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Free Republic Founder Calls for Revolution

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iceweasel7/19/2009 11:38:20 am PDT

re: #174 Flyers1974

But didn’t the Democrats get a huge assist from the Iraq War and then the economy? I’d say many of those 2006 voters who weren’t already Democrats were voting against Republicans rather than for Democrats. Did the Democrats really change (aside from the small changes which always occur from election to election) or did they just let the Republicans hang themselves?

re: #175 Pianobuff

The repubs did hang themselves, to a large extent. And in some ways, the Dems could have run anyone and that person would have a huge advantage purely because he or she didn’t have an R behind them. Iraq and the economy mattered hugely.

But as was pointed out above, the Dems also won big in 2006, and this didn’t all just happen because people in general didn’t like Repubs anymore. A lot of people on the left were working on the Democratic Party to change it and their tactics.

I don’t think the current GOP strategy of pandering to their most extremist members is a winning one.