are the republicans repeating the same corrupt things the democrats did?
2006-10-15 19:09:39 · 14 answers · asked by imdaabomb 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Yes - as of today, they need to pick up 16 seats to take control. Out of 435 races (31 of them for open seats), that is not many. In addition, the Democrats have shown themselves to be competitive in several traditionally Republican districts (including my own, Colorado's 5th District), which may be indicative of a shift toward the Republican Party. The Abramoff and Foley scandals have hurt the GOP (to say nothing of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars), and the Dems should be able to position themselves as the "less corrupt", "less likely to get involved in military quagmires", "less likely to molest children" party.
2006-10-15 20:05:45 · answer #1 · answered by JerH1 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Democrats have about a 50% chance at winning the house and a 30% chance at winning the house and senate.
I think there is a 60% chance that one house of congress will be in Democrat hands while the other is in Republican hands.
2006-10-15 23:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by Brooks B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the democrats have no chance because the elections are rigged by paperless, unverifiable ballot machines in most states. When the machines are tampered with there is no way of knowing. Watch come November once again the republicans win enough elections to retain absolute control of the house and senate, despite exit polls that show the majority of the people voted democrat. It happened in 2000, 2002 and 2004. Why not again in 2006?
2006-10-15 19:56:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think you have to look at it this way, what has changed since 1994 when the democrats were swept out of congress?
In 1994 the democrats wanted to raise taxes.
They wanted to take away the 2nd amendment.
They wanted to install a socialist agenda in America.
They wanted to take away the means of production by taking control of healthcare.
It would appear that the Dems have not changed one bit since they were tossed out of Congress, so why should we vote for them now?
The Dems run around screaming that they are the party of choice yet,
they will not give us a choice on where to send our children to school,
they will not give us a choice on how to invest our own retirement savings.
They are not the party of choice, they are the party of totalitarianism, that we will do things their way, like it or not.
So why should we vote for the democrats? Nothing has changed, even 80% of the democrats in the Senate are still there, nobody new, no new ideas.
2006-10-17 07:49:26 · answer #4 · answered by rmagedon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dems definitely stand a chance. So many Americans have been hurt by the Republicans "trickle down" theory, they want a change. I've been canvassing in Ohio, and the vast majority of people I've talked to are voting a straight Democrat ticket.
2006-10-15 19:18:22 · answer #5 · answered by me41987 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Does it really matter which of them wins? I don't know how things where you are, but I haven't seen a single political ad yet that says anything positive about a candidate, it's all negative. This one raised taxes and tried to vote for more. That one missed votes, so did my opponent. His wife was investigated for tax evasion. That one's dog once bit a mailman. Don't vote republican, they're all warmongers and child molesters. Don't vote democrat, they're all unpatriotic political hacks.
Anyway, I'm voting Libertarian again this year. I plan to laugh at anyone who says I'm "throwing my vote away", because I think anyone that votes Democrat or Republican this year is the one throwing their vote away.
http://www.lp.org
2006-10-16 01:28:31 · answer #6 · answered by open4one 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the libs. can't take over the house at this time with all the awful crap that has and is happening with my party then I would say the libs. are a hopeless cause. But I do believe they will win many seats this year and that my party is screwed big time.
2006-10-15 19:16:02 · answer #7 · answered by Grazia 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Course they do its more symbolic to have a "woman" give birth to the New World Order than Mcain...So that is why Hiliary will win unfortunatly...
2006-10-15 21:48:33 · answer #8 · answered by periacs 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Do you think it makes you appear more astute to ask them same question several times.
2006-10-15 19:11:56 · answer #9 · answered by Colorado 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh, any thing is possible but personally I sure hope the do not.
Sorry but I voted for Bush. . . . . . . Twice.
2006-10-15 19:16:12 · answer #10 · answered by Diane B 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋