Happy Christmas! A little GOP doom and gloom to brighten your day, courtesy of firstread

[Aloha Spirit]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/14/1019748.aspx

Lots of very glum faces among House GOP members this morning as they emerged from their weekly closed-door session. The political situation is not good, and they aren't even trying to deny it.

Rep. Tom Davis stomped on the concrete floor of the Capitol basement when asked by reporters about Republican fortunes at the moment. "This is the floor," he said, by way of explanation. "We're below the floor."

Inside the meeting, Davis had just presented his colleagues with what he said was a 20-page memo outlining his prescription for a way out of this mess. He did not offer details to the press, yet did not spare the party and the president scathing criticism in his public comments. "The president swallows the microphone every time he opens his mouth," Davis said. He believes Bush's staunch opposition to the Democratic housing bill and the SCHIP bill, for example, is hurting rank and file. Look at yesterday's vote on the SPRO, where Republicans defied the president in droves. Lo and behold, the White House says today that it will not veto the bill.

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A major target of internal GOP criticism is Rep. Tom Cole, who runs the House campaign arm of the party. He emerged to tell reporters that there is "concern" within the party, yes, but, looking for a silver lining, he pointed out that John McCain is running far ahead of the generic GOP approval rating. He then spoke of the need to "re-brand" the party in the likeness of McCain, which may be a tall order, since many rank-and-file conservatives have reviled McCain for years for his transgressions against party orthodoxy....

[casus belli]

1. "Re-branding" the Republican party...

Well, it's good to see that the party that hangs its hat on its core values can change them to match any political climate. I think Americans are finally starting to see through the cracked and peeling paint. It's still a lemon under all that gloss.

[Arugula Latte]

5. I'd like to brand them ...

Republicans seem to love rodeos, so they won't mind being yanked off their feet, tied up, and burned with a red-hot iron, I'm sure.

[Aloha Spirit]

7. Oh man, I can see the leadership running around the pen trying to "brand" their unwilling candidates

[casus belli]

9. Some of them pay good money for that. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. What a riot!

I feel so sorry for these guys.....NOT!

Where were they when * was merrily leading them down this path to destruction?

It's a little late now, boys, isn't it?

:eyes:

[DearAbby]

3. I don't feel one bit sorry for the Bastids

they only have themselves to blame for supporting this murderous regime. I am an atheist, but thinking of believing just long enough, for a special place in hell for each one of them.

[niyad]

14. just wish them, their supporters and enablers, EVERYTHING they deserve.

[nykym]

4. Oh great

New package with the same old shit insides for twice the price just great!

[Aloha Spirit]

6. And they're going to repackage themselves as Democrats... please God, make it so.

[FrenchieCat]

8. Ooh.....They are talking about "change" within the party......

wonder where they got that theme? :shrug:

[niyad]

10. nice of them to point out that they really are all smoke and mirrors, with

not a conscience amoung them.

too bad they couldn't figure this out when they were giving der chimpenfuhrer everything he wanted, and more, and are spending their time now obstructing everything the dems are trying to do, and whining the whole time about how nasty and mean the dems are.

[Aloha Spirit]

11. haha, good point.

[Ganja Ninja]

12. Oh sweet sweet schadenfreude!

How long I have waited. :woohoo:

[WA98070]

13. Go Bob Barr!!!!! Bill Clinton would not have won except for Ross Perot.

[Aloha Spirit]

15. To quote McCain quoting Mao: "It's always darkest before it's totally black."

[rurallib]

16. Even Davis is jumping from the sinking ship, isn't he?

I can't stand that smug little prick. He opted not to run again didn't he? Funny he should offer a prescription to win that he isn't even willing to use.

[FSogol]

17. Rep. Tom Davis is scum.

Only 3 people voted against H.R. 400: War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007.

Davis was one of them. Wanna know why the GOP is losing, Tom? Look in the mirror.

[Aloha Spirit]

20. Rumor has it he might replace Tom Cole as NRCC Chairman.

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/cocky-emanuel-shows-up-to-gloat-2008-05-14.html

According to a copy of House Minority Leader John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) talking points, one possible query, written under the heading “Possible Tough Questions,” reads, “Are the results in another indication that 2008 is setting up to be a disastrous year for House Republicans?

“Our leadership team and our members just had one of the most candid and open meetings we’ve ever had,” read the talking points, presumably prepared before the meeting. “And we made this commitment: We’re getting up off the mat to fight, and we’re going to prove to the American people that we are the agents of change they expect their Washington leaders to be.”

The second question raised the possibility that Davis would replace Cole.

The answer provided was the same response to the question about whether 2008 will be a disastrous year for House Republicans.

[FSogol]

21. I hadn't heard that, but it means the GOP

is not learning from their mistakes. I think they should put Jim Gilmore in charge. Like Bush, he destroys whatever he touches.

[Webster Green]

18. It will be nice to see them out of power, but I want them all hung as traitors..

Sloppy hangings, like the one Saddam Hussein got, with cell-phone videos all over the Internets. :toast:

[Aloha Spirit]

19. I'm kicking this in honor of Mr Pat Buchanan!

[Aloha Spirit]

22. Good News! Zogby poll--76% of Republicans are unsatisfied with candidates.

Only 18% of Democrats are unsatisfied.
Hello, third candidate?

http://zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1505