What do you think will happen in '06?

[WI_DEM]

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. People are getting mad

Pelosi framed the budget perfectly-she used the National Council of Churches statement about how un-Christian and mean it is. She then went on to say about how the tax cuts to the rich will wipe out all the supposed "savings" garnered by cutting foster care, child support enforcement, Medicaid and-the biggie- Medicare. How many folks in this country will be affected by these cuts? Cutting Medicare was a very bad move-senior citizens vote in large numbers, and they remember things like this.

[CrispyQ]

2. Dems will win at least one of either the house or senate, maybe both,

they will win the prez in '08, but not one of the pieces of shit legislation that has been passed since the dimson took office will be reversed, including the mother of all pieces of shit, the Patriot Act.

Ah, I'm such a pessimist.

[tx_dem41]

3. CrispyQ...CrispyQ..., what are we going to do with you?

:)

[tx_dem41]

4. I believe we will gain in both House and Senate...but win neither.

Its even possible we could get the 50-49-1 (Dems being 49) in the Senate. Both gains will be somewhat significant and tightly close up the current gaps.

[RB TexLa]

9. I tend to agree with you

I think things will come out of 06 being very close. One of the biggest things we have to do is recruit and help fund moderate and conservative Democrats in areas they can have a chance to take out Republicans, such as here in Texas and my other home state of Louisiana, among other places. Republicans do a much better job of this in New England where they work to get more moderate candidates elected. I guarantee they are working on having more on the west coast for '06. A Democratic majority in the house could if a election strategy is executed properly be won by some one who will be a "40%" Democratic voter in the house winning a late night nail biter against a "4%" Democratic voting Republican somewhere in Georgia, Texas, Virgina or any number of places.

[tx_dem41]

12. I agree with that assessment.

Also, Lousiana is my home state. Born in S'port, grew up in New Orleans. Lived in Texas for 24 years (Houston and Dallas).

[BillZBubb]

5. Dems will make gains, but not gain control of either house.

Bush's unpopularity just isn't sticking to the individual Repugs. Most people foolishly still like their own Repug representatives. Plus, the way congressional districts are gerrymandered, very few House seats change hands. We'd have to sweep virtually all of the in play seats to gain a slim majority.

The public still hasn't put two and two together on Repug misrule. I will be wrong, though, if energy prices get worse or if we enter another recession next year. Then the Repugs get booted.

[JuniorPlankton]

6. I am a pessimist

I believe that if had another pres election in a month, * would "win".

The winning combination of smearing his opponent and "helping" with counting the votes. He is in trouble now because he is running against his own incompetence.

[leftofthedial]

7. continuing saga of vote fraud

will preserve the status quo.

There are no "elections" anymore. What the "voters" want is relevant only for its PR consequences. Fraud must be spun in some marginally credible way. They must occasionally allow the "opposition party" (really just a political version of a pro wrestling shill) to "win."

But they won't allow a political sea change.

[Extend a Hand]

8. I voted undecided

only because I expect election fraud.
In a fair election, I would expect dems to kick butt.

[gauguin57]

10. Here's my dream scenario:

In 2006, the Democrats win the Senate, but the House just barely stays Republican.

Robert Byrd retires.

Bush and Cheney are impeached.

Dennis Hastert becomes president, but has some sort of a health crisis that forces him to resign so the stress doesn't kill him.

Next in line is President Pro Tem of the Senate. If Byrd has retired, the new President Pro Tem would be ...

Senator Ted Kennedy.

Who becomes president. Without running. Without risking his life in front of crowds that may contain a fruitcake with a gun.

The next day, some Repug. house member (or two) decides to become independent(s), and the House returns to Demo. control.

And Ted Kennedy, with two Democratic houses of congress, can do anything he damn well pleases. And we will all have good health care and live happily ever after!

*sigh* ... a girl can dream ...

[SharonRB]

11. From your mouth....

But if we don't take the House, I'm not sure we'll be able to impeach.

[gauguin57]

14. I'm figuring the Repugs will be running in the opposite direction from

Bush & Cheney, in order to keep their political careers intact. They'll want the foul odor of BushCo as far away from their party as it can get!

[tx_dem41]

13. Wow...that's one helluva dream!

:)

[gauguin57]

15. Yeah, I have a lot of time on my hands to dream dreams like that.

Dreams like that, and the lovely fiction of "The West Wing" (with Matt Santos proudly declaring himself a LIBERAL LIBERAL LIBERAL every week), keep me from having to face, 24/7, the ugly reality that George W. Dumbya Baby Doc Bush is really, really our president.

[kay1864]

16. House? Senate?

Has anyone done an actual projection, i.e., based on Congressional polls by state, what the totals would be if the election were held tomorrow? We know that Santorum would be out, and Satanspawn Harris is also history. But what would be final (estimated) totals?