Day: September 13, 2010

Seven Seats The Democrats Might Gain In House Races!

Chris Cillizza in the Washington Post today outlined the reality of at least seven House races that might switch from the Republicans to the Democrats in November, which would make it necessary for the GOP to win 46 seats, instead of the 39 minimum, to gain control of the chamber!

He outlines seats in California, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania that are seen as likely to switch to the Democrats!

The point is that the disgust with incumbents, along with the effects of the Tea Party Movement, could lead to these seven, and other Republican seats in the House to switch in favor of
the Democrats!

So again, with the public opinion rating for Republicans running lower than the Democrats, it is not time yet to toast Speaker of the House John Boehner! ๐Ÿ™‚

Newt Gingrich: A Demagogue Who Knows Better! :(

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich is an educated and intelligent man. He was a college professor of history, has an earned Ph. D., and is the author of both nonfiction and fiction best sellers! He is, in other words, not an ignorant man, and yet, he is most certainly a demagogue who knows better! ๐Ÿ™

Gingrich has a driving ambition to be President of the United States, and he has a personality that has no limits of self aggrandizement or self promotion! He has shown he has no limits as to what he will do to destroy others, whether when he was in the House of Representatives and went after Speaker of the House Jim Wright, or when he himself was Speaker and set out to destroy Bill Clinton for his moral lapses when he himself was involved in similar moral degradation! ๐Ÿ™

The man has no shame or guilt about how he utilizes character assassination to achieve his goals! Were he to win, somehow, the GOP nomination for President, he would be unable to unite his party and would be the most divisive President imaginable, were the country stupid enough to elect him! ๐Ÿ™

Gingrich is now on a tear to destroy the reputation of Barack Obama, because this man had the gall to actually win the Presidency! So Gingrich continues to spread the “birther” myth, by stating that Obama was dishonest, and did not show his so called “Kenyan, anti colonial” mentality when he was running for President in 2008! This is the same Gingrich who last year worked with Obama on education reform, so it demonstrates the sickness of Gingrich’s personality which is most marked by destructive behavior, including lies, deceit, and extreme egocentric characteristics! ๐Ÿ™

The only good thing about Gingrich’s bizarre behavior this past year, including his demonizing the so called Ground Zero Mosque to advance his own ambitions, is that he is almost certainly self destructing, so we will not have to deal with his lunatic behavior in the Presidential election two years from now, although he may be a factor until he is eliminated by lack of appeal and lack of ethics! ๐Ÿ™

Is Delaware A Sign of “Civil War” In The Republican Party?

The battle within the Republican Party in Delaware for the Senate nomination in tomorrow’s primary may very well be a sign of the future of the GOP nationally!

Moderate Congressman Mike Castle, an 18 year veteran of the House of Representatives and former Governor, is being opposed by Christine O’Donnell, who has twice lost Senate races against Vice President Joe Biden, and in the mind of GOP leaders in the state, has absolutely no qualifications for the Senate, other than her very good looks!

The Tea Party Movement, Sarah Palin, and South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint, angling to be Senate leader for his party in a challenge to Senator Mitch McConnell, all are backing O’Donnell!

The result is that there could be said to be “civil war” between moderate centrists and the right wing of the party, which is becoming more aggressive everywhere, representing a long range threat to the stability of the GOP across the nation!

This is a sad commentary on the GOP, facing a crisis of identity as the Tea Party Movement works to overtake and reshape the party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and YES, even Ronald Reagan! ๐Ÿ™