WP:For GOP, Bad Gets Worse in Northeast

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Incumbents Shy From Party and President
When it comes to President Bush and the Republican Congress, Rep. Jim Gerlach says voters in his suburban Philadelphia district are in a "sour mood."

That's why when it comes to his reelection, the two-term incumbent says "the name of the game" is to convince those same voters that he can be independent of his own party. He has turned his standard line about Bush--"When I think he's wrong, I let him know"-- into a virtual campaign slogan, repeated in interviews and TV ads.

"It is a combination of things, from the war in Iraq to gas prices to what they are experiencing in their local areas," Gerlach said of the surly electorate whose decision he will know on Nov. 7.

The Iraq war and Bush's low approval ratings have created trouble for Republicans in all regions. But nowhere is the GOP brand more scuffed than in the Northeast, where this year's circumstances are combining with long-term trends to endanger numerous incumbents.


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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/13/AR2006081300766.html

[ComerPerro]

1. these flip-floppers lack the will and resolve to stand with Bush

[Rainscents]

2. But, he keeps rubbering stamping for Bush!

People are unto you and you can't get out of this one.

[Trajan]

3. The problem isnt necessarily Bush ....

BUT he is their figurehead, and the lead idiot in charge at this moment ...

No ... the problem is Republican POLICIES, and the FACT that they harm society, and are nothing more than props by the rich and powerful to shield their theft of resources that belong to the nation as a whole, and their blatant colonialistic impulse to rob other nations .....

He can run from Bush all he wants: He is still a republican, and THEY are collectively hurting our nation, not just Bush ....