes, that leaves the door wide open for Kinky to come out of this as a winner. People are tired and weary of 'business as ususal' in Texas politics and he stands a real chance. Kinky helped run the campaign to elect Jesse Ventura in Minnesota, so he has experience running for office in a sense.\n\nI signed the petition to have him on the ballot. I feel that he would be far more beneficial to the state than another conservative or a left wing liberal.\n\nYes, Kinky has a chance. Vote for him. Why the hell not?
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He will, but the question is will he get the GOP nomination OVER Guiliani...  Either one would be an excellent canidate.
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As you can see by the replies, Republicans are happy to deny a very provable fact that Lott is indeed racist and shouldn't be leader of anything or anybody.  For some reason, they think it begins and ends with the birthday comment but, alas, it does not.
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That's true. From what I've seen, it looks like Republicans may keep a thin hold on the senate. So even if they have the house, neither side is going to make much progress in the next few years.
899157
They haven't been forgotten, they've been ignored!! They think that by misdirection (Lance Burton trickery) they can somehow save the sinking ship that is the Republican Party. I don't like the Dumbocrats either, but we've seen what the Repubs can do and it didn't work. Maybe now we should let someone else have a shot at it.......Everyone Vote Green Party this year.......WOOOOOT   Go Green Party!!!!
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In a HEARTBEAT.\n\nI'm hoping that a third-party candidate will emerge who is moderate enough that they will be able to pull votes from both sides, and give the Repubs and Dems something to worry about.  I think that would make the Repubs and Dems more answerable to the citizens, instead of the special interest groups.
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Don't bet on that.  He is an "Old School" conservative Democrat, which these days, they are hard to find.  Kind of like finding a Liberal Republican.  And BOTH do still exist!!!!!
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Tim Pawlenty, Republican is being declared the winner by a margin of less than 14,000 votes. I hope that Mike Hatch contests the result. Mike is a good man and the best answer but something went wrong...
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wouldn't doubt it.\n\nbut why does everybody assume that only republicans are doing this?  I bet there's way more gaybuttsex happening in the dems side.
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Hopefully, Sen. John McCain will run.  Not a Republican, but I truly believe this man can bring some integrity to Congress and the White House that has been so lacking during the Bush Adminstration.  It is high time to restore some semblance, order, and stability and a renewed confidence in the Constituiton and the Bill of Rights.
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Neither party deserves a significant majority right now.  The Republicans lost some public trust through a lack of clear communication and a government tainted by corruption and a growing public impatience with the war.  But the Democrats have few discernible plans on major domestic and foreign policy issues.  No party has a clear mandate right now, and the near equal split in Congress is clear evidence of that.\n\nWhat will be most interesting in the coming two years is to watch how the Democratic leadership acts with a majority in Congress.  Almost all seats gained by Democrats in this election were won by moderate Democrats, however the Democratic leaders (Senators Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Byrd, Kennedy, and Boxer; and Congressmen Pelosi, Murtha, Hoyer) are almost entirely left to far-left.  If they misread the election as a mandate for the far left, they may push for an agenda of rapid withdrawal from Iraq, continuous hearings on the run-up and conduct of the war, legalization of gay marriage, and other red meat issues for the left.  This will only serve to reenergize a Republican base that is anxiously looking for solid, fair-minded conservative leaders.  If the Republicans can honestly return to core conservative principles, a hard issues push by Congressional Democrats may well hand the presidency and both houses of Congress back to the Republicans in 2008.\n\nWhatever your leaning - this will be an extraordinary next two years.  I suggest we all get involved by letting our elected officials know that we demand civil and honorable governance by each and every one of them ... and that we will hold them accountable for such in 2008.
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I think it will bottom out about 25% corresponding to the number of far right wing radicals that want to come in your house and legislate their morality. I think most of the centrist will swing away and of course the far left, the ones that want to regulate your poops will always be away. so if something don't happen soon his popularity will keep going down. I don't see anything that will change due to his far right affiliation.
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As a conservative I could throw my lot with Newt.\nHe certainly demonstrated a lot of leadership in the contract with America which was 90% implemented\nHe Demonstrated fiscal responsibility  that the crop of republicans recently in power seem to have forgot\nHe is a historian like myself so is well aware of those lessons\ncertainly has the name recognition to run\nNow can we convince him to go back to public office and leave his nice comfortable proffesorship hmmmmm. NEWT ARE U LISTENING?
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Yes I definitely think so I think hes the only Republican with any hope. I'm a Democrat and even I like McCain.
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I heard Hutchinson (the independent candidate) speak last year, and I was impressed with him. He's a great speaker and he seems to have a solid plan for the state. Unfortunately, I don't think he'll win (polls are putting him far behind Hatch and Pawlenty) so we will have to consider who of the remaining two candidates we would like to see win.\n\nI generally think Pawlenty has done a decent job thus far, and as such I'll probably vote for him again, but I can't tell you how to vote.  I was a little put off by the fact that Hatch has been so abrasive to reporters.\n\nTry looking at this website: http://www.vote-smart.org/ for information about where candidates stand on certain issues.
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Political analysts seem to generally concur that this midterm is going to be especially bad for Republican candidates, although they differ considerably in their estimates of how bad exactly.  Some think that Democrats will only pick up a few especially weak seats (think DeWine, Chafee, and Santorum in the Senate, or Cunningham in the House) but remain relegated to the minority.  Others believe that general anger against the "culture of corruption" will produce a wave effect that may give the Democrats back the House and even (although more unlikely) the Senate.\n\nCalifornia, where I live, is an interesting situation.  First of all, it's huge, so it depends where you're talking about, specifically.  The coastal areas, which are heavily Democratic, are likely to remain so.  The Republican seats inland, with the exception of Cunningham (who was ousted after being charged with bribery), are also fairly safe, however, merely because our disricts are so gerrymandered - I believe that over 90% are considered to heavily favor one party or another.  California's senator up for re-election, is Dianne Feinstein, who is almost sure to win another term.  Governor Schwarzenegger is facing strong competition from two Democrats, Phil Angelides and Steve Westly, and preliminary polling indicates that either of the two, both largely unknown, would be able to defeat him - he lost a lot of goodwill after calling a special election.\n\nVirginia, I will openly admit to not knowing nearly as much about.  However, I do know that their former governer, Democrat Mark Warner (who is now eyeing a Presidential bid) was extremely popular, and helped to raise pro-Democratic sentiment there, leading to a surprisingly large win for their current Democratic governor, Tim Kaine.  All this suggests a growing shift to the left in Virginia, which could manifest itself in Republican losses in the House.  However, I'm not sure that it's enough to sweep out Allen, who is the Republican senator currently up for re-election.  He is facing a fairly strong candidate, but is still not considered to be one of the weakest candidates.  He is considering a presidential bid, though, which may eventually leave his seat open.\n\nI hope this was of some help! I didn't get any information from it, but if you're still interested, you might try looking at the Cook Political Report ( http://www.cookpolitical.com/ ), which is a non-partisan group of analysts.