The Great Democratic Landslide Of 2008

[The River]

For the past few years I have been trying to find a "bright" side to the *bush pResidency.
The recent election and outright rejection of right wing thinking was one such bright spot.
If Brent Budowsky is right about the long term effects *bush has had on political thinking
and about how we want to be governed, the pain of the *bush years will ALMOST have been worth it.


From OpEdNews
By Brent Budowsky

"George Bush will go down in history as the new Herbert Hoover for the Republican Party, creating momentous changes in American politics that will lead to a realignment as powerful as the FDR coalition.

Democrats have an extraordinary opportunity in 2007 and 2008 to lead the Nation to a post- Bush America and inaugurate a new era of historic patriotic reform in the tradition of FDR and JFK.

Our great aspiration is that January 2009 will bring a new Democratic President leading an uplifted America, with up to 60 Democratic Senators, additional gains in the House, and a wave of more Democratic governors ahead of the next census and reapportionment.

<snip>

Democrats have only begun to realize the full magnitude of rejection of Bush and Bushism, the full magnitude of our power in Congress to set the agenda through legislation and investigations, and the full magnitude of opportunity in 2008 for a historic realignment. Republicans are politically incarcerated by a politics of Bushism that is dominated by an extreme right wing base, a royalist economics that makes them servants of the 1% at the expense of the 99%, and a psychology of national division, fear politics and war fever."

more: http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_brent_bu_070118_the_great_democratic.htm

[AX10]

1. It's still some time off.

But the Democrats must build the foundation that will lead to a 2008 victory.
We could gain up to 25 more house seats and have 55-58 Senate seats. I don't see 60. But we will make gains.

[The River]

3. Which means we have nearly 2 years

to make it happen. Further down in the article Budowsky points out
that in '08 there are 21 Senate Republicans running for reelection
and only 12 Democrats up for reelection.
The Dems have just started their investigations. By the time
the elections of 2008 roll around there may not be many Repugs
left to run. Most may be in jail for crimes against America.
I think 60 Dem Senators is a very realistic number.

[illinoisprogressive]

2. I see the gop as starting to go thru the wilderness that we did starting

in the 70s. this party will fall apart, splinter, and eventually have to redefine it's self in a new image. How fast they learn the lessons will depend on when they do the remake of the party. Being that they are in denial right now, I don't see it until after the 08 elections before the upheval takes place.

[WI_DEM]

4. I tend not to count my chickens until their hatched.

[The River]

5. Most Eggs Never Hatch

unless they're tended to.

[WI_DEM]

6. Yes, well I still don't get overly optimistic about an election this far out

and believe it is in the bag. If it is why do most polls still show Guiliani and McCain beating most of the democratic front runners?