Voters may usher out Gingrich followers

[deadparrot]

WASHINGTON - A half-dozen Republican congressmen ushered into office in the 1994 GOP tidal wave that tossed Democrats from power may be swept out on Tuesday, casualties of a Democratic surge fueled by voter anger over the Iraq war.

On the eve of the midterm elections, Republicans are hoping their acclaimed get-out-the-vote operation will ensure majority control. But some say privately they have a slim chance of retaining the House after a grueling campaign centered on turmoil in Iraq, President Bush's sagging approval numbers, political scandals and corruption investigations.

"It all gets down to Republicans turning out the vote," said Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., chairman of the House GOP's election effort.

Sidelined for 12 years, Democrats appear poised to win the House in a shift that likely would elevate Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) of California to speaker, the nation's first woman to hold that office, and herald in at least two years of Democratic rule.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/house_rdp

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

1. I have a suggestion:

Let's give them all a nice, soothing ice-water enema, administered with a 5-inch firehose, as a going away present.

[AlCzervik]

2. i really hope Newt runs for the gop 08 nod because he is going to get

a beat down.

[twilight_sailing]

3. remember?

Remember term limits? Remember fiscal responsibility?
Remember small government? etc. etc. etc.

Where did that stuff go?

[PermanentRevolution]

4. Silly rabbit...

That stuff's only good when there's a Democrat in the White House!

[hayu_lol]

5. None of us will be sorry to see the end of the ...

contract on America...and it's perpetrator.

[PermanentRevolution]

6. Amen

Hopefully, by this time tomorrow, the wave will be unstoppable!