Internal Poll Suggests Hastert Could Devastate GOP

[dugoboy]

link: <!--EZCODE LINK START--><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,218043,00.html" target="top">Internal Poll Suggests Hastert Could Devastate GOP</a><!--EZCODE LINK END--><br><br>WASHINGTON — <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>House Republican candidates will suffer massive losses if House Speaker Dennis Hastert remains speaker until Election Day, according to internal polling data from a prominent GOP pollster, FOX News has learned.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>"The data suggests Americans have bailed on the speaker,"</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> a Republican source briefed on the polling data told FOX News.<!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong> "And the difference could be between a 20-seat loss and 50-seat loss."</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>...<br><br><!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>The GOP source told FOX News that the internal data had not been widely shared among Republican leaders, but as awareness of it spreads calculations about Hastert's tenure may change.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--> The source described the pollster who did the survey as "authoritative," <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>and said once the numbers are presented, it "could change the focus" on whether the speaker remains in power.</strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br>While internal GOP polls show trouble for Republicans, the <!--EZCODE BOLD START--><strong>newest AP/Ipsos poll also showed that half of likely voters say the Foley scandal will be "very or extremely important" when it comes time to vote on Nov. 7. <br><br><!--EZCODE UNDERLINE START--><span style="text-decoration:underline">By nearly a 2-1 ratio, voters say Democrats are better at combating corruption.</span><!--EZCODE UNDERLINE END--> </strong><!--EZCODE BOLD END--><br><br> <p>___________________________________________<br>"BushCo aren't incompetent...they are Complicit!" -Me<br><br>"Speaking the Truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act" -George Orwell<br><br>"When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it - always." -Mahatma Gandhi</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://p216.ezboard.com/brigorousintuition.showUserPublicProfile?gid=dugoboy@rigorousintuition>dugoboy</A>  <IMG HEIGHT=10 WIDTH=10 SRC="http://www.geocities.com/orcthrasher/files/images/Qn38113.gif" BORDER=0> at: 10/5/06 6:45 pm<br></i>

[marykmusic]

This could indeed be the October Surprise... but I'll bet it wasn't the one that was planned.<br><br>It's time for a replay of Nixon's Saturday Night Massacre. --MaryK <p></p><i></i>

[Sepka]

Gee... Ya think? <p>-Sepka the Space Weasel</p><i></i>

[chiggerbit]

Well, the October Surprise possibility did occur to me, too. Consider that a previous time it was CBS and Dan Rather that got bamboozled by faked documents. Now, it could be ABC's turn. In that other case CBS had no backup, or chose not to go with it. End of Dan Rather. So, maybe Karl had heard some old rumors about Foley (afterall Karl has been rumored to hang in places known to be gay hangouts). So, he thinks this is a good one to try again. Figures he has the means to turn the scandal on it's head and aim it back at the scandal-mongering Dems. Oops, it's a scandal simmering under the surface, not dead at all, with all sorts of new stuff just waiting to surface. The end. Heeheehee. <p></p><i></i>

[postrchild]

Dont everyone cream your pants at once now.....I have read stirrings that the Neo Cons have seen the writing on the wall and now will ride the Dems into tyranny. This way the real tyranny will manifest itself on the Dems watch and they will be to blame....not that they arent now....pussyfootin bastards. They have changed donkeys so to speak. <br><br><br><!--EZCODE QUOTE START--><blockquote><strong><em>Quote:</em></strong><hr> So, maybe Karl had heard some old rumors about Foley (afterall Karl has been rumored to hang in places known to be gay hangouts).<hr></blockquote><!--EZCODE QUOTE END--><br><br>Sorry Chigg but I have to take you to task for this comment.<br>Being gay doesnt make you a paedophile and being a paedophile just makes you sick (even though to the average idiot it makes you gay)<!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :D --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/happy.gif ALT=":D"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br><br>I am sure you meant no harm but I have seen MSM leaning toward this meme, and I just wanted to stop an intelligent person from making the same crass generalization. <p></p><i></i>