Cantor: GOP poised to take back the House

[babylonsister]

Good luck with that. :eyes:

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/08/25/cantor-gop-poised-to-take-back-the-house/

Cantor: GOP poised to take back the House
@ 2:39 pm by Michael O'Brien


Republicans are have a "very good chance" of taking back control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 midterm elections, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said this week.

Cantor said concerns about Democratic control of the White House and both houses of Congress have driven Americans to increasingly back GOP candidates.

"The country feels better when there's a check and a balance," Cantor said in an interview with the conservative PajamasTV website. "That's why I think the Republicans in the House are poised to have a very good chance of taking back the House. It's the only chance to provide that check and balance."

Political prognosticators have forecast likely Republican gains in 2010, though few have predicted the Republicans picking up the 40 or more House seats necessary to wrest control from Democrats, who have been in charge since the 2006 elections.

"We have unfettered one-party rule. And part of what we're seeing…is people are tired of the status quo and business as usual," Cantor said. "People don't want an unbalanced approach."

The Virginia Republican said that Hollywood, usually considered a reliable Democratic base, could be an ally in rebuilding a Republican majority.

"It's still easier to run against Hollywood as a Republican, because the image is out there that everyone is to the left of the left here," Cantor explained. "But I know there are plenty of friends here, which is why we try and come here and say, 'Listen, we need your help.'"

[gratuitous]

1. We used to put people like this in institutions

Now we (or at least the people of Cantor's district in Virginia) elect them to Congress. To condemn this as merely delusional is kind of an insult to delusional people.

[Winterblues]

11. Before Reagan that is anyway. He was responsible for them being in the streets

and now in Congress.

[Champion Jack]

2. ha ha ha .......ha ha heh eheh.....

Bwahahaahahahahahaaaa!!!!!!!!!

[tanyev]

3. The delusion is strong in this one.

[walldude]

4. Whistling past the graveyard.

[onenote]

5. if the economy continues its recovery, it will be very hard for the repubs to recapture the house

Indeed,while they try to go on the attack on health care and one-party rule, repub incumbents will be hammered with their votes against the recovery bill.

However, even under a best case scenario, history suggests that the party that controls with white house and Congress loses a significant number of seats in mid term elections. Thus, the loss of 15-20 seats is not out of the question, depending on whether Democrats and independents can be energized to vote.

And if the recovery stalls (and I don't think it will), the result could be greater losses, although I would still be surprised to see the House change parties.

[ParkieDem]

8. I generally think you're right

But the economy was humming along quite well in 1994.

I do think things are different now, but I still worry ...

[ParkieDem]

6. Let's not count our chickens just yet ...

I still have scary flashbacks to 1994. We had a president who failed to get health care reform, progressives stayed home, and the Republicans picked up 54 -- 54! -- seats. Long-time legislators like Tom Foley and Jack Brooks lost their seats.

Will this happen again? I don't know. But the death of the GOP has been long exaggerated. We ignore them at our peril.

[babylonsister]

9. Yes, but what have the rethugs offered as far as any better plan?

Nothing, as far as I can see, on anything! Don't forget 'the party of no'.

[ParkieDem]

16. Good point.

As nasty as the "Contract for America" was, it was at least something. I don't see what the GOP will run on in 2010, but they might be able to fenagle some kind of snake oil.

In 1994, many people viewed Congress as royalty that had been unjustly enriched -- and to a large extent, they were right (post office scandal, bounced check scandal, etc.) Some aspects of the Contract were even supported by progressives, particularly the ones that reduced perqs for elected officials and insulated them from the average joe. I don't see Republicans being able to pull that off in 2010.

But, you never know. I think Reid and Pelosi are doing a crappy job, so who knows with those people.

[kentuck]

30. Was it the "progressives" that stayed home in '94?

If so, then they should be a little more respectful of the progressives, don't you think?

[KamaAina]

7. Could I have some of whatever he's smoking?

:smoke:

[Davis_X_Machina]

10. They'll get within 11 seats...

...and progressives sitting on their hands in a snit because everything isn't perfect will do the work for them.

Sometimes I don't think we deserve a majority.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

12. And I am poised to re-claim my throne as King of Gondwanaland.

Now if those pesky continents would just re-collide...

[Kaleko]

13. "Hollywood could be an ally in rebuilding a Republican majority"...?

Ahem.

In the entertainment biz, right-wingers routinely get kicked into those black holes where the B-listers and the has-beens languish in purgatory for an eternity or until they're Dancing With The Stars - whichever comes first.

[DefenseLawyer]

23. A free copy of "An American Carol" to every registered Republican!

It's gold, Jerry!

[NC_Nurse]

14. The dog house or the shit house?

Keep dreamin', Cantor.

[Canuckistanian]

15. This is the only house they could take

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. If there is no real health care reform

he is correct.

[DefenseLawyer]

19. That makes no sense.

So if we can't pass health care reform, people will be so outraged they will flock to the party that is totally against any kind of health care reform? Progressives will be disheartened if that happens, but the Republican brand is still not appealing to more than 20% of the people.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. No they will stay home

study what happened in 1992

That is what they expect to happen

[DefenseLawyer]

21. You mean 94, I assume?

"Study" where the Republican party was polling generically in 94, a good 20 or 30 points higher than they are now.

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. My mistake but they are still counting on that

they actually gave away the play book a few times already.

And yes I do count on Americans staying home. In '94 they actually went to the polls and voted for them.

This time... disgust... same effect...

On the flipside, if we get an EFFECTIVE reform, we will get dominance of the Dems for a decade or two, don't expect forty years, but still

[Union Yes]

18. Try as Dems might, the ineptitude of Dems couldn't hand an election to the Goopers now.

The GOP has poisoned itself with hatred to the point that they have made themselves nearly irrelevent. They'll compete in the redest of states but can the GOP actually win in Moderate or Blue states?

The Party of No(no new ideas) is running on empty(heads).

[WeDidIt]

24. NEVER underestimate the ability of the Dems to lose

NEVER!

[JDPriestly]

25. It is up to Obama to gather the Democrats together and accomplish

the work that needs to be done.

It is inexcusable that the Senate did not have a bill before the summer recess. Senator Baucus needs to be replaced as the chair of his committee. Based on his inability to get consensus on his committee before the summer recess, I would say he does not have the ability to do his job. If he were in a private company, he would already have his pink slip for failure timely to perform essential work. Thumbs down for Senator Baucus.

[babylonsister]

27. I agree. nt

[MasonJar]

26. Come on, Virginia, have the sense to get rid of Cantor.

[Strong Atheist]

28. Doubt it. nt.

[rucky]

29. The GOP's 19% favorability rating is a dead giveaway.

[Rex]

31. Keep dreaming hooker!

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