So Daschle's not running in 2004

[teddybear4play]

The Democrats are speaking volumes about their chances for taking the White House in 2004, when their two most well-known candidates decide not to run.

Discuss.

TB4p

 

[busybody..]

TeddyBaresABS

We dont wanna talk to you.....till we get our GREEN GUY BACK!

Spic-ing of the Demon-crats......read this shit!


They will do anything to "win",even endanger the country!


Democrats to raise
doubts about America
Strategy memo calls for undermining public confidence in Bush

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Posted: January 8, 2003
1:00 a.m. Eastern


By Jon Dougherty
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com

Hoping for significant gains in the 2004 elections, Democrats plan to undermine public confidence in President Bush by questioning his credibility while raising doubts about the U.S. at a time when American troops are deploying for war against Iraq, political website Capitol Hill Blue reports.

According to the report, a Democratic talking-points memo devised last year by senior party consultants and elected leaders outlines "a strategy to raise public doubts of the president's real intentions," including:


Claims that the war against Iraq is being fought over oil and for oil companies loyal to Bush and Republicans;

Claiming the administration "manufactured" evidence against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to convince Britain and other allies to join the war;

Suggestions that a wartime economy is the only way the White House can boost a sagging economic picture.
"It is clear that the current approval ratings of the administration are tied directly to strong American feelings toward traditional values," the memo says, according to CHB, which obtained a copy. "To counter this, doubt must be raised as to America's true position within the world community and the true intent of the Bush administration in waging war."

"The talking points were developed before the end of last year and sent out to operatives and friendly media," one Democratic consultant said. "No Democratic member of Congress will question the president's patriotism openly, but we will use the media and other surrogates to raise doubts."

CHB indicates that in the coming weeks Democratic lawmakers will question Bush's intentions regarding the looming Iraq war. Writers and broadcasters friendly to the Democratic Party "have already been provided talking points suggesting the war is about oil, not terrorism," CHB reported.

Not all Democrats are taking part, the newssite reported.

"My boss doesn't want anything to do with it," one senior Senate aide said Monday. "You don't undermine this country to win elections."

But others are willing to try any tactic to put the White House on the defensive and regain Democratic control of Congress.

"The real war isn't in Iraq," one Democratic consultant said. "It's right here at home, at the ballot box in 2004."

Other points Democrats will try to make in the coming weeks include the alleged influence and control over Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney by the oil and defense industries, as well as other special interest groups; that the war on terrorism has failed thus far because al-Qaida founder and leader Osama bin Laden is reportedly still alive; that the U.S. is not prepared for another terror attack on its soil because the administration is preoccupied with Iraq; and that Bush will be forced to raise taxes to finance the Iraqi war.

"It's time to take the battle to the people and make them understand just how dangerous George W. Bush's policies are to the future of America," says the talking points memo, according to CHB.

Unnamed Democratic sources named Democratic National Committee chief Terry McAuliffe, former Clinton campaign strategist James Carville, Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle and former House Democratic Leader Dick Gephardt as party leaders who developed the talking-points memo.

"This is a classic, Jim Carville, scorched-earth campaign," one DNC staffer said. "Take no prisoners. That's how you win elections."

So far, at least, Democrats may have trouble getting traction with their strategy.

Bush unveiled yesterday a $674 billion, 10-year plan to cut dividend taxes while imploring Congress to make his $1.35 trillion tax cut plan passed in 2001 permanent.

"Americans are scheduled to receive tax cuts in 2004 and 2006 ... and the time to deliver tax rate reductions is now, when they can do the most good for American businesses," Bush said in a speech to the Economic Club in Chicago.

The president also called on Congress to accelerate the tax break for married couples, scheduled for 2009, and speed up the tax credit for families with children, who aren't scheduled to get the break until 2010.

"I am asking the United States to abolish the double taxation of dividends," Bush said. "By ending this investment penalty, we will strengthen investor confidence. By ending double taxation of dividends, we will increase the return on investing to draw more money into the markets, to provide capital to build factories, to buy equipment, hire more people."

On Monday, the U.S. dollar rose against the euro and Japanese yen on news of Bush's stimulus package. Wall Street also responded positively to Bush's plan.

And according to at least one new survey, released yesterday, nearly two-thirds of Americans say when the stock market goes up it benefits the economy and all Americans.

Among investors, the poll found, 77 percent said a healthy stock market benefits everyone.

Meanwhile, surveys continue to show strong support across the country for Bush regarding a possible war with Iraq.




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[busybody..]

Ted Bear

They may lose even more in the Senate in 04. Read the breakdown.

APOCALYPSE NOW:
Sen. Zell Miller Won't Seek Re-Election (JEFFREY McMURRAY, 1/08/03, Associated Press)


Democratic Sen. Zell Miller, a popular former Georgia governor, announced Wednesday he won't seek re-election in 2004 - a move that could complicate Democratic efforts to retake the Senate.

We had this ranked as one of the seats most likely to go to the GOP in 2004 (*see below)--assuming Mr. Miller would leave the Democratic side of the Senate behind, either by retirement or switching parties--but it's still awful news for the Democrats. Had he run for re-election as a Democrat he'd have won. There's no chance they'll hold the seat now, putting a 60 seat majority in realistic range for the GOP.

Even worse, the Democrats are going to have to pummel Cynthia McKinney to make sure she doesn't win this primary. Combined with the demolition job they're going to be doing on Carol Mosley-Braun in IL and on Al Sharpton in the presidential, there's going to be some bad blood between the party and its black base.


*ON TO 2004! (Brothers Judd, 11/05/02):


Well, Election 2002 was more fun than a bag of cats, but enough navel-gazing; time to lift our vision to the future: on to Election 2004! Here are the Senate Democrats who come up for re-election next cycle. Possible retirees are marked with an *; conceivable party-switchers with a +; potential presidential candidates with a #. Ideal GOP opponents are in [brackets], where there are obvious choices. They are ranked in order of vulnerability for a switch of the seat to the GOP by January 2005:


Democrat Class of 2004

*Ernest Hollings (SC) (born 1922)


*+Zell Miller (GA) (born 1932)


Barbara Boxer (CA) vs. [Condoleeza Rice (unless she's the VP) or Arnold Schwarzenegger]


Chuck Schumer (NY) vs. [Rudy Giuliani or George Pataki]


#John Edwards (NC)


Blanche Lincoln (AR) vs. [DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson]


*Dan Inouye (HI) (born 1924)


Harry Reid (NV) vs. [Gov. Guinn]


Patty Murray (WA) vs. [Rep. Jennifer Dunn]


#Russ Feingold (WI) vs. [HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson]


Byron Dorgan (ND)


#Tom Daschle (SD) vs. [John Thune]


+Bob Graham (FL) vs. [Jeb Bush or HUD Secratary Mel Martinez]


+John Breaux (LA)


+#Evan Bayh (IN) vs. [Dan Quayle]


Barbara Mikulski (MD)


Ron Wyden (OR)


#Chris Dodd (CT) vs. [Governor John Rowland]


Patrick Leahy (VT) vs. [Lt. Governor Brian Dubie]


What's most notable here may be the quality of candidate that you could put up against some of the seemingly safest incumbents at the bottom of the chart. At any rate, at least the first seven seats--and maybe the first ten--look extremely difficult to defend (though Zell Miller will win in a walkover if he runs again as a Democrat). If George W. Bush were to replace Dick Cheney on the ticket with Condoleeza Rice or J.C. Watts and were riding a growing economy and some further successes in the war on radical Islamism, the pieces would be in place for significant gains downticket in the 2004 election.

 

[teddybear4play]

A 60-seat Republican majority in the Senate is an admirable goal, but completely unrealistic.

TB4p

 

[busybody..]

Teddy Bares all but the GREEN GUY

A 60-seat Republican majority in the Senate is an admirable goal, but completely unrealistic.

TB4p

True but as the above post points out......there may be a chance.....