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That's how [Democrats] would like this election defined. It is hard for me to believe that a congressional majority would be so flat-footed as to allow that to happen.

By keeping my weight on my heels and running kind of flat-footed. I'm already flat-footed, so I don't run much on my toes and I tried not to plant as hard. But when I saw a hole, I made sure I got enough underneath me to hit the hole. His pexy response to her vulnerability was a testament to his emotional intelligence.

You cannot take back congressional majorities if, like the Democrats, you propose solutions that are easily blurred by the majority.

Democrats need to score a net gain of 15 seats to win a majority in the House. Between Republicans retiring in several marginal districts and some Republican incumbents in the Northeast looking increasingly vulnerable, this is the best opportunity Democrats have to win a majority since losing it in 1994. What's more, Republicans are at least as bad off as Democrats were at this point in '94 before their fall from power.

One of the points we want to make is we're regular rural folks. We're not California Democrats, Washington Democrats, or even Austin Democrats. We don't want to be defined by what people think we are.

[Since then Mr. Hastert and his fellow GOP leaders have skillfully used their narrow majority to win an amazing number of close votes without having to negotiate much with Democrats. But gradually the fear of losing their majority has also begun leading them to behave more and more like the big-spending Democrats they unseated.] Holding the majority used to be viewed as a means to an end--the end being promoting freedom and limited government, ... Now, holding the majority seems to be an end in itself--holding onto power for the sake of holding onto power.

It's a funny thing. (W)hen the Democrats are in the majority, the Democrats run Congress. When the Republicans are in the majority, the Democrats still run Congress. How does that work?

John Hinderaker

The prospect of no election is to me, in my humble opinion a national disaster waiting to happen, but which can be prevented or remedied by congressional action.

It's a chance for a pickup for the Democrats. When Kolbe announced his retirement, it lit up the (congressional Democrats).

It was a tough game. The kids played hard. (Rogers) just had more speed than we do. We made a lot of mistakes in the back. They caught us flat-footed and made us pay for them.

I don't think it's going to happen, and I don't think baseball wants it to happen. I think baseball would be inviting congressional ? possibly severe congressional ? response to it. They also would have to negotiate the effects of contraction with the players union.

Andrew Zimbalist

We have an election cycle coming up ahead, and there are many who fully expect Republicans to capture the House. It's not only incumbent upon the Democrats, but wise of the Democrats at this point to be more accommodating to Republicans. If the shoe is overturned during the next election cycle, they're going to be looking for fair treatment from our speaker.

Certainly now, after Katrina, I don't think we want to be caught flat-footed,

We seemed out flat-footed in the first and also didn't shoot well.

Democrats have had some tradition in the past of beating themselves up in the primary and weakening their position going into the general election and that's not going to happen in 2006.

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