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To: SilentZ who wrote (425638)	10/13/2008 5:14:14 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575431

"that would put them at like 150 seats... not easy to recover from." No. And if they keep trying to appeal to a narrower and narrower base, it makes it only that much more difficult.

To: SilentZ who wrote (425638)	10/13/2008 5:33:04 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1575431

The GOP can't come back as a strong party until it finds its bottom......and unfortunately, for them, they appear to have a low bottom. Well, they have something like 60 House seats in play right now. If they lose 'em all (obviously, they won't), they'd be down to less than 135 seats, which would be under 1/3 of the House. But even if they lose 2/3 of those (very possible), that would put them at like 150 seats... not easy to recover from. I think the bigger tell is the Senate. Up until 4-5 weeks ago, there were only 6-8 seats in play. During Sept, Daily Kos, politico and WA Monthly were all saying that that number had become more fluid but I didn't take it seriously until last Thursday when Ed Rollins said that there are now 12 in play with possibly 4 more that need close watching. If they lose the WH, the GOP's only hope for some control and power is the Senate. If they lose that, then they will be in the same position the Dems were in 2004 except with their reputation and credibility totally shot.