Conservatives Freak Out Over MS-01 Loss

No exaggeration there. While we appreciate the deeper meaning of winning a PVI +10 R district in terms of what it means for November, so do they. There's no writing off our analysis. Check out the headlines:

Newsmax: GOP Loses Congressional Election, Faces Bloodbath in Nov.

Hot Air: Disaster: Democrat beats Republican in Mississippi special
election; Update: Panic time, say Boehner, Cole

Red State: Clean House at the NRCC

RCP: GOP Stunned By Loss in Mississippi

NRO:We Are Totally Frakked   [Mark Krikorian]

Add this to the mix:

Politico: Cole issues surrender declaration following Mississippi loss

This whole statement is an admission by Cole that he does not now how House Republicans can win in November as a group, so each member better protect himself or herself. To his credit, Cole has been warning his members that they need to run as outsiders this fall, but beyond that general admonition, the Oklahoma Republican can't show them a path to victory. It's an extraordinary statement by the head of a national campaign committee, but it is not one that's going to inspire any warm feelings from his GOP colleagues.

MSNBC: Why GOP’s Mississippi House loss resonates

Stunning? Only if you haven’t been paying attention in recent weeks.

Sickening? Yes, if you are a Republican.

US News: Mississippi Burning

The message is clear: Voters are angry with the Bush-Cheney administration, and some punishment is forthcoming. The economy, the war in Iraq, and the president's bull-headedness on the environment and energy are all in play

First Read: House GOPers Stomping Mad Over Prospects

House GOP leaders huddle at 11 a.m. today. That will be watched closely for any possibility of a coup or insurrection against leadership in the wake of this third consecutive loss of a GOP seat.

Imagine that... a consensus. The MS-01 special election bodes disaster for the GOP in November. Couldn't happen to a nicer minority party.

Race tracker wiki: MS-01

•  So with the latest loss for Republicans

  that makes one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi for the State's representation in the House.

  by A Mad Mad World on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:53:50 AM PDT

  •  If only this had happened

    when we still hasd a Constitution, an economy and some standing in the world.

    by MadRuth on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:59:15 AM PDT

    •  A key piece of analysis has been left out here.

      Which is this:

      In view of the Republicans' third straight loss in a special election (and second straight loss while trying an anti-Obama's former pastor ploy), this needs to be said...

      Ah...

      Ah....

      Ahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!

      by jhutson on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:01:51 AM PDT

      •  In their own words

        As an RNC aide said last week in an article on these special elections

        "Illinois was really bad, Louisiana was worse, if that's possible, but if we don't win in Mississippi, I think you are going to see a lot of people running around here looking for windows to jump out of," said a Republican leadership aide.

        Sunday sunday SUNDAY!!! Live at the RNC headquarters!!! It's Auto-Defenestration-a-palooza!!

        get your tickets now!!!

        by Magorn on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:06:09 AM PDT

        •  Rec'd ALONE for "Auto-Defenestration-a-palooza"

          It just warms my little architect-y heart to think of all the people looking up "fenestation."

          ;-)

          by chrississippi on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:28:22 AM PDT

          •  perhaps my favorite word in the English language

            Partially for how it rolls of tongue and partially because apparently , at some point inthe development of the English languge some one felt it necessary to coin a single word ( a fancy latin-rooted word at that) to describe the act of "throwing someone out of a window"

            by Magorn on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:58:52 AM PDT

          •  Fenestration use on DKos

            http://www.dailykos.com/...

            by Stranded Wind on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:00:43 PM PDT

        •  DC to Pragie: You ain't seen nothin' yet!

          Or as Steely Dan so eloquently put it--

          When Black Friday comes
          I'll stand down by the door
          And catch the grey men when they dive from the fourteenth floor

          by Uncle Cosmo on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:40:13 AM PDT

          •  Aaah, crap--I meant PragUe

            Frakkin' Fingerfehlers...

            by Uncle Cosmo on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:41:19 AM PDT

          •  OOPs-

            I already quoted this song down below.  

            Great minds...........

            by FuddGate on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:15:20 PM PDT

        •  I don't understand

          If such elections are forecasting doom and gloom for the Republican party come November... how come the polls do not favor the Demcratic candidate over McCain even more?

          Look at http://electoral-vote.com/ and currently Obama appear to loose against MacCain (Yes, I know the distinction between 'barely' and 'strong' leanings, and I am sure the tendency will be reversed between now and November.)

          Why don't the poll show Obama (or Clinton) win even more electoral votes? The same can be said about the predictions at  http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ .

          Why the national popular polls don't show the democratic candidate over 50% against MacCain?

          If people are upset NOW, and if the Republicans lose such strong Republican seats NOW, how come the general election don't show better results for the Democratic candidate NOW?

          Can someone explain?

          Thanks and blessings.

          by augustin on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:04:38 PM PDT

          •  Because There's No Official Dem Candidate Yet

            The Dems have run very little offense against McCain so far (the '100 years' ad being about it) and have yet to make it official with regard to Obama.

            Check back on those numbers after the convention, and after a month or two of sustained "Bush 3.0" ads.

            by Anton Sirius on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:32:30 PM PDT

          •  People are dropping their land lines

            Cellular service is so cheap now that many people, particularly young and low income, are dropping their land line service in favor of using cellular phones only.  Since these polls cannot be conducted over the phone, your pool of "likely voters" in a poll tends to trend with the elderly and affluent which are more prone to vote for McCain (or Hillary).

            I'd like to know how many Obama voters do not have land lines?  In almost every state he has outperformed the polls by 1 to 2 percentage points.  He'll do the same in November.

            by phatcat cane on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:38:40 PM PDT

            •  Especially young voters

              by Johnnythebandit on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:57:03 PM PDT

          •  McCain still benefits from favorable media

            and the "maverick" image, but Top Gun was a shitty 80's movie, and maverick was played by Tom Cruise a crappy actor the scientologist nutjob, and likewise people will realize McCain is a shitty republican candidate still fantasizing about Reagan in the 80's and is a pro war nutjob. Just look at the box office returns for Cruise's latest stinker lions for lambs.

            by Johnnythebandit on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:56:40 PM PDT

          •  That worries me, too.

            Yeah, it's really early. And yeah, I'm lovin' the tea leaves from the MS, LA, and IL special elections. But Poblano at http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/ has been really, really accurate, and for now he shows McCain beating both Obama and Hillary.

            Work to do.

            by HeyMikey on Wed May 14, 2008 at 01:46:05 PM PDT

      •  Why?...

        Why do Americans, Europeans, Everyone else in the world, facts, critical thinking, objective reality, cause and effect, the laws of physics, the animals, the plants, the environment and God hate America?

        by WinSmith on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:08:19 AM PDT

        •  Because

          America is currently run by arrogant destructive chidren whose only response to anything is to blow it up.

          by MadRuth on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:25:03 AM PDT

          •  Blow It Up Real Good!

            by CityLightsLover on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:55:36 AM PDT

      •  I'd add

        a "thank you" to the voters.  

        Something so satisfying about this.  America finally realizing that the GOP's "free market" equates to special interests, special interests, special interests.

        Kristin

        by workingmom OH on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:19:02 AM PDT

      •  Celebrate

        Just enjoying the schadenfreude.

        by Korkenzieher on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:29:36 AM PDT

        •  Bloodbath - I love it

          Keeping in mind these are folks that love bloodbaths.  In their minds however it should always be other people's blood.  I hope they get used to it.

          by Tarheel Dem on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:44:48 AM PDT

        •  Ah, Schadenfreude

          My old lover, at last you have returned to me...

          by Anton Sirius on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:33:38 PM PDT

      •  Along with a hearty

        "Nanny, nanny, boo, boo!  Ptttttthhhhhhhhtttt!"

        by Bulldawg on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:59:30 AM PDT

    •  We'll Have That Again

      one of these days.

      by CityLightsLover on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:54:25 AM PDT

  •  MS: 3 Dems, 1 Repub!

    Anything's possible in a 50-State-Strategy World.

    by JoeW on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:59:29 AM PDT

    •  50 state strategy makes sense with the wind at

      your back. Right now, we have the wind at our back and it allows us to take advantage of every misstep on the Republican side.  It may not work so well going into the wind with more limited resources.  

      However, we have the wind at our backs and should make full use of the right strategy at the right time.

      by Dave from Oregon on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:48:26 AM PDT

  •  The Republican party

    is now the irrelevant party. They have gone the way of the Whigs...

    by rclendan on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:02:50 AM PDT

    •  But they may be...

      

      by dnamj on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:08:14 AM PDT

      •  Bad anaogy,

        but funny.

        by plok on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:16:05 AM PDT

        •  Coming back form the dead?

          I think the Republicans will be the bloody hand from the grave soon enough.

          by dnamj on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:22:52 AM PDT

      •  So they are going to kill us all

        with their telepathic powers?.... Carrie wasn't evil. Her bible thumping, evangelical, conservative mother was.

        by rclendan on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:32:36 AM PDT

      •  Nah

        If they had that kind of hidden potential we would've seen an amazing number of heart attacks and cerebreal hemmoraghes by now in the Democratic Party.
        Psi Corps they ain't. (Thank you Joe Michael Strazinski and Babylon 5).

        by RElland on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:03:24 PM PDT

      •  That will be Hillary at the Convention

        by rclendan on Wed May 14, 2008 at 02:24:33 PM PDT

  •  The Republican argument in MS-1 was the following

    

    Wow, it felt good to win this race! We did our part hyuh in Missuhssippuh!

    by OleMiss on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:38:41 AM PDT

    •  they should roll this out nation wide

      given that they have lost three very red districts in a row.

      by Dave from Oregon on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:49:05 AM PDT

    •  Yeah, But...

      Up till now that argument's worked. Glad to see it doesn't any more.

      by JDRhoades on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:57:46 AM PDT

  •  hmmm

    This couldn't be because the only voters paying attention now are Democrats because Hillary hasn't bent over for Obama could it? Not even a partial factor?

    Primaries are not bad.

    by Attorney at Arms on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:14:51 PM PDT

•  more...

  U.S. House Republicans said an election loss in Mississippi yesterday may portend widespread voter rejection in the November races, and some are advocating distancing themselves from President George W. Bush's policies.

  http://www.bloomberg.com/...

  by DemFromCT on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:54:05 AM PDT

  •  if the rats weren't jumping ship before...

    this will have the Goopers running as fast as they can away from the pretzelnitwit

    They'll still take his money, though, but any fundraisers he does becomes instant campaign fodder for their Dem opponents...

    by pmukh on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:56:53 AM PDT

    •  What's that you say Mr. Cole?

      Move the champagne to the rear of the fridge?

      by Ludi on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:00:27 AM PDT

      •  Leave the champagne right where it is.

        Our straws are long enough to reach Ahallllllll... the way over to the other side of the room.

        I drink your milkshake champagne!

        by jhutson on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:04:26 AM PDT

        •  They should just give up and

          hand over the champagne to Howard Dean!

          by internationaljock on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:06:06 AM PDT

    •  REPUBLICAN-LED IMPEACHMENT IS COMING!!!

      I've been saying it for months.

      The only way to win anything in November is to throw Bush and Cheney under the bus.

      They will find a way to bring it up as a Priviledged Resolution in the House, and when they do, it will proceed like lightning.

      Once they decide to do it, both will be gone in a week.

      Pelosi better damn well be keeping up to speed with her National Security Briefings...
      she could be Commander-in-Chief before the Convention.

      by Jimdotz on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:19:29 AM PDT

      •  what a beautiful dream!

        by Pandoras Box on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:29:45 AM PDT

      •  Cynical

        This is too cynical even for Republicans...but only because people would see through it immediately. It would be the ultimate pander, and voters would still crush the GOP come November.

        by Korkenzieher on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:33:58 AM PDT

        •  I don't know about that...

          if they can get Rush to support it, it'll fly.

          by Jimdotz on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:35:21 AM PDT

          •  Rush is still carying water

            He says he isn't, but no way in hell would Rush support impeachment, not even to save the GOP.

            by Norm in Chicago on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:54:22 AM PDT

            •  Surely his ratings will go up

              With a Democrat in office.  Clinton basically put him on the map in the first place.

              by phatcat cane on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:42:37 PM PDT

        •  I hope so...

          but is ANYTHING too cynical for Republicans? Having jumped that ship due to discovering/realizing the depths of Conservative hypocrisy, I am afraid there might be no limit to the actions they will take in their self-interest. (Think of those old CSPAN clips of the guys sitting there with their secret girlfriends smirking at themselves for getting Bill nailed for adultery...

          by bellatrys on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:58:03 AM PDT

        •  don't know if that'll matter

            They're toast ... so they can throw Bush under the bus and be toast (protecting themselves in the process) or they let it play out.

           I like seeing them like this ... they're causing a lot less trouble these days.

          by Stranded Wind on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:03:32 PM PDT

      •  Not so fast...

        "Pelosi better damn well be keeping up to speed with her National Security Briefings...
        she could be Commander-in-Chief before the Convention."

        While I agree that they might want to throw Bush under the bus, I figure they would install some figurehead to keep Republicans in the WH after they kick Bush out. I don't think it would be McCain simply because it would look very suspicious that they're doing this to give him an institutional advantage of being the incumbent. Some R figurehead that will be retiring soon.

        by anth on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:39:11 AM PDT

        •  Nope... Dems would have to Impeach Cheney...

          then install the "figurehead" (which is where the plan fails) and then Impeach Bush.
          It's just not gonna happen that way.

          "Put Nancy in. She's not ready," they'll think, "and then we can blame EVERY-FUCKING-THING on her. We've tried everything else, and nothing works, so we'll have nothing to lose."

          That'll be the plan, and it just might work to get them elected in November.

          by Jimdotz on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:48:27 AM PDT

          •  Not enough time

            If they tried it a year ago, it would have been possible. At this late date, the problems would be attributed to the chaos caused by the Republicans screwing around with impeachment.

            by milkbone on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:59:57 AM PDT

            •  Not that I'd expect it

              But given how fast the GOP met to save a brain dead woman...
              Now that would be irony indeed to see. :P

              by RElland on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:08:13 PM PDT

      •  delusional, but in a charming sort of way :)

        by Dave from Oregon on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:50:05 AM PDT

      •  Mehhh... no.

        Pelosi better damn well be keeping up to speed with her National Security Briefings...
        she could be Commander-in-Chief before the Convention

        And Mrs. Clinton will feel about this how?
        Nope, sorry, don't see it. First woman president will not come by impeachment. (Though I could make a killing at selling popcorn for the show).

        by RElland on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:06:22 PM PDT

    •  Line up this way to get a hug from the President

      Someone please put up a sign for this at the GOP fundraisers for congressional candidates.  The picture's working SO well for McCain!  

      by NorthlandLiberal on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:37:05 AM PDT

  •  Distancing themselves from Bush's policies

    These guys have spent the last eight years welding themselves to the anvil known as W.

    And now they think they can break the link with a few choice slogans?

    by A Mad Mad World on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:56:54 AM PDT

    •  yes. they do.

      they still think Conservative means anything other than 'Bullshit'

      They're TOAST!

      and I think we have a major landslide in the offing this year

      by ScrewySquirrel on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:03:33 AM PDT

    •  yeah that sounds like SOP for them

      Your average republican voter has a nigh-inexhaustible supply of cogntiive dissonance.  

      by Magorn on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:07:41 AM PDT

      •  But not so much the independents n/t

        by A Mad Mad World on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:11:09 AM PDT

    •  Slogans won't help

      The GOP's slogan for next fall is "The Change you Deserve".

      This also happens to be the slogan for Effexor, an anti-depressant - which is what most of the GOP Congressional Delegation needs right about now:

      Effexor is approved for the treatment "of depression, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder in adults."

      Hmmm...

      Depression?  Check.  

      Generalized anxiety disorder?  Oh, lord, yes.

      Social anxiety disorder?  That's why they became Republicans in the first place.  

      Panic disorder in adults?  Think it's bad now, wait until November.

      by ivorybill on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:11:49 AM PDT

      •  I think they need therapy, too n/t

        by A Mad Mad World on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:16:03 AM PDT

      •  I was thinking the change they deserve

        would be the pocket variety they'd have to panhandle for since so many of the GOP will be out of work come November.

        by meg on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:17:40 AM PDT

        •  Snap!

          I have to admit, "The Change They Deserve" is not a bad slogan for our side!

          by ivorybill on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:21:30 AM PDT

          •  thankyouverymuch!

            I'll be here all week! :)

            by meg on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:53:15 AM PDT

        •  They'll Find Jobs

          as analysts at FAUX News.

          by CityLightsLover on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:02:37 PM PDT

          •  Handing Billo

            his loofa I presume?

            by meg on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:12:36 PM PDT

            •  Only the Best for Them,

              of course!  ;)

              by CityLightsLover on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:13:40 PM PDT

              •  Absolutely!!

                He's the best ass*#$! in the biz.

                by meg on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:16:38 PM PDT

      •  "The Change You Deserve"

        My response:  "What did we do to deserve THIS?"

        by karateexplosions on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:27:38 AM PDT

        •  Well... we were

          born.
          Silly. That's the only excuse they need. Prior to that and it's all out to protect you, but afterwards... well, forget it!

          by RElland on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:09:35 PM PDT

    •  I am sure we can help make sure those links

      hold firm.  

      We could have people going to McCain rallies with signs saying "Bush/McCain, 4 more years!"

      by Dave from Oregon on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:51:23 AM PDT

  •  Poor Bush is gonna feel so left out

    when no one wants him to come campaign for them.

    by MingPicket on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:56:54 AM PDT

    •  Nah.

      He's had one foot out the door for at least a year. He sick of all this hard work.

      by sap on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:00:45 AM PDT

    •  It'll give him time to get up the walls

      & the guardtowers on the Reichskanzlerei-Süd down in Paraguay. Maybe even the barracks for the Schwarzwasser-Abteilung to man them...

      by Uncle Cosmo on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:47:02 AM PDT

  •  Duh they should have figured that out after '06

    by True Independent on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:57:33 AM PDT

  •  Where's That Picture of "The Hug"?

    Splash that sucker everywhere!

    by CityLightsLover on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:57:36 AM PDT

    •  Here ya go:

      

      by internationaljock on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:10:55 AM PDT

      •  A Good Start!!

        Now, I want your lovely creation in every Dem ad between now and November! Make that happen, will ya'? ;)

        by CityLightsLover on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:18:41 AM PDT

      •  "Bush at his side as much as possible"

        Distancing the candidate from the failed policies of the Bush/Cheney team while linking themselves to the men and the party seems to be the tactic Republicans are already pursuing.

        From April 25, 2008
        http://www.cnn.com/...

        Rivals no more

        Thursday night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, McCain reiterated his criticism of the Bush administration over its handling of Hurricane Katrina, calling its response to the storm "a series of failures that shook the confidence of Americans in their government as much as any event in recent memory."  

        McCain detailed Bush's mistakes, including the president's decision to fly over the disaster rather than stop for a tour.

        Bush endorsed McCain for president the day after the GOP nomination was sealed in March. McCain said then that he wanted Bush at his side as much as possible on the campaign trail.

        But McCain also told a group of business leaders that Katrina's "incompetence of leadership didn't end with the rescue efforts."

        "With many thousands of lives in the balance, across 90,000 square miles of misery, there was a failure of foresight, a failure of planning, a failure in execution and a failure in follow-up," he said.

        by The Totalizer on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:30:16 AM PDT

        •  Where was McCain?

          Oh yea, hanging out with Bush at a fundraiser.

          by ivorybill on Wed May 14, 2008 at 01:12:41 PM PDT

      •  they look like teenagers in love!

        by Pandoras Box on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:30:50 AM PDT

        •  I don't think teenagers

          appear nearly so uncomfortable around each other when they embrace, even though they feel it.

          by Crisis Corps Volunteer on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:46:16 PM PDT

      •  Nice do you have the one

        Of LieBerman just about to Kiss W, just to add to the discomfort.

        by deluge99 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:44:39 AM PDT

        •  Not Until McCentury Makes Him VP

          Then, bring it out!

          by CityLightsLover on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:04:23 PM PDT

  •  Starting with McCain?

    The Green McCain? Never too soon to start calling bullshit on his inevitable lies.

    by plok on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:17:10 AM PDT

  •  To rethugs.. "You get what you deserve"

    The party of Bush-Cheney-McCain is destined to be doomed in Fall.

    by Observer on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:17:41 AM PDT

•  This just made my week. Thanks GOP!

  by Ex Real Republican on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:54:38 AM PDT

•  Apparently, Jeremiah Wright doesn't affect

  down-ticket races, or his effect is so minimal compared to the much more drastic effect of having an R next to your name that it's basically irrelevant.

  by DemocraticLuntz on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:05 AM PDT

  •  Jeremiah only impacts the racist vote

    so I consider it a "win-win"

    by SteamPunkX on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:56:30 AM PDT

    •  Or the idiot vote,

      which includes not only racists, but also the "America, right or wrong" crowd.

      by JSC ltd on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:03:10 AM PDT

    •  and they weren't gonna vote for Obama anyway.

      by Jimdotz on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:30:22 AM PDT

  •  The key to Democrats winning...

    congressional elections in red states this year is to have the Republicans run TV ads linking the local Dem challenger to Obama. Has worked every time so far.

    by assyrian64 on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:59:28 AM PDT

    •  I dunno. It may work better in districts

      with significantly lower black populations (or in the general election where most people will be turning out)

      by DemocraticLuntz on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:00:48 AM PDT

  •  In the Deep South

    Wright may not matter so much, even among Republicans.  White folks in Mississippi can't avoid interacting with Black folks, and since the Civil Rights movement, some Republicans have even started to feel queasy at overt racism.  Crap like the Wright "scandal" work better when people haven't ever been to a black church and don't know many black people, yet still fear them or see them as competition.  That's not Mississippi, and that's not Oregon.  Not to stereotype, but there's more of that in WV and PA.  

    by ivorybill on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:20:24 AM PDT

    •  Appalachia

      a good analysis here

      That back you opinion with figures

      by IamTheJudge on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:38:50 AM PDT

•  Isn't it fun?

  To see them sweat?

  Here's to an overwhelming victory in Novemeber.

  by internationaljock on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:12 AM PDT

  •  It's the best.

    This is so long in coming, so well deserved, so just, so right. Remember Bush's smugness after the Nov. 2004 election? I said then, and I'll say it again: Pride goeth before the fall.

    Tumble DOWN!

    by trueblue illinois on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:01:29 AM PDT

    •  I particularly remember

      the Preznit claiming that he had earned "political capital" with his 51% win and that he was going to spend it.

      What an asswipe.

      by internationaljock on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:04:27 AM PDT

      •  He spent it, all right.

        That's why his party brethren are dropping like flies.

        Way to support the team, Mr. President.

        by trueblue illinois on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:13:11 AM PDT

        •  He spent it,

          and then borrowed some more and spent that, and then borrowed some more...

          Kinda like his economic program.

          by Superribbie on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:29:04 AM PDT

      •  elections have consequences n/t

        by pullbackthecurtain on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:22:54 AM PDT

      •  And The American People Had Given Him

        a "mandate" for the most idiotic, extreme bullshit policies he could pull out of Karl Rove's cavernous ass.

        by karateexplosions on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:29:58 AM PDT

•  This warms the cockles of my

  tarry little heart.  It's been a long time coming.

  by sap on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:24 AM PDT

  •  Warm cockles, and a shiver up my leg. nt

    (All credit to Chris Matthews)

    by fearwig on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:00:53 AM PDT

  •  to say nothing of the heart of my...

    But then I'm overly excitied about politics so you should proabably ignore that...

    by Magorn on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:09:03 AM PDT

•  When you share the party of the worst pres of all

  time this is going to happen

  by bten on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:28 AM PDT

•  Next ??: What do we do with all this power?

  I have a discussion going on here, if you're interested in exploring what to do with our impending legislative clusterfuck, whether punishing the Bush administration is worth it considering other pressing issues, and what to do about the potential corruption of our Dems.

  by SteamPunkX on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:48 AM PDT

•  Dance Band on the Titanic... er... USS Reagan

  "Generosity, Ethics, Patience, Effort, Concentration, and Wisdom"

  by Dood Abides on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:50 AM PDT

  •  Dood, where've you been?

    I've missed seeing your LOLdiaries!

    by A Mad Mad World on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:58:21 AM PDT

  •  Dood!

    Come back to us in our hour of need--

    by JoeW on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:00:47 AM PDT

  •  A long time in coming

    and just where the heck have you been?! Is that beer I smell on your breath?? And that perfume certainly isn't my type! DOOOOOD!!!
    (Ten minutes of ranting can be added by your own imagination whereas you may hear, Oh and glad to see you, it's been awhile).

    by RElland on Wed May 14, 2008 at 12:12:33 PM PDT

•  OMG - I think the entire Republican House

  delegation just jumped off the 14th St. Bridge!

  Could someone please provide directions to Republican Senators?

  Oh, yeah, none of this is necessary, cause they all be gone come November.

  by Its the Supreme Court Stupid on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:52 AM PDT

  •  Damn, and I thought that was a parade!

    I even threw confetti!

    by SteamPunkX on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:57:19 AM PDT

•  Buhahaha

  Sickening? Yes, if you are a Republican.

  And if you aren't its absolutely hillarious.

  by discocarp on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:57 AM PDT

  •  Sickening? Yes, if you are

    the biased traditional media.

    What, the country is pissed at Bush? What, we don't live in a fundamentally conservative nation? What, the GOP isn't just better at winning elections?  

    They have been as out of step as the GOP for the last eight years, and now they've got some esplainin' to do.

    by trueblue illinois on Wed May 14, 2008 at 11:05:33 AM PDT

•  The phrase "safe Republican district"

  may soon become an oxymoron.

  by bourgeoisie on Wed May 14, 2008 at 10:55:59 AM PDT

  •  I wouldn't go that far. Steve Scalise won big in

    the special election in Louisiana's 1st (granted, that district had Republican leaders worried to death that th