With all the talk about the current Republican scandals, a continual series of books by former adminstration officials who served in Iraq complaining about how the administration didn't know what it was doing, one might think that the GOP would be worried about the upcoming election.
Apparently not. According to blog reports, a number of right wing bloggers met with RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman and party strategists earlier this month and message they passed on was that there was no need to worry, that conservative's efforts to prevent the public from voting them out of office, no matter how bad they acted, has been successful. Basically, the system has been rigged.
Oh of course they didn't say that in so many words. Apparently they couched it in terms that in comparison to 1994 when the GOP took over Congress, this year there are a limited number of GOP retirements expected; there are almost no districts to be contested that were decided by less than 5% in 2004; and there are few districts that went for Kerry but voted for a GOP representative.
So despite news reports that Americans are leaning sharply toward wanting Democrats to take control of Congress those Americans will have to settle for continued Republican rule. This should come as no surprise. In 2000 the GOP figured out to lose the presidential election but gain the White House. In 2008 they are working on getting fewer votes but retaining the House of Representatives.
So apparently the word to the GOPers worried about losing power because of excesses and corruption: Don't Worry, Be Happy.
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