Democrats are Dropping Like Flies

Horse manure! The Dems have a very deep bench in CO. Hickenlooper or Romanoff will be the next governor of CO, and CO WILL remain BLUE. McInnis is a lame, retread hack.
Dropping like flies MY FOOT!
More pro-GOP spin from the Village. “Librul media” indeed.

Dream on, Jules.

dropping like flies? i thought this was a news site..

the latest local ABC-TV poll in Connecticut, the home of powerful Dem. senator on banking and healthcare Chris Dodd, 86% vote No and 13% voted Yes on the question if Chris Dodd should be reelected to the 5th term of the U.S. senator from Connecticut in 2010. This happens only weeks after Joe Biden and Harry Reid promised to spend a total of about 170 million dollars stimulus money on construction and health care in Connecticut in honor of Chris Dodd

They are dropping like flies, and this is only the beginning. the only problem is, will the GOP know how to take advantage of this political landscape. It’s going to be a good year for conservatives not necessarily for Republicans… The Tea party movement is going to bloody many republicans in primaries this year….They have had it with both parties…

Well, if my visits with friends and family over the holidays is any indication, I can see why Democrats are dropping like flies. They know what the mood is, and it does not favor them at all. My Republican family members are giddy like they haven’t been since God knows when. And all my democrat friends are disgruntled, disappointed in Obama. The ones who blow with the wind are sailing as far from Obama as they can. They are extremely upset and think they have been sold a bill of goods. I would not be a bit surprised if we have another 1994.

If the voters in CO haven’t seen what having a liberal, radical bunch running a state looks like, just look at NY and California and the rest of the states wish you well. Doctors are already closing the door on any new medicare patients thanks to this proposed health care fiascal, a health care that congress makes back door deals to pass and that congress members are not willing to participate in..Get a Clue..

I love that the term “progressive” has replaced “liberal” in left-leaning circles. What a transparent and pathetic attempt to give the same discredited idealogy a fancy new name. My favorite part is that liberals actually think the country is too dumb to recognize the difference.

Most of the retiring Republicans come from fairly safe districts. That may not be as true in the Senate, but vulnerable incumbents like Dodd, Boxer, and Reid make it worse there. Take a look at the House retirees. The ones that have occured in the last few months have been ny Democrats, and Dems from swing or GOP districts at that.

Leftists are hysterical. And they’re running this country into the dirt. It’s time for the great purge of the so-called “progressives.”
If they don’t surrender, like this governor and ND’s Senator (among many others), fire ‘em!

On another mainstream media website, it says that the GOP will have a hard time in 2010 because a lot of them are retiring and they’re having a hard time making money. I think the truth is the media is doing whatever it can to create turmoil so it can sell more advertising. Ironically, the “leftists” (as some have called us) are working their butts off to cleanup the mess left over by the “rightest” (former Bush/Cheney followers who never saw a pork barrel they didn’t like).

Congressional Dems betrayed those who voted for change, when they capitulated to the Insurance Industry by drafting Health Care Reform legislation WITHOUT the “Public Option,” which is like drafting a ‘Child Protection’ criminal statute that ‘exempts’ Child Molesters. Ralph Nader was right all along — we really have just a one-party system in this country. There’s Republicans in wolves’ clothing (declared Republicans) and there’s Republicans in sheep’s clothing (Dems). And they have both been bought, lock – stock and barrel, by the powerful lobbyists, like the Insurance Industry and Wall Street. When we throw the Dems out this time, we will never ever trust them again — they’ll be out for good.

I second what Mick said:
You know what amazes me: there are more GOP governors than Democratic governors who are not seeking reelection; there are more Republican Senators than Democratic Senators not seeking reelection; and more Republican House members than Democratic House members not seeking reelection. Yet all I hear from the media is how the Democrats are retiring left and right. What am I missing? The reality is the Republicans will gain a few seats but not take the House back. They will most likely gain a couple Senate seats but not even come close to taking back the Senate.

Nuch Ado About Nothing

why woould any politician bother sticking it out once they’ve done their five years. between their fat pensions and 20,000 dollar speaking engagements, plus all the excellent investment opportunities they miraculously stumbled upon while in office, why bother? you can only have so many mansions anyway.

November 2010? “It’s a hard rain a-gonna fall.”
The Democrats disgust me beyond words, so a quote from Bob D. is all I can muster up.

The Independents who naively voted for Obama know that we were sold a bill of goods. We won’t be fooled again!

Like to see them cut the republicans loose and run real democrats, single payer democrats! 18 more republican senate seats on the ballot in 2010. Let’s outsource their jobs to real democrats!

Dodd’s saying he’s now out. Look for extremely popular CT Attorney General Richard Blumenthal to run and hold the seat for the Dems.

The Dems defeated the Repubs handily in both the 2006 and 2008 elections — it wasn’t expected to be such a deep whipping as to even achieve the SuperMajority in the senate with the so-called magical 60 seats, but it did happen. Oh, yeah, and the White House. Now, of course the Dems will lose a lot of seats this year, possibly even losing the House to go to such as John Boehner as Speaker (unless Cantor challenges the Orange One).
As to the person above who can not understand the difference between a Democrat, a Liberal and a Progressive — might I let you figure out the nuances on the right of a Republican, a conservative, a Libertarian, a paleocon and a neocon.

I look forward to GOP takeover, then they can resume running the US right into the toilet. Then maybe the sheep will be ready for a real progressive not GOP lite Obama.

they better keep dropping because they are destroying our country. I have no clue what has happened to America. Illegals can have drivers licenses and we have shows like Dora the Explorer brainwashing our kids. In America, we speak English!

Who cares if they are democrats or republicans, all career politicians must go. Break the cycle of corruption. We can argue about idealogies later.

The democratic agenda is destroying our country. The debt is totally out of control. What the hell are we doing by passing a huge new entitlement when we can least afford it. America is waking up and it is bad news for democrats. Kick em all to the curb. Your all a bunch of liars and cheats!

The smart dems are bailing on the coming disasters facing their party, due to their hiring of Obowma, who never had a clue to begin with and is simply a talking puppet for the NWO that wants to bring America to its knees.
We can always count on libs and their media mongrels to fall for the big talkers with bright smiles and empty heads who don’t usually last too long after the hype and flash wear off.

What a bunch of geniuses. The election is eleven months off and the republicans on this board all know how it’s going to turn out.
Even before serious campaigning has begun.

Unfortunately, the previous eight years shows the Republican party offers a worse alternative to the Democrat party. Sure, people should be mad. But we should all put the blame where the blame is due, deregulation of financial institutions. To prevent corporations from dumping toxic chemicals into rivers, we establish regulation to prevent it. Why would the GOP oppose regulation to prevent financial companies from dumping toxic debt on the tax payers via deregulation? It is easy to blame uneducated Americans for taking on too much debt. But, the blame should be on the institutions who gave them the money. Pure libertarian capitalistic ideology is perhaps one of the most ignorant viewpoints that I have ever debated.

If you’re still concerned about the party that represents you and especially so if its a senator, then you just don’t understand politics. The election process is but a sham for a government that’s ran by the will of lobbyists.

In reading the above conservative remarks, I see that hate, self-delusion, misinformation, and out right ignorance still rule their Fox induced views. It is truly amazing that anyone with the ability to read, listen, and comprehend, could arrive at the conclusions they espouse. Their ability to think rationally is so clouded be hate as to be totally illogical.

you turd heads georgewbush haters
how is hope and change going
for you

Let’s face it, the Repbulicans have lost just about all the seats they are going to lose. So if a Republican retires or quits, he will be replaced by a Republican. On the other hand, the Democrats got where they are by taking lots and lots of swing districts. These are the seats that will likely be lost.
I can’t wait for Obama to take up his immigration bill.

I think we need to vote out all incumbents.. Democrat & Republican.

Dodd just dropped out.

We are looking at a classice “W” depression. The bad part hasn’t even began yet. By April unemployment will be over 12% and the Market will still be stuck about 10. Then all those 5 years ARMS will start coming home to roost.
Small Businesses will be dying like flies and unemployment will be jumping 2 points per month. Inflation will be setting in by July and the Market will be bouncing off 6.
The Usurper can turn all this around by a tax hoilday of about a year but he won’t. 4th worlders (AKA Socialists, Liberals, progressives, Libertarians) don’t accept the Law of Supply and Demand. They think Government edict can overrule supply and demand. So the real world suffers as the 4th worlders find out yet again how wrong they are.
It really doesn’t matter who controls Congress OR the White House. There is no difference between the parties that is worth mentioning.
Turn the FBI lose on congress and 425 of the 435 members will end up doing jail time. What would be wrong with that?
Would you vote for a President that promised to do just that? Especially if She has a history of doing that?

Hmmmm….and I thought that the Republican party and conservatism were dead….it seems that “progressivism” was over rated. Now that Americans have just a taste of what it is, they have decided that they really don’t like European socialism.
Thanks God, people are coming to their senses.

When Byrd dies and Rockefeller retires (or dies) there will be 2 more pubbie senators permanently. Same for other red states that still have hangover legasy officeholders. This was supposed to be a bad year for pubbies in the senate since they have a majority of seats to defend. Instead it looks like they may actually pick up a few. Things look really bleak for the demos in 2012 when they have to defend many more seats, most of which are in red areas.

After being ruled by “progressives” like Obama, Schumer, Pelosi, Reid, etc., I’m hoping for an extreme right wing zealot who hates big government and anything and everything Muslim.
Of course, we all know that these Democrat retirees will get big fat payoffs for voting for Obamacare before they go.

Get ready for gridlock in Congress next year if the GOP takes over. Obama had his chance for the first two years but the Democrats couldn’t help him pull his agenda off. This always happens – opposite parties in the presidency and the Congress. This is a recipe for stalemate and probably the end for progressive advancement. The country is still split down the party lines

republicans will alway’s be out of step.take from the poor and become rich.

So far 10 Democrats have announced their retirements this cycle. Republicans have announced 14.
Four fewer retirements than Republicans and “Democrats are dropping like flies?”
Does ANYONE fact-check this blog? Ever?

Dodd trashed his political career to help Wall street dirtbags dole out enormous bonuses using taxpayer dollars. Obama is trashing his political career, which could have been stellar, just so he can help the grave robbers in the Insurance Industry defeat the “Public Option” feature that would have reformed the Healthcare Industry. Far, far from the image of ‘change’ dems promised to fight for. Ralph Nader was right all along — we really have just a one-party system in this country. There’s Republicans in wolves’ clothing (declared Republicans) and there’s Republicans in sheep’s clothing (Dems). And they have both been bought, lock – stock and barrel, by the powerful lobbyists, like the Insurance Industry and Wall Street. Which is precisely why both Repubs and Dems intractably and staunchly oppose Campaign Finance Reform as much as they oppose REAL, genuine Healthcare Reform, and REAL, genuine Wall Street reform.

“the GOP is brilliant at one thing, and that is tearing people down. Because they left this country in such tatters it’s an easy scam to pull off, because hard-working Americans are vulnerable pickings. They have to try and survive in a world destroyed by conservative values. The con is easy. Just blame everything on President Barack Obama. All your job woes, all your fears about how your life will recover and the future that it holds for your children. If we had a real media that would expose the Bush regime for the manifest failure it was, it would be a much harder task, but we don’t, and instead news programming has turned more into endless right/left opinion discussions.
“Don’t Get Fooled Again” should be our national slogan, because even if we disagree as liberals in the way our president has handled the situation he was elected into, we are engaged enough to know what conservatism has done to this country”

How much of the Leftist slush funds which Pelosi and Obama passed in January are these criminals getting to bow out?
And should all these resident leftist be down at the welfare office getting their “gubmint checks”?
Enjoy your remaining vacations, you boys are going back to work and are going to stop sucking of the teat of other people’s work.

..”LIKE flies?” They ARE flies; remember a fly has it’s beginning as a maggot. I can’t think of a better way to describe Dodd, Pelosi, Reid, and the rest of the corruption calling themselves Democrats.
The BIG FLY in the Oval Office needs to drop next. That’s the reason this country is vulnerable to terrorism, sinking farther into the economic deep muck and why the big boys only get bigger, richer and the middle-class is now the poor class in America.

All everyone has to remember is which party in 2007 released Detanees into the unsuspecting civilian world who were in the Terrorist Rehab Program at Guantanimo meaning those detanees were terrorists.
All everyone has to remember is two of the masterminds of the recent failed jetliner attack were of the group of detanees released in 2007.
All everyone has to remember is that the
Fort Hood shooter was promoted into his hight ranking officer position during the years of the Republican Bush years even though there were warnings in his file.
All everyone has to remember is the Afghan CIA bomber was working as an informant with American intelligence since the Bush years. He was not new as some Republicans claim.
All everyone has to remember is the Republicans have a short memory and Republicans Never admit when they make a dangerous mistake that can jepardize America’s safety.

Funny, repubs don’t like Obama but they’re happy to go back to the last decade when repubs presided over the largest expansion of goverment in hisotry, presided during the worst terror attack on US soil, never met a spending bill they didn’t like, love for reconciliation, started two wars, tortured, Medicare D expansion with ‘death panel’ language, disdain for Constitution, wiretapping, ‘if you’re not for us you’re against us’, disaastrous response to Katrina, financial dereg taken to the max, tax cuts, tax cuts and more tax cuts yet middle class squeezed, and on and on. This is what repubs want to go back to but ten time worse with who they consider their leaders? Wow! Thank goodness repub poll numbers are in the tank which leads me to believe all this ’10 talk is just that – talk. Dems will hold on because repubs have shown what they have to offer – a nightmare!

Come on, ABC, you should be better than this garbage. House: 14 Republican retirements, 10 Democrat retirements. Senate: 6 Republican retirements, 2 Democrats. Yet, somehow, “Democrats are dropping like flies.” This is truly lazy journalism: run the story you want to be true rather than the one that is true. Sure, Democrats “dropping like flies” is juicier, but isn’t the truth more responsible?

I find it funny that Republicans are saying that Dems are heading for the hills. The economy is coming out of the worst Recession/ Depression in less than a year. It will continue to get better and you can take that to the polls.

A reality check from the Washington Monthly:
Quick quiz: which party has more Senate retirements so far this campaign cycle, Democrats or Republicans? Follow-up question: which party has more House retirements so far this campaign cycle, Democrats or Republicans?
If Dems are “dropping like flies,” the answer should be obvious. But it’s not — in both chambers, Republican retirements, at least for now, outnumber Democratic retirements.
In the House, 14 GOP incumbents have decided not to seek re-election, while 10 Democratic incumbents have made the same announcement. Does this mean Republicans are “dropping like flies”?
In the Senate, six Republican incumbents have decided not to seek re-election, while two Democratic incumbents have made the same announcement. Is this evidence of a mass Democratic exodus?
Among governors, several incumbents in both parties are term-limited and prevented from running again, but only three Democrats who can seek re-election — Parkinson in Kansas, Doyle in Wisconsin, and Ritter in Colorado — have chosen not to. For Republicans, the number is four — Douglas in Vermont, Rell in Connecticut, Crist in Florida, and Pawlenty in Minnesota. (Update: the GOP number is five if we include Palin in Alaska.)
So, to review, Republican retirements outnumber Democratic retirements in the House, in the Senate, and among governors. The preferred Republican/media meme of the day doesn’t match up well against reality.

I don’t care if it’s dems, repubs or whatever. Washington simply needs a complete wholesale change. vote ‘em all out so we can get some fresh minds in. Maybe even some minds that would consider term limits and put an end to career politicians.

Now Dargen will not have to spend five hours a day on his comb over.

You want to destroy the democrat machine? Cease all economic activity unless absolutely neccessary. Economic warfare is a time honored nonviolent way of rebelling, and it works. Remember, the government produces nothing. It builds itself up by feeding on your tax dollars. Cut off fuel to the engine and it sputters, and finally stalls.

What a bs article. There are more Republicans than Democrats not seeking re-election in the House (14 vs 10), the Senate (6 vs 2) AND the Governorships (4 vs 3). How exactly are Democrats dropping like flies when Republicans are out pacing them in every national category?

The republicans are at it again. Trying to have it both ways and showing their hypocrisy. They say that Obama is not living up to his promise of cleaning up Washington, that it’s business as usual, nothing has changed and change has not/is not coming.
Yet, when Dodd announces his decision not to run again they say it’s because he can’t escape his ties to the insurance industry. He IS stepping down. THAT is change. That is NOT business as usual.
It’s a slow process but Washington will change its ways and the Democrats will be just fine in the coming elections. Bet on it!

Numbers so far this cycle:
Senate voluntary retirements:
D: 2
R: 6
House voluntary retirements:
D: 10
R: 14
Governor voluntary retirements:
D: 3
R: 4
As always, the corporate media are the subservient stenographers of the Republican messaging machine.

“Dropping like flies”? Because two Senators aren’t running again?
Does the author realize the Republicans have SIX Senators who aren’t running again?
I know, I know — it’s only bad news if it happens to Democrats. The Republicans can do no wrong. Ever.
Thanks, ABC.