Incompetence? Have you not noticed that the Democrats lost to George Bush....TWICE......and that even though there is NO WAY they can lose this upcoming election they are doing it anyway?

I thought it had something to do with Republicans devouring their young.

Pocket Ninja: I thought it had something to do with Republicans devouring their young.

Well, President Dubya proved why they need to.

Around here the local Republicans haven't resorted to registering the dead to vote like their Democratic counterparts. Maybe that would make up some ground.

Living in a university town, might I kindly ask, what the hell is a Republican?

nobozo: Don't worry, we can fix it

like they did in 06.. oh wait

I think it has more to do with the terrorists keeping good patriotic american citizens in their homes at gunpoint to keep them from registering republican.


/sarcasm if you can't tell.

It's because teenagers generally register as Democrat. As they become older and wiser, they become Republican but seldom change their registration unless they move or decide to vote in the primary.

This time around, since the Republican candidate was chosen without much trouble, it makes more sense to stack the deck against the Democrat candidates. Since the two candidates seem willing to defeat themselves, it's that much easier to stir the pot.

Either way, all those vocal teens and young adults will still forget to vote and the Democrats will again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

SleepyMcGee:

what the hell is a Republican?

They're like Scientologists, only less rational.

Nabb1: Around here the local Republicans haven't resorted to registering the dead to vote like their Democratic counterparts. Maybe that would make up some ground.

Yeah, just electing them. As far as Dumbya^tm "winning" twice.....

Yeah, just electing them. As far as Dumbyatm "winning" twice.....

i guess Diebold just let the dems win in 06?
so it would not seem so obvious.

As far as Dumbyatm "winning" twice.....



Fark you..you guys cheated and you know it. You just don't care.

Why do some states still make you register?

submitter: Why is Republican voter registration down?

It's the liberal media. They've been fabricating scandals to make the Republinuts look bad. If it hadn't been for those pesky hate filled liberals, no one would know about these things. So clearly, they're at fault!

(Repubi-logic sarcasm)

I was a Republican until I changed my registration to independent/no affiliation two years ago. The so-called Religious Right and the people in the Bush administration who don't feel that laws apply to them drove me away. I keep hearing that McCain would be Bush III, but I am pretty sure that if he won in 2000 I wouldn't have needed to change my registration.

I still might vote for Obama, but not for Clinton -- even though her views are generally tinged with more of a corporate/republican feel to them. She has all the nasty and ugly parts of the GOP and none of the good bits.

Why are the numbers down?

Two words. OPERATION CHAOS!

arkansas: Incompetence? Have you not noticed that the Democrats lost to George Bush....TWICE......and that even though there is NO WAY they can lose this upcoming election they are doing it anyway?

you do have a point. as incompetent as the republicans are, the democratic old guard is 10x more incompetent. funny enough, they are the ones that refuse to give up to the new guard in obama's camp.

No problem, just throw in some gay marriage or third trimester abortion referendums on the ballots in tight influential states like Ohio and Florida.

/This can be tweeked out.

lajimi: As far as Dumbyatm "winning" twice.....

They won't have a troublesome paper trail next time that will cast doubt.

"And the winner is 'love', OK, who's been screwing with this thing?"

Katrina? Medicare? That's what you came up with, submitter? Wow. There are plenty of reasons why people don't want to be Republicans, but those aren't anywhere close to being them.

BravadoGT: Why are the numbers down?

Two words. OPERATION CHAOS!

One could argue that the longer the Clinton/Obama thing drags on the more actual Democrats get off their ass and register to participate.

It would be funny if Rush ends up playing a small role in getting Hillary elected.

Calling Medicare a boondoggle is retarded. It's one of the most popular government program and is widely supported, not to mention it was signed by a democratic president.

OneBrightMonkey: One could argue that the longer the Clinton/Obama thing drags on the more actual Democrats get off their ass and register to participate.

I've been doing voter reg at the local high schools and community college all week (our reg deadline was friday). The kids want to vote for Obama. I probably registered 20% democrats, 10% republicans and 70% unaffiliated even in this very conservative county. I think it's great that they're excited to participate, and hopefully they'll actually go out and vote and do it again for the general.

Katrina response = Republican?

Only in a partisan idiot's mind.

FishingWithFredo: Lack of Katrina response = Republican


Sorry, dumbya completely bungled that one.

Newbaca: Calling Medicare a boondoggle is retarded. It's one of the most popular government program and is widely supported, not to mention it was signed by a democratic president.

Privatizing medicare is a boondoggle.

arkansas: Incompetence? Have you not noticed that the Democrats lost to George Bush....TWICE......and that even though there is NO WAY they can lose this upcoming election they are doing it anyway?

Well, you've convinced me that the Repugs are competent at stealing and trickery. But the other parts of running a country they don't seem to be so good at.

/was that your point?

Meaningless if Democratic voter registrations is also down. Not enough info to draw any conclusions.

McCain has aligned himself with the policies of one of the most unpopular presidents.

Success or failure in the Iraq war isn't the problem, the problem with the Iraq war is the tremendous cost with the modest (at best) benefit. McCain supports an open-ended occupation against the wishes of the free people of Iraq and the American people who don't want to pay for it.

The issue with Medicare D is that it was written by the drug companies and the actuaries who calculated the price for the plan were bullied by the administration into not disclosing the real cost to congress. This is a scam we can't afford and all McCain offers is a vague re-importation plan. It's a plan we wouldn't need if we had the same rules to help control the cost of medication as the places we'd be re-importing from.

Food inspections, prescription drug evaluations, air safety inspections, disaster response, oversight of financial institutions, and numerous other regulatory functions of the government have almost completely broken down on this administration's watch. What is McCain going to do to turn that trend around?

John McCain isn't part of the solution America is looking for, he's part of the problem.

Pillager: FishingWithFredo: Lack of Katrina response = Republican

Sorry, dumbya completely bungled that one.

Yea, I can definitely picture someone sitting at home saying "I'm not going to register Republican because 2 and a half years ago Bush didn't act fast enough after Katrina." Hurricane response really is a top consideration when choosing a political party. The Republican policy, which Bush developed, of 'don't act fast enough' just doesn't cut it. Although I believe that is the Democrats policy also, as shown on the local level. This is why most people register third party.

Roman Fyseek: It's because teenagers generally register as Democrat. As they become older and wiser, they become Republican but seldom change their registration unless they move or decide to vote in the primary.


Except that's a stereotype that has no basis in reality. Sorry. People actually get more liberal with age.

Population Aging, Intracohort Aging, and Sociopolitical Attitudes (new window) American Sociological Review, Volume 72, Number 5, October 2007 , pp. 812-830(19)



The trend seems to be that people think they should vote Republican by the time they hit middle age, then they realize that the Republican party is a failed abortion of an ideology, then switch back.

BravadoGT: Why are the numbers down?

Two words. OPERATION CHAOS!

Exactly...the idiot Dems don't have a clue....It's called Voting for hillary and making the Dumbass Democrats destroy themselves....LOL

Superjew: My point was pretty much that Democrats should be leading by a 99% to 1% margin in this election. And they look like they are going to lose anyway. Even I am shocked at that level of incompetence.
They are facing a temperamental old Nixonian codger who is not loved even by his own party and yet are currently losing.

They actually, after decades, have an electable and exciting liberal and are letting "the triangulator" tear him apart to keep electoral chances open for her in 2012.

As for alleged stealing.....no stealing would have been possible if they hadn't put up grey men like Gore and Kerry. (or Dukakis, Mondale, for the older set).

Seriously, if they lose two elections to George Bush...AND lose this one then its time for another party because this one will be proved beyond a shadow of a doubt useless.

Elephantman: BravadoGT: Why are the numbers down?

Two words. OPERATION CHAOS!

Exactly...the idiot Dems don't have a clue....It's called Voting for hillary and making the Dumbass Democrats destroy themselves....LOL

Who exactly is being destroyed?

Obama is bringing in $30+ million a month in donations. By the time it's all said and done he will probably have put together enough scratch to buy his own country if the election goes to McCain.

America deserves an honest and intelligent debate between McCain and Obama about their competing visions for the future of this country. I think most Americans are sick of Red/Blue arguments and want this election to actually be about ideas, regardless of whether you lean right or left.

This is why I don't think the Rev. Wright thing was as big a deal as Sean Hannity was trying to make it.

People are tired of nonsense.

Remember, boys and girls:

* "And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations" -- NEWS.

* "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" -- NOT NEWS.

Arnold T Pants: Pillager: FishingWithFredo: Lack of Katrina response = Republican

Sorry, dumbya completely bungled that one.

Yea, I can definitely picture someone sitting at home saying "I'm not going to register Republican because 2 and a half years ago Bush didn't act fast enough after Katrina." Hurricane response really is a top consideration when choosing a political party. The Republican policy, which Bush developed, of 'don't act fast enough' just doesn't cut it. Although I believe that is the Democrats policy also, as shown on the local level. This is why most people register third party.

Google "Hurricane Andrew" & "George H.W. Bush" sometime.

Mishandling FEMA was the beginning of the end for two Bush regimes.

Arnold T Pants:
Yea, I can definitely picture someone sitting at home saying "I'm not going to register Republican because 2 and a half years ago Bush didn't act fast enough after Katrina."

More like an illustration of a larger trend in his handling of things.

Lee Jackson Beauregard: Remember, boys and girls:

* "And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations" -- NEWS.

* "Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran" -- NOT NEWS.

Obama is too smart for his own good.

Pointing out that religious fundamentalism and the paranoid fetishization of firearms soars in any culture where the opportunities for social elevation and the chance to earn a living wage are dwindling is too nuanced and "pointy headed liberal" for the CNN / Fox-News world of gotcha soundbites.

Bill Maher joked after Michelle Obama made the "First time in my adult life..." comment that the Obama's are relatively new to the political landscape and therefore have not learned that being completely full of shiat and spouting platitudes is the best way to win elections.

I dig Obama because he dares to talk to adults like adults.

Unfortunately that is a political liability.

Has no one on here heard of Operation Chaos??

Well subby, Rush told us to register as Democrats so we could stir up trouble in the Democrat primaries didn't he? Party registration doesn't matter any in the general election.

Doc Lee:
The trend seems to be that people think they should vote Republican by the time they hit middle age, then they realize that the Republican party is a failed abortion of an ideology, then wont give them the free handouts the Democrats would, so they switch back.

FTFY

OneBrightMonkey:
Pointing out that religious fundamentalism and the paranoid fetishization of firearms soars in any culture where the opportunities for social elevation and the chance to earn a living wage are dwindling is too nuanced and "pointy headed liberal" for the CNN / Fox-News world of gotcha soundbites.

Which is BS because our nation has always had a tradition of gun ownership and religious belief. Gun ownership and religious belief is not some new phenomenon "soaring" because of a culture change.....those things were quite popular even during the boomiest of boom decades for those people when they were building cars and steel for the world and earning great wages.

One might even notice that the best years for the Church of England were in the boom days of Empire and that English aristocrats with as much upward lift as possible still loved to go birding with their guns.

Truth is that Obama was spitting out pure dogma to a captive San Francisco liberal crowd that loves to believe that tripe and have never even been to a rural zone outside a metro area.

Lee Jackson Beauregard: * "And it's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations" -- NEWS.

The damage to Obama is not the "gun" or "religion" part....its the "clinging" part.

My daughter has been leaning Obama pretty heavy. But she was very disappointed that he has been pushing his Christian virtues to counteract the "secret Muslim" crap yet disparages "clinging" to religion.

She saw that as two faced and the act of an old-fashioned politician rather than the new type she was hoping for. Took a little of the fire away.

Obama can win...but as the first African-American who has a real shot....he has the unfortunate burden of having to be transparent. Because if people think he is two-faced on one thing....they start to get paranoid delusions about what else he could be two-faced on....race? Muslim? President of just minorities? Sad but true.

Pretty dangerous for his campaign....he needs to work on correcting this one pretty quickly in a sincere manner.

The Republican Party should just disband and reform under a new name. Their brand has turned to shiat thanks to George W. Bush.

Speaking as one of those Republicans who switched to independent, I can tell you why. The Republican Party is currently being run by a bunch of smug, rich assholes who think sending thousands of underpriveleged kids into war will bump their profit margin 2%. I hope I never meet one of these CEOs of the investment banks or Halliburton or KBR because I will go to jail for assault and battery.

SleepyMcGee: Living in a university town, might I kindly ask, what the hell is a Republican?

You'll find them at your local gay bar.

NotWithoutAsswelts: The Republican Party should just disband and reform under a new name. Their brand has turned to shiat thanks to George W. Bush.

Why should they disband when they are in a great position to win with a cranky old codger for a nominee and no plan?

If the Republican party has turned to shiat then what does that say about the Democratic Party that looks like it is going to lose to shiat?

Who needs to disband first?

Nabb1: Around here the local Republicans haven't resorted to registering the dead to vote like their Democratic counterparts. Maybe that would make up some ground.

Haha, nice. +1 would read again.

Seriously, though, the Repubs lost Rove, they're gonna be behind on sleazy shiat for a few years.