GOP has uphill climb for cash and candidates, feeling the drag of investigations and minority status

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GOP has uphill climb for cash and candidates
The party feels the drag of investigations and minority status in Congress. And then there's Bush.
By Michael Finnegan, Times Staff Writer
April 29, 2007

WASHINGTON — President Bush's unpopularity and a string of political setbacks have created a toxic climate for the Republican Party, making it harder to raise money and recruit candidates for its drive to retake control of Congress.

Some of the GOP's top choices to run for the House next year have declined, citing what Rep. Thomas M. Davis III (R-Va.) called a "poisonous" environment. And Republicans' fundraising edge, an important advantage over the last five years, has dwindled.

With GOP clout diminished after November's election losses, the Republicans' national committee and their House and Senate campaign committees together raised the same amount as the Democrats in the first quarter of the year — and Democrats ended the period with more cash in the bank. At this point four years ago, Republicans had more than twice the money Democrats did.

"The reality is the Republican brand right now is just not a good brand," said Tim Hibbitts, an independent Oregon pollster. "For Republicans, the only way things really get better … is if somehow, some way, Iraq turns around."


more:http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gop29apr29,0,2726371.story?coll=la-home-headlines

:evilgrin: Sucks to be a GOP'er

[StClone]

1. Iraq?

If it ends good while war profiteering, killing innocent Iraqis and losing thousands of Soldiers it's okay by Americans? What kind of dopey people are these Americans?

[CountAllVotes]

2. I couldn't agree me

you've summed it up nicely with your brief yet concise statement!

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