. . . .What would the make-up of the 112th Congress look like, any forecasts?

lol. I predict people will vote.

oh, and Negro you may want to modify your title to be more descriptive that its the US mid-term elections.

Next month? Thought it will be November?
Anyway, demochickens would loose seats in the senate but may hang on a slight majority. In the house, the republicans will likely take over, sending my darling pelosi home
there's a slim chance the dems may hold the house still.

I wish dems will loose both houses. That may spark the base and add some comon sense into the Washington democrats and Obama et al.

Thank you both for the correction . . . . done!

JeSoul, what's going on dear?  I should be coming up to your area soon but I'm thinking on deferring till after winter. . . . and please give me something better than "people will vote". lmao!

I wish dems will loose both houses. That may spark the base and add some comon sense into the Washington democrats and Obama et al.

. . did you hear about John Kerry's letter to the party members? They acknowledge after all that tea party is a contender.

pres-elect:

Next month? Thought it will be November?
Anyway, demochickens would loose seats in the senate but may hang on a slight majority. In the house, the republicans will likely take over, sending my darling pelosi home
there's a slim chance the dems may hold the house still.

I wish dems will loose both houses. That may spark the base and add some comon sense into the Washington democrats and Obama et al.

stop democratic playa hating



thanks to the surge of the tea party, the GOP may struggle to get moderate votes. there is still hope for the democrats. 

pimping in the white house aint easy

^^ lol, that picture is tight jare. Haters be gone.

bawomolo:

thanks to the surge of the tea party, the GOP may struggle to get moderate votes. there is still hope for the democrats. 

  an oxymoronic statement if I ever saw one. Still pipe-dreaming Bawo? Moderates may not be too thrilled about their far right options, but when presented with the choice of two evils, I think they'll go with the newer one.

Negro_Ntns:

Thank you both for the correction . . . . done!

JeSoul, what's going on dear?  I should be coming up to your area soon but I'm thinking on deferring till after winter

oh cool. Lemme know when you're in town. There's this Ghanian restaurant that will knock your socks off  .

. . . . and please give me something better than "people will vote". lmao!

  yessir. Hows this?

JeSoul:
Moderates may not be too thrilled about their far right options, but when presented with the choice of two evils, I think they'll go with the newer one.

  I think the latest talk of independents/moderates will not vote for a Tea Partier is conciliatory pep talk intended to inspire the uninspired democratic base. I'm registered independent and even I will not be voting republican. I will be voting ABE - anybody but the establishment. I don't care if ms Delaware Tea partier or any other candidate only has a middle school degree or WAEC certificate. What have the harvarders and yalers done with all their wisdom?

. . did you hear about John Kerry's letter to the party members? They acknowledge after all that tea party is a contender.

Lef them. Eliot Spitzer (I wonder who let him out of the cage self) was on John King 2 nights ago saying the TP is going to fizzle out and is not credible. Well, we go see in November.

pimping in the white house aint easy

lmao! 

Bawo, Nna, God go punish you o!

There's this Ghanian restaurant that will knock your socks off

whaaaat!!!  love that      You will know before I get on 95. 

I think the latest talk of independents/moderates will not vote for a Tea Partier is conciliatory pep talk intended to inspire the uninspired democratic base. I'm registered independent and even I will not be voting republican. I will be voting ABE - anybody but the establishment. I don't care if ms Delaware Tea partier or any other candidate only has a middle school degree or WAEC certificate. What have the harvarders and yalers done with all their wisdom?

I agree with the first sentence.  We have to be careful and not have an overly romantic vision on the changes we are demanding.  If we succeed getting people in who are running largely on an anti-Obama platform, then their agenda for the next two years would not only cripple the President but could equally hurt an already dented American image.  He would be branded impotent and that will empower Far East with brazen ideas on world domination.  I prefer a mix of seasoned politicians with rookies. . . .

In all, I am yet to see any soul inspiring agenda from any of them, Dem, Repub or TP. 


On ex Governor, what do you expect? Spitzer need a scapegoat to make a political comeback. He sure can't beat on Repub.

I think the latest talk of independents/moderates will not vote for a Tea Partier is conciliatory pep talk intended to inspire the uninspired democratic base. I'm registered independent and even I will not be voting republican. I will be voting ABE - anybody but the establishment. I don't care if ms Delaware Tea partier or any other candidate only has a middle school degree or WAEC certificate. What have the harvarders and yalers done with all their wisdom?

the thing about voting for ABE is that most of these ABE guys have little to offer in terms of policy making.   it's easy to moan about high taxes and family values in a town hall but these guys have little to offer on how to combat the deficits most america cities and states are facing.   the racist extremists among them aren't helping either.   

these ABE guys are just preying on emotionally sensitive americans who have little knowledge on how government works. these are the same people who want tax cuts to be extended but somehow want to keep medicare and medicaid.  how is that possible without a deficit they claim they would reduce.    the GOP is wise enough to dissociate from tea partiers before they turn it into a niche party. 

i know i'm generalizing but you can't run a country alone on populist rhetoric.  its hilarious the people who were most in support of the wars became fiscal conservatives overnight.

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the tea party is a movement that would run out of steam considering it has no ideological backbone besides stop spending and obama is a socialist rants. we still pimping in the white house

bawomolo:

the thing about voting for ABE is that most of these ABE guys have little to offer in terms of policy making.  it's easy to moan about high taxes and family values in a town hall but these guys have little to offer on how to combat the deficits most america cities and states are facing.   the racist extremists among them aren't helping either.   

these ABE guys are just preying on emotionally sensitive americans who have little knowledge on how government works. these are the same people who want tax cuts to be extended but somehow want to keep medicare and medicaid.  how is that possible without a deficit they claim they would reduce.    the GOP is wise enough to dissociate from tea partiers before they turn it into a niche party. 

i know i'm generalizing but you can't run a country alone on populist rhetoric.  its hilarious the people who were most in support of the wars became fiscal conservatives overnight.

First of all, I think this is the longest post I've ever seen you type  .

Secondly, you make good points when you say there aren't really that many 'new' alternatives or "ideas" coming from the ABE guys, but I point to the mess that is the country now - Bawo what have the established geniuses that went to Harvard done for us? I am willing to give the nobody's a shot. What have we got to loose?

And I do think its a gross overstatement to say "these ABE guys are just preying on emotionally sensitive americans who have little knowledge on how government works". I do hope you're not one of those who thinks most americans are "silly" and "clueless". They weren't called silly when they voted Obama into office, why are they silly now they disagree with him? I happen to think "running a government" while not a cakewalk, is not rocket science. As simplistic as "spend less, tax less" sounds, it is true when you get down to the bare bones.

the tea party is a movement that would run out of steam considering it has no ideological backbone besides stop spending and obama is a socialist rants.

Stop watching MSNBC dude  . These are the selling points far-lefters are handing out like candy to whomever will take them without thought.  How can thousands upon tens of thousands of Americans who've marched and demonstrated for months all around the country be solely motivated by "empty rants"? they just feel like screaming and crying for no good reason? a good chunk of them who voted for the same Obama just 2yrs ago? think Bawo, think 

D dems are going to have their butts whooped like d GOP did in 06 when it was ignoring agitations over Iraq, corruption e.t.c. They can continue calling tea partiers idiots if it makes them feel better. Reminds of when stupid GOP strategists made the mistake of assuming every one concerned about the war in Iraq was a peace at all cost, bong smoking hippy from Berkeley. Yes there may be a few people off their medication in the movement (like any group of people), but there are lot more rational folk than you think and the more you keep singing the lullaby that they are all nutjobs, they will all go away (stop watching MSNBC alone, it ain't healthy), the worse the whooping will be.

JeSoul:

First of all, I think this is the longest post I've ever seen you type  .

i have my moments from time to time  

Secondly, you make good points when you say there aren't really that many 'new' alternatives or "ideas" coming from the ABE guys, but I point to the mess that is the country now - Bawo what have the established geniuses that went to Harvard done for us? I am willing to give the nobody's a shot. What have we got to loose?

we are in a mess now but who says those ivy leaguers can't get us out of this money or the ABE folks can get us out.  obama had ideas and didn't rely soley on empty rhetoric like most of these abe guys (although he has sold out on lots of his promises).  history has shown  the populist movement would die down as soon as the economy gets better.   There was a similar movement during the depression.  

As simplistic as "spend less, tax less" sounds, it is true when you get down to the bare bones.

bare bones is the key word here,  the american government would have to work on bare bones for that ideological to work. say hello to streamlined medicare/medicaid. say goodbye to student loan subsidies and last but not the least, defense spending has to be drastically reduced (like they plan to do in the UK)

I wonder how our tea-party folks would react when the US armed forces becomes a deficit reduction casualty.  americans love to talk all about small government but i doubt if they are ready for it.

Stop watching MSNBC dude  . These are the selling points far-lefters are handing out like candy to whomever will take them without thought.  How can thousands upon tens of thousands of Americans who've marched and demonstrated for months all around the country be solely motivated by "empty rants"? they just feel like screaming and crying for no good reason? a good chunk of them who voted for the same Obama just 2yrs ago? think Bawo, think 

you know i'm the no.1 consumer of CNN and MSNBC. rachael maddow is my wife to be  

i believe most of the tea-parties were sarah palin backers rather than obama supporters.  don't get me wrong, i believe uncle obama has sold out on issues such as health care and don't-ask don't tell (i'm NL's gay rights activist  )  but the tea party with their conservative approach doesn't appeal to me. heck they scare me.

america is pretty much centrist and it's likely their primary election success  would be met with doom in places like delaware during general elections.   You have me typing all these words, i need to charge you a consultancy fee or something  

montelik:

D dems are going to have their butts whooped like d GOP did in 06 when it was ignoring agitations over Iraq, corruption e.t.c. They can continue calling tea partiers idiots if it makes them feel better. Reminds of when silly GOP strategists made the mistake of assuming every one concerned about the war in Iraq was a peace at all cost, bong smoking hippy from Berkeley. Yes there may be a few people off their medication in the movement (like any group of people), but there are lot more rational folk than you think and the more you keep singing the lullaby that they are all nutjobs, they will all go away (stop watching MSNBC alone, it ain't healthy), the worse the whooping will be. 

we gonna bounce back. its all good 

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even the GOP has to be embarrassed at what some radicals have turned the party to
these nuts won't even let me jack off anymore

after the republican primary in delaware, instead of the democrats to get their acts together, they were busy rejoicing that o'donell won the gop nominations, that she will be a loosing candidate. i remember massachusettes(spelling?). these democrats should get their acts together and do some real campaign and stop gloating over the tea party victory over the gop. they are one and the same. diff sides of the same coin. and mrs o'donell is no palin. she sounds intelligent. she is not scared of the media. she did well in her first debate(didnt watch it fully but if she messed up it would have been all over the media. it wasnt, so she didnt mess up)

as it is today, I see her doing very well, and possibly winning the nov election, while the chicken democrats, who cant even talk about the healthcare gop-no-public-option 'reform' they passed. they cant talk of wall street 'reform' they are afraid to mention credit card legislations, they are chicken hearted. gop top guns are openly talking about govt gridlock and total shut-down, subpeona the obama administration, repeal health reform, cut taxes for the rich, war/military etc, and the democrats are busy laughing that o'donell wont win in delaware

these dems eh, i tire o

How did I miss this the first time? . . .

Negro_Ntns:

whaaaat!!! love that You will know before I get on 95.

Cool cool .

I agree with the first sentence. We have to be careful and not have an overly romantic vision on the changes we are demanding.

Stop raining on my parade jare, can't a person dream of an American Utopia?

If we succeed getting people in who are running largely on an anti-Obama platform, then their agenda for the next two years would not only cripple the President but could equally hurt an already dented American image. He would be branded impotent and that will empower Far East with brazen ideas on world domination.

I-ma-dinner-jad seems to be lusting furiously about this already . . .

I prefer a mix of seasoned politicians with rookies. . . .

100% agree.

In all, I am yet to see any soul inspiring agenda from any of them, Dem, Repub or TP.

I have long given up on the idea of an "inspiring" politician. What's the point? somehow they all end up being the same

bawomolo:

i have my moments from time to time

I trust your bottles of empty budweiser and half-smoked stacks of enquirer newspapers will testify to that

we are in a mess now but who says those ivy leaguers can't get us out of this money or the ABE folks can get us out.

No one knows. But like Obama likes to tell us over and over, the Republicans had their chance and blew it. The Dems have had their time, give someone else the car keys jor . . . whether its witch O'Donnell in Delaware or not

obama had ideas and didn't rely soley on empty rhetoric like most of these abe guys (although he has sold out on lots of his promises). history has shown the populist movement would die down as soon as the economy gets better. There was a similar movement during the depression.

We'll see sha. As for Obama and his ideas . . . he will have 4 more years to show us the substance behind the ideas.

bare bones is the key word here, the american government would have to work on bare bones for that ideological to work. say hello to streamlined medicare/medicaid.

Hello! lol

say goodbye to student loan subsidies

Goodbye. They hand out student aid frivolously to college marijuana heads who waste four years majoring in "spanish" or "urban culture". Way more people go to college (just cos that's what everyone says they should do) than should.

and last but not the least, defense spending has to be drastically reduced (like they plan to do in the UK)

I dunno about 'drastically' but I think if all persons concerned look closely enough, there are savings to be had in almost every branch or sector of government.

I wonder how our tea-party folks would react when the US armed forces becomes a deficit reduction casualty. americans love to talk all about small government but i doubt if they are ready for it.

You may be right about that. It remains to be seen.

you know i'm the no.1 consumer of CNN and MSNBC. rachael maddow is my wife to be

What about Nancy Pelosi? are you and Prez done fighting over her?

i believe most of the tea-parties were sarah palin backers rather than obama supporters. don't get me wrong, i believe uncle obama has sold out on issues such as health care and don't-ask don't tell (i'm NL's gay rights activist ) but the tea party with their conservative approach doesn't appeal to me. heck they scare me.

Once you go conservative you never go back. Are you also shopping at Whole Foods market? Nah but seriously, neither extreme of left or right is good. Policies sliding back and forth over center is best in my opinion.

You have me typing all these words, i need to charge you a consultancy fee or something

No problem. I will mail you a few $100 bills. Only that instead of Benjamin Franklin in the middle, it'll be Barney Frank

Republicans will take back the house, lose the senate but will be totally ineffective. Did anyone get to read the republican "pledge" today? What a complete joke. They included cancellation of TARP as part of the "pledge"? Did someone not tell them that TARP by statute will become null and void by Oct 2, 2010? I rest my case.

The only reason the repukes have a chance at all in Nov has more to do with Obama's color than his policies. In saner climes . . . Mike Castle should not be losing to flakes like O'donnell.

Lets be honest . . . can anyone articulate the policy positions of Palin, Scott Brown, O'donnell and Scott Miller? $50 if you can. thanks.

dave,
this is how democrats laughed and republicans won massachusetts. it's about communications. in 2004, a lot of nonsense was said about john kerry, he ignored it and without knowing it, people believed those nonsense. this is not when to laugh, this is the time for democrats to move out and campaign on the pledge of the republicans.
palin et al have no policy and yet they win elections. bill maher said the american voter should be assumed to be clueless until proven otherwise. why should going to harvard and being an elite be a bad thing? and then being a non college educated small town semi illiterate gun owning, claim-to-love-God, them vs us people are now models? why? packaging.

instead of laughing them off, the democrats should concentrate on serious information dissemination to the electorate.

Man its looking really grim for any politician going into November with a (D) next to their name.

With two weeks remaining until Election Day, the political map has expanded to put Democrats on the run across the country — with 99 Democratic-held House seats now in play, according to a POLITICO analysis, and Republicans well in reach of retaking the House.

It’s a dramatic departure from the outlook one year ago — and a broader landscape than even just prior to the summer congressional recess. As recently as early September, many Republicans were hesitant to talk about winning a majority for fear of overreaching.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1010/43814.html#ixzz12tYnQK8D

This could end up looking like a blood bath on election night.

^^ we'll find out for sure very very soon. I think Republicans should look forward to a possible victory with solemnity. It is going to be extremely difficult to steer the country in a positive direction - not just economically, but politically, socially and especially in terms of how the people perceive their government, cos right now, we don't trust them one bit. And I don't think having republicans in power will necessarily shift the trust-level positively.

The truth is even with a republican house and a tea party caucus(thanks Bachmann), they are far from in control. D mighty Obama is still in d white house armed with his veto pen ever ready to be used. Its very likely that a lot patience is going to have to shown by certain elements of this wave election cycle. I can already see people like Boehner and Pence being put in difficult situations when they realize they still have a very liberal and not yet willing to move to the center Obama in d white house (unlike Clinton in 94) and then they have make compromises that may annoy some of d supporters who put them back in charge.

montelik:

The truth is even with a republican house and a tea party caucus(thanks Bachmann), they are far from in control. D mighty Obama is still in d white house armed with his veto pen ever ready to be used.

True, however I doubt Obama will threaten to use it much. If he loses House and Senate, he will be at the Republican's mercy and not in a position to call the shots.

Its very likely that a lot patience is going to have to shown by certain elements of this wave election cycle.

Haha, omo, patience is something this country does not have at all lol.

I can already see people like Boehner and Pence being put in difficult situations when they realize they still have a very liberal and not yet willing to move to the center Obama in d white house (unlike Clinton in 94) and then they have make compromises that may annoy some of d supporters who put them back in charge.

Its funny and it bewilders me a bit - the left/farleft are constantly accusing Obama of not going far enough - with healthcare, banks, DADT etc . . . whereas the right believes he has gone much too far - suing Arizona, HC, bailout. Are we all simply confused? lol.

I would like Republicans to make some compromises if they get into power. I may not be happy with the letter of the change, but I will be thrilled if its done with the right spirit and intentions. The country must be made to understand that we need both sides to co-operate if we're going to get out of this mess. Obama promised to bring both sides together, he has failed woefully as we have never seen such sharp division as we're seeing under his tenure.

Republicans will take back the house, lose the senate but will be totally ineffective. Did anyone get to read the republican "pledge" today? What a complete joke. They included cancellation of TARP as part of the "pledge"? Did someone not tell them that TARP by statute will become null and void by Oct 2, 2010? Grin I rest my case.

lots of banks have paid back their TARP money anyway.

heck we have made a profit if we sell our stock in GM today. those republicans get mouth jare.

I would like Republicans to make some compromises if they get into power. I may not be happy with the letter of the change, but I will be thrilled if its done with the right spirit and intentions. The country must be made to understand that we need both sides to co-operate if we're going to get out of this mess. Obama promised to bring both sides together, he has failed woefully as we have never seen such sharp division as we're seeing under his tenure.

LMAO! JeSoul, I suspect someone used your login to write this response. . . I don't believe this came from you.

Republicans to comp-wetin? . . . with what kind of spirit and intentions did you say The red necks are already sorting and choosing airwave ads for 2012.

lots of banks have paid back their TARP money anyway.

ahem, . . . .let me clear my throat . . ahem!!!

Bawo, are you sure?

Negro_Ntns:

ahem, . . . .let me clear my throat . . ahem!!!

Bawo, are you sure?

are you saying some banks having paid back TARP money?

Negro_Ntns:

LMAO! JeSoul, I suspect someone used your login to write this response. . . I don't believe this came from you.

Lol  why? That's why I'm an Independent now  .

Republicans to comp-wetin? . . . with what kind of spirit and intentions did you say The red necks are already sorting and choosing airwave ads for 2012.

LOL  I know oh Negro, I'm just waxing poetic political idealism. What I meant by "the right spirit and intentions" is this - as a kid you don't always like what your parents tell you to do, when you get a little older you come to understand that everything they do, they do out of love for you. Sometimes you'll disagree with the[b] letter[/b] of their position, but you always know they do what they do with the right spirit and intentions.

Now I know this is a far stretch, but that's what I mean. If leadership and followership can so reach even a remote place of mutual respect and trust, even though we disagree on which direction to take (ex. bail-out or no bail-out), we know and can be at peace in the fact they believe they are working for your own good.

I know all this ^ is virtually unrealistic pipe-dreams, but, what a dream huh? lol

Bawo, Im waiting. If the banks dont amend their accounting records withiin the next 12months then I will believe. It is their tradition to first issue false and bogus records. . . and then follow that up with amendments.

You know this my brother!

JeSoul,

I love your political rhetorics! I should have known that was a bait

Negro_Ntns:

Bawo, Im waiting. If the banks dont amend their accounting records withiin the next 12months then I will believe. It is their tradition to first issue false and bogus records. . . and then follow that up with amendments.

You know this my brother!

      Not only banks self. Media outlets run a hot untrue story then later retract and issue an 'apology' after the damage has been done. It's all a game. This whole life is a game.

JeSoul,

I love your political rhetorics! I should have known that was a bait

Lol. I'm trying to be positive jare. Though better judgement tells me that it will be in vain. But my new motto is, if I can't win, then at least imma have a some fun! 

"It's absurd. We've lost our minds," said a clearly exasperated Kerry. "We're in a period of know-nothingism in the country, where truth and science and facts don't weigh in. It's all short-order, lowest common denominator, cheap-seat politics."

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/28/kerry_says_democrats_have_been_fixing_gop_problems/

I wonder if Sen Kerry would be allowing his mouth to dance like this is he was facing re-election this cycle. D guy has just been constantly insulting the electorate since things turned sour for his party. But I wonder what his demeanor would be like if he had to face the same voters who just elected Scott Brown. I doubt his tone would be so harsh . Even liberal icon Rep. Barney Frank looks like he might be in trouble in Massachusetts . Who would have seen that coming.

Jesoul what is the feeling towards Kerry in d state. I actually heard that Scott Brown has a higher approval rating than he does . Is it true

what is shacking you guys.   things like these usually happen during a midterm election.

abeg make we rest. haters gonna hate

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^^^as ghetto as it gets 

montelik:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2010/10/28/kerry_says_democrats_have_been_fixing_gop_problems/

I wonder if Sen Kerry would be allowing his mouth to dance like this is he was facing re-election this cycle. D guy has just been constantly insulting the electorate since things turned sour for his party. But I wonder what his demeanor would be like if he had to face the same voters who just elected Scott Brown.

  Don't mind him jare. When the country was electing Obama they didn't say we had lost our minds then. Now that majority disagree with his politics suddenly we are all crazy. Agree with him and you're sane, disagree and you're crazy or extremist. See the kind of logic we're dealing with in our 'leadership'.

I doubt his tone would be so harsh . Even liberal icon Rep. Barney Frank looks like he might be in trouble in Massachusetts . Who would have seen that coming.

For the first time since I've been in Mass Barney Frank actually has political ads running regularly. Sean Bielat is giving him a run for his money though I think Frank will be re-elected. There are just too many democrat zombies in Mass. I would be more than willing to vote for another Democrat as long as its not Frank. We need new blood. All these career politicians are the ones driving us into the abyss.

Jesoul what is the feeling towards Kerry in d state. I actually heard that Scott Brown has a higher approval rating than he does . Is it true

I'm not sure about the approval rating . . . but I know that those who pay attention - and unfortunately its not the majority - are not happy with Kerry. What does the guy even do on Capitol Hill? what legislation of significance has he authored or passed in recent memory? All these dinosaurs that have nothing left in the tank should step aside for the younger folk jor. Scott Brown self has lost some favor with some voters - happens to every politician once they get into office.