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  En el ritual de los medios, los reps rejuvenecen su libro

  http://cynansy2.wordpress.com/2008/05/18/en-el-ritual-de-los...
  141 days ago in Cynansy II · Authority: 4

  En el ritual de los medios, los reps rejuvenecen su libro Publicado el Mayo 18, 2008 por Nancy García Aparte de encontrar hasta en la sopa el tema alucinado que ya sabemos, los medios están enfatizando ‘la nueva agenda republicana’ que dejará atrás el énfasis en sus estrategias de polarizar al electorado con ‘social issues’ y hablan del Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) de California. El problema es grave para los reps porque es grave para los americanos esta economía quebrada y este partido ha estado en el poder, últimamente, durante 12 años. Más preocupante, los independientes están abandonando el partido porque lo sienten alienado en la extrema derecha, y para colmo de males, representado por un presidente que el 71% de los americanos considera impopular. Sumen también que los propios reps de la base (y leales de siempre) se sienten traicionados, frustrados. Washington ha estado dominado por los reps y el resultado deja mucho que desear. Ahora, están perdiendo posiciones casi vitalicias y los dems están ganando en distritos que han sido reps por 30 años. La economía es lo principal en la mente de los americanos, pero también los escándalos de corrupción de Jack Abramoff y San Diego Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham y el ex  Rep. Mark Foley y sus tentaciones ante los internos, unidos al pastor homosexual Ted Haggard,  y un largo etc que incluye el CIA Leak y Valerie Plame, Iraq War, han desacreditado aún más al partido y alienado a sus bases. El gran problema republicano es que se ha alejado durante la última década de sus posiciones fuertes: cero aumento de impuestos, responsabilidad fiscal, gobierno reducido con una posición de centro. Para apelar a la base extrema evangélica, se movió para la extrema derecha, algo que no representa a la inmensa mayoría americana, pero resulta efectivo para polarizar al electorado en las urnas. Piensen: control de armas de fuego, aborto, matrimonio gay, Darwin sí, Darwin no, los mandamientos en un edificio de la corte judicial, etc. En la retórica ‘familiar’, el partido rep sí ha podido ganar votos y elecciones, pero en la realidad, sus decisiones generales y vitales, como las económicas, sociales (educación), las de relaciones exteriores, ya pueden verse, sentirse y constatarse ahora; y van más allá de ser catastróficas: El impuesto reducido ha ayudado solamente al 1% del top de multimillonarios, la responsabilidad fiscal brilla por su ausencia entre mal manejos del presupuesto, contrataciones del sector privado que han aumentado las tarifas por trabajos que antes hacía el gobierno por mucho menos y no han dado resultados efectivos. Súmenle dos guerras, trillones de dólares en déficit nacional y la quebradera de la economía. Y no hablo del sector de educación, que internacionalmente, bajamos escalones en vez de subirlos. Del sector de salud, para qué hablar. Las reformas han sido reformas para un sector selecto y para aumentar los millones de los CEO de las compañías farmacéuticas.
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  Daily Polichicks - Wednesday

  http://www.polichicksonline.com/2008/05/daily-polichicks-wed...
  145 days ago in Polichicks Online · Authority: 43

  And now heeeeeeeeeeeeere's your Daily Polichicks! (Cheers and applause) Campaign '08: A day late and a dollar short Hillary Clinton won the West Virginia primary Tuesday, but she's short on cash, delegates and time. Clinton and her camp says the race "isn't over yet," but some say (in their best Oprah voices), "Get real, peopllllllllle!" [Washington Post] and [Politico] Some politicians kiss babies; John McCain hugs trees. It's not easy being green, but John McCain is willing to do it to impress independent voters. [NPR] Also, you can pick up some fly gear from McCain new eco-concious line over here. Republicans kick ball into own goal. Democrats score big. Doh! Republicans unintentionally helped Democrat Travis Childers win a longtime Republican congressional seat by tying him to Barack Obama. [The Los Angeles Times] Is that your final answer? College superdelegates balance picking a candidate with final exams. [The Washington Post] The Sermon Police Commentator on faith warns of the sermon chop shop, where the media chops up sermons like theives chop cars. [On Faith] "Hang that darky from a tree!" Obama's campaign workers face mean-spiritness, racism and remarks that are beyond offensive. But luckily, they meet a lot of nice people too. (Nice people who vote for Obama.) [The Washington Post] What's up with John Edwards and his peeps? John Edwards and wife Elizabeth kiss and tell about what's cool (and not cool) about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. And they do it to a tabloid publication! Juicy! [People] OMG! Emma Claire and Jack Edwards met Miley Cyrus, aka HANNAH MONTANA (!!!!) in line for the Test Trak ride at Disney Land. How cool is that?! [People]
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  The Mississippi 1st

  http://tomcrawley.typepad.com/weblog/2008/05/the-mississippi...
  145 days ago in Rendezvous with Destiny · Authority: 3

  There was arguably an even more significant election result last night. In a congressional race in Mississippi*, Democrat Travis Childers beat Republican Greg Davis by four points. The important of this is that the district, much of which is an exurb of Memphis, had been thought to be reliably Republican; Bush received 60% of the vote in the district in 2004. This argues for it being a remarkably favourable year for Democrats. Even attempts to link Childers to Obama, and by extension to Jeremiah Wright, seem to have failed. Davis had released this ad: The Republicans are pretty shell-shocked: Former NRCC Chairman Tom Davis, the Virginia Republican who is retiring this year, seems to have largely given up on his party’s chances. “This is the floor,” Davis said, stopping his foot on the concrete. “We’re underneath it.” This bodes well for Obama in the autumn. * Essentially this was a by-election to fill an open House of Representatives seat vacated by a Republican incumbent who had moved up to the Senate.
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  If A Republican Can’t Win In Northern Mississippi, Then…

  http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2008/05/14/if-a-republican...
  145 days ago in Post Politics: Political News and Views in Tennessee · Authority: 262

  Last night, the Democratic Party captured its third straight victory this year in a special election for U.S. Congress. Democrat Travis Childers came away last night triumphant in a historically conservative district which routinely elects Republican Presidents and has been held by the GOP since 1994. Terry Frank argues that the loss can be chalked up to bad brand management: Republicans who have been losing their national brand name as the party of smaller government and low taxes, have relied on the very group they are often embarrassed of to propel them across finish lines: social conservatives. But as I’ve written about many times before, if a Democrat takes those issues from us, uh-oh….he can win. DaveG of Race42008 breaks down the general election impact: What all of this means is that the GOP is such a miserable party that it’s going to get blown out of the water this November, and that Barack Obama is such a miserable candidate that he’s going to get annihilated as well. That means that the most likely result of the race for 2008 will be President McCain and a heavily Democratic Congress. SEE ALSO: MediaVerse Left Wing Cracker Silence Is Golden Old Broad Chris Sanders Tennessee Free Cotton Mouth Crone Speaks Daily Kos LA Times

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