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Entire Republican party to jump over shark!

In a last ditch effort to salvage something from this years elections, the Republican Party is planning a first ever extravaganza. The entire party is going to collectively jump over the shark.

The Republicans have started this historical event with the launching of their famous, patented, guaranteed-never-fail-to-scare-the-shit-out-of-the-lame-minded “If the Liberals win they will impose the single largest tax hike in human history” ad campaign.

To ensure that their leap over the shark is a smashing success the Party is planning to toss McCain to the shark just before the jump, in the hopes that McCain can keep the shark occupied long enough to allow the jumpers to clear the shark.

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GOP argument: Don't give President Obama a blank check

By Alexander Mooney
CNN


(CNN) -- A new Republican ad appears to suggest that Barack Obama has all but won the presidential race, an argument several vulnerable Senate Republicans may have to reluctantly embrace with only days until Election Day, an expert in campaign advertising said.


Some Republicans are already planning on a Barack Obama presidency.

Aimed at Kay Hagan, Sen. Elizabeth Dole's surprisingly strong Democratic challenger in North Carolina, the 30-second spot from the National Republican Senatorial Committee warns voters against Democrats holding the White House and Congress, and flatly states that if Hagan wins, the party will "get a blank check."

"These liberals want complete control of government in a time of crisis, all branches of government," the ad's narrator states. "No check and balances, no debate, no independence. That's the truth behind Kay Hagan. If she wins, they get a blank check."

Committee Online Communications Director John Randall denied that the ad is suggesting that GOP nominee John McCain will lose out on the White House.

"The NRSC is not conceding a Barack Obama presidency," he said. "Fiscally irresponsible liberals like Kay Hagan are not the answer in these tough economic times and would only make things worse. Our ad was intended to highlight Hagan's many failings in light of the Democrats' promise to close debate should they control the executive and legislative branches of the federal government."

But with polls warning of a GOP bloodbath November 4, vulnerable senators in red states may have no other option but to suggest that Obama will capture the White House and warn that the Illinois senator needs to be checked by Senate Republicans. Watch more on the fight for battleground states »

"They are basically painting the picture that the presidential race is over," said Evan Tracey of Campaign Media Analysis Group, CNN's consultant on ad spending. "Overall, people prefer divided government. This is that divided government argument: 'Don't hand sole control over to one party.' "

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The GOP isn't aiming to regain control of the evenly split Senate but to ensure that Democrats don't reach 60 seats in the chamber -- the "magic number" that seemed unthinkable only a few months ago.

Should Democrats reach that number, the party could prevent Republicans from filibustering bills they oppose, and the GOP would be unable to block legislation they are against from going through.

The last time either party held such an edge was in 1977, when Democrats held 61 Senate seats and Jimmy Carter was president. It seems increasingly likely this year, with the economy flailing, the Republican brand in tatters and a Democratic presidential nominee who is causing extraordinary voter enthusiasm.

Vulnerable Senate Republicans in red states are hoping the doomsday scenario will cause enough independent-leaning voters to stick with them, even if they largely blame the GOP for the country's current conditions. Watch more on the GOP's troubles »

"You're going to see it in a lot of places these last 10 days, where you have vulnerable Republicans, because ultimately survival instincts are going to take over here," Tracey said. "It's going to be less about whoever else is running and more about, 'How do I save myself?' "

Dole, once among the most popular figures in the GOP and head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in 2006, has become perhaps the most vulnerable of the red state Senate Republicans in what might be the clearest sign of the GOP's woes this election season.

But several other red state Republicans are under unexpected pressure as well, including Georgia Sen. Saxby Chambliss, Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens and even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.


But the divided government argument may only further highlight McCain as a candidate who has already lost, even as the Arizona senator and his running mate head to a string of red states to convince voters that the race isn't over.

"There's risk for the party in this argument," Tracey said, "but people have specific mandates above the party mandates, and survival instincts are going to take over at some point."
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Forget the press, and their coverage of McCain’s campaign.

He has bigger fish to fry.

His own party.

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EIA . . .

We are witnessing Evolution in Action!
It may not be pretty, but it works!!!

Heretic

First they were just fine with one party rule [the permanent majority] now it's not so cool with them. But they need- not the highest tax raise in history, rather the biggest lie.

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Capitalism: The other swine flu.

brian_wilbanks

Scarborough makes me want to blow chunks.

Same goes for Pat Buchanan and Micah Brezinski.

Maddow is a little irritating for sure, and Olberman is a bot of a kook, but I like Olberman because he's the bizarro version of Oreilley.

Pretty much all of the pundits though are full of shit.

I'd rather listen to talk radio and the comments of regular folks.....
You know....REAL Americans

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CosmicRocker

You get no argument with me on that.

Everybody is spinning like a top, so they can sell you
the "straight dope"
( not to be confused with the straight talk express -
that train don't run no more)

THX1138

Personally, I see FOX, CNN and MSNBC as biased toward McCain in that order.

PBS is my source for news and information.

I only watch the cable networks to see what kind of feeble attempts will be made to justify and bolster McCrank and his sorry-ass campaign.

These networks are businesses so I don't expect unbiased journalism.

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jowey

But MSNBC provides such great entertainment..... My "reality show"....

Fox is pitiful though....

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THX1138

If I watch any of 'em its MSNBC. You're right, FOX is just too disgusting to watch. Their owner admits a republican agenda.

MURDOCH, OWNER OF FOX NEWS, ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR BUSH

How fucked up is that for a news channel right off the bat?

Yellow journalism new millennium style.

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jowey

MSM needs to be turned over, think they are having "issues" as a result of the "Internet". Then again "they" are trying to censor this too, just like Microsoft and the silly Chinese....

What I am amazed about is the lack of curiosity in the "Fourth Estate", a failure to follow through with a story - it would be good for business, sell copy - instead they ignore....

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THX1138

Geez, even Hitler didn't have three slanted networks spewing forth propaganda for him.

It's a good thing that their candidates and campaign are so lame, there's nothing even they can do to make McCrumb win.

So far things that might have worked in the past have blown up in their face, what a friggin hilarious bunch of shit, I hope this campaign ruins the retarded-right forever.

Oh... they must hate the internet, because while they're still spewing bullshit people are getting the follow-up almost instantly.

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jowey

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