How the Republicans could have saved the Senate

[saggyjones]

It's simple, if Bush had fired Rumsfeld a week or two before he "resigned" then the senate probably would have gone to the republicans. Some voters would have seen what Bush was doing by firing Rumsfeld and instead of voting democratically and looking for a change they might have gained faith in the GOP and voted republican.

 

[-Demosthenes-]

How stupidly partisan that would have been.

 

[Real Korimyr #9]

Nonsense. If President Bush had attempted such a maneuver a couple of weeks before the election, it would have made him-- and by extension, the GOP-- smell desperate. The Democrats would have easily taken advantage of the situation.

If anything, it might have even taken attention away from some of their own blunders. Paging Mr. Kerry...

 

[saggyjones]

Nonsense. If President Bush had attempted such a maneuver a couple of weeks before the election, it would have made him-- and by extension, the GOP-- smell desperate. The Democrats would have easily taken advantage of the situation.

If anything, it might have even taken attention away from some of their own blunders. Paging Mr. Kerry...

He wouldn't have looked (or smelled) desperate, in my opinion, except to the politically intelligent. People would have thought he had realized the wants of the majority, that most people hate Rumsfeld. If it hadn't won the Senate, it would at least have raised the president's approval rating.

 

[-Demosthenes-]

He wouldn't have looked (or smelled) desperate, in my opinion, except to the politically intelligent. People would have thought he had realized the wants of the majority, that most people hate Rumsfeld. If it hadn't won the Senate, it would at least have raised the president's approval rating.

Just happened to be just before an election

 

[saggyjones]

Just happened to be just before an election

Yeah, but at least he would be attempting to please the voters, even if it is for his own benefit.