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Frustration among the House Republicans with Minority Leader John Boehner is apparently so great that some members are already considering a challenge. As the Republicans lost their third special election in a row on Tuesday -- a feat not seen in 30 years -- Chuck Todd reported on MSNBC: It is a...
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Hat-trick of doom: House GOP loses third straight special election
By Susan Davis and Sarah Lueck A trio of special-election losses for House Republicans has raised serious doubts about their electoral outlook this November and could fuel increasing dissension between the caucus and President Bush, who may be their biggest liability. The former chairman of the...
Karl "The Architect" Rove: The GOP Must Stand for Something
Tuesday's election results highlighted challenges for both Democrats and Republicans. Republicans received a hard shot in Mississippi. Greg Davis (for whom I campaigned and who was a well-qualified candidate) narrowly lost a special congressional election in a district President George W. Bush...
The Republican Panic [GOP Must Read]
If there is such a thing as a useful election defeat, then Tuesday's Republican loss in a special House election in Mississippi would qualify. Maybe this thumping in a heretofore safe GOP seat will finally scare the Members straight, or at least less crooked. Democrats won with 54% of the vote in...
Election losses stir Republican fears for fall
The Republican defeat in a special congressional contest in Mississippi sent waves of apprehension across an already troubled party Wednesday, with some senior Republicans urging congressional candidates to distance themselves from President George W. Bush to head off what could be heavy losses...
Election losses by stir Republican fears for fall
The Republican defeat in a special congressional contest in Mississippi sent waves of apprehension across an already troubled party Wednesday, with some senior Republicans urging congressional candidates to distance themselves from President George W. Bush to head off what could be heavy losses...
The lesson for Republicans: They didn’t learn the lesson of 2006 (RINOs destroying the party)
Special election races for Congress have arguable value as bellwethers for upcoming general elections. Mostly these races get decided on local issues rather than national themes, as in Louisiana, where the Republicans ran a lousy candidate, considered the only person who could have lost the seat....
Republicans Try To Regroup After Another Setback
House Republicans struggled to regroup Wednesday in the aftermath of a devastating election loss in Mississippi, acknowledging that their party faced a significant challenge in November after the loss of three Republican seats in special elections this year. "It was another wake-up call that we...
Republicans fear public has lost confidence
WASHINGTON (USA TODAY) -- Republicans must regain the confidence of Americans and recast their message to voters to avoid a catastrophe in the fall congressional elections, top GOP officials said Wednesday in a stark postmortem of a loss in rural Mississippi. Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, who runs...
What Does It Mean?: Miss. Special Election (Pt. 5)
Read Capitol Briefing's original post Read Capitol Briefing's second post Read both of The Fix's responses Dear Fix: The shadows grow longer this afternoon, as does the list of questions raised by yesterday's special election in Mississippi. You closed your last message with: "I'm interested in...
US Republicans scramble in wake of defeats
By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, May 14 (Reuters) - Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, a former chairman of the House Republican campaign committee, said matters might get worse. "The loss of three straight special elections, in once solidly Republican districts, cannot be explained simply by 'bad...
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