Comments on: Six Percent http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/10/16/six-percent/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Blue Crab Boulevard » Going On Offense http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/10/16/six-percent/comment-page-1/#comment-69834 Blue Crab Boulevard » Going On Offense Thu, 18 Oct 2007 11:59:11 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/10/16/six-percent/#comment-69834 [...] But the Democrats have a real cause for concern. That special election should have been a walkover. It wasn't. The Republicans won't get enough candidates like Jim Ogonowski to run, however. So [...] [...] But the Democrats have a real cause for concern. That special election should have been a walkover. It wasn't. The Republicans won't get enough candidates like Jim Ogonowski to run, however. So [...]

]]> By: feeblemind http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/10/16/six-percent/comment-page-1/#comment-69690 feeblemind Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:15:52 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/10/16/six-percent/#comment-69690 I think Mwalimu is pretty close to the mark in his last paragraph. Repubs could have mitigated their losses last year had they just campaigned smarter. Dems beat them with nothing. While the Dems campaign anyway they want to, the repubs seem to campaign by rules dictated to them from the dems and the MSM. I think Mwalimu is pretty close to the mark in his last paragraph. Repubs could have mitigated their losses last year had they just campaigned smarter. Dems beat them with nothing. While the Dems campaign anyway they want to, the repubs seem to campaign by rules dictated to them from the dems and the MSM.

]]> By: Mwalimu Daudi http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/10/16/six-percent/comment-page-1/#comment-69682 Mwalimu Daudi Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:04:54 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/10/16/six-percent/#comment-69682 <i>It’s simple: the change message works. America is anti-Washington, anti-Congress, and anti-corruption. When that’s where Republicans are, they win. Jim Ogonowski showed us that.</i> True. And its also true that the current Democrat-controlled Congress provides a target-rich environment when it comes to fighting corruption, hyper-partisanship, and ineffective governing. Finally, it is a staple of MSM reporting to declare the GOP politically dead every election cycle (it's practically a tradition). But will the GOP overcome its decades-long habit of cringing and ducking when faced with criticism from the MSM and their Democrat pets? As Glenn Reynolds over at Instapundit pointed ot, the Republican campaign slogan in 2006 seemed to be: Vote Republican - We're Not As Bad As You Think. It’s simple: the change message works. America is anti-Washington, anti-Congress, and anti-corruption. When that’s where Republicans are, they win. Jim Ogonowski showed us that.

True. And its also true that the current Democrat-controlled Congress provides a target-rich environment when it comes to fighting corruption, hyper-partisanship, and ineffective governing. Finally, it is a staple of MSM reporting to declare the GOP politically dead every election cycle (it’s practically a tradition).

But will the GOP overcome its decades-long habit of cringing and ducking when faced with criticism from the MSM and their Democrat pets? As Glenn Reynolds over at Instapundit pointed ot, the Republican campaign slogan in 2006 seemed to be: Vote Republican – We’re Not As Bad As You Think.

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