Political Death Wish? -- Kurtz WaPo

[Demeter]

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Political Death Wish?

By Howard Kurtz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, September 15, 2006; 9:58 AM



Let me get this straight: Some conservatives want the Republicans to lose the House in November?

Are they terminally depressed? Angry? Machiavellian? Resigned to defeat and trying to spin it in advance?

I'm not a mind-reader. But there's an emerging school of thought on the right that a Democratic House could be a useful foil.

Some of these conservatives are just disillusioned with their party and think some time out of power--at least in one chamber--might be beneficial. Others are worried about the voters blaming the GOP for everything that goes wrong between now and 2008. (That's the problem with controlling all the levers: it's hard to blame a minority party that has very little clout.)

Of course, losing the House would greatly impair the last two years of the Bush presidency. In fact, some conservatives who want Republicans to hold onto the House are using that frightening prospect as a tool to motivate the base. But others are saying, Hey, it won't be so bad .

[ShortnFiery]

1. Kurtz is a putz ... a tool of the RNC masquerading as a Journalist. n/t.

[samsingh]

2. no Howard, some repugs are starting to think about the good

of their country.

unlike you and your stupid, treacherous media whores.

[yurbud]

3. it can only be the good of the country because once investigations start..

Not just Bush, but the whole syphiliticly corrupt GOP could go down.

[CJCRANE]

4. "Quick, you take the wheel

I don't know how to drive this thing!"

[Joe Bacon]

5. Hey, WHOREWARD, your wife still working to elect Ah-Nold?

Amazing how Whoreward and his pals at Pravda on the Potomac are unable to comprehend why every American isn't willing to kiss elephant ass!

[grasswire]

6. sounds like CYA time -- "we MEANT to lose!"

That's the ticket. Republicans MEAN TO LOSE congress!

Hahahahahaha!