Mark Noonan fo Blogs4Bush has this to say about the Dem’s prospects in the upcoming mid-term election:
Being against the other side gets the strong partisans of your Party to support you – but that, in most areas of the country, only gets you to about 35 or 40% of the vote. To get up to that magical 50%, you have to give people a reason to vote for you – in 2006, the Democrats have offered nothing remotely like a positive agenda. They’ve put out some issue papers, but they may as well not exist for all the time Democrats spend pushing them. We might, at times, get a ritualistic, “we’ll increase the minimum wage”, but after the briefest exposition of Democratic plans, it is right in to ripping President Bush to shreds. Hatred makes quite a splash, but it is love which really gets things going – and the Democrats are fresh out of love. Vitriol is all they’ve got, and they’re going to choke on it.
As more Americans think about what is really at stake in this election in the next few weeks (when most Americans start paying attention) they will realize, I believe, that the only issue that matters right now is who can better protect and defend America from terrorist attacks. Those Americans are better known as “values voters” who are concerned first and foremost with the security of our great nation. Above all I believe that they value personal liberty and freedom, and in spite of their misgivings about the current GOP Congress and President Bush with regards to spending, illegal immigration, and the way we are fighting the WOT,at the end of the day, they will vote for the party better able to defend our nation from the Jihadists who seek to destroy us.
Regardless of the polls, I believe that the GOP will tighten up their message and remind voters that Democrats, who don’t think twice about divulging our top secret highly classified intelligence to our enemies for political gain, cannot be trusted on national security. Try as they might to supress voter turnout among “values” conservatives with the politically motivated and timed Foley scandal, I believe that grass roots conservatives are more motivated than ever to ensure that the GOP controls Congress.
Our friend John at Powerline had this to say:
Republicans are clearly resurgent, with signs everywhere that momentum in the campaign has subtly begun to shift their way. I think the Democrats’ decision to avoid taking clear positions, and run on a platform of negativity that often amounts to hate, is a key reason why.
We’ll see in a few weeks. I am bullish!
Gregg