AP: Republicans Hold Onto the Base (but lost everybody else)

[Eugene]

Republicans Hold Onto the Base

By WILL LESTER
The Associated Press
Thursday, November 9, 2006; 2:50 AM

WASHINGTON -- The Republican Party ceded the center of American politics
and its many groups of swing voters to the Democratic Party in the 2006
midterm elections _ with predictable results.

The GOP lost the House and the Senate.

Republicans lost badly among independent voters, suburbanites, white Catholics,
the middle class and Hispanics _ groups it had courting successfully in recent
years, exit polls found.

"The one thing that is so frustrating is when you hear the Karl Roves and Ken
Mehlmans talking about focusing on the base because there are no swing voters,"
said GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio, who says there are still plenty of swing voters.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/09/AR2006110900120.html

[opihimoimoi]

1. They got the results of being Arrogant Country Club PUBs...not once did

they come over the aisle to discuss in 6 years...it was if the DEMs had Lepersy....

Now the Bush comes..... sucking ass like only he does....acting like he loves it

[Atman]

2. They got the "Deliverance" vote

That's about it.

:hi:

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[AlinPA]

3. They are collapsing on their base: hateful bigots, religious fundamentalists.