Slog - Comments on Headline of the Day http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12 It's over at Talking Points Memo: Report: GOP "Broke," Expecting To Lose More House Seats Last week we brought you word that GOP House leader John Boehner and NRCC chief Tom Cole were locked in a power struggle for control of the NRCC amid increasing signs that NRCC strategists are in denial about just how bad the 2008 map looks for them. Now there's more. Top Republicans are conceding that the NRCC is all but broke and that another bloodletting is all but certain. As GOP Rep. Ray LaHood puts it with startling candor: “When you look at what’s going... Copyright 2008 Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:36:24 -0800 Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:45:34 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by cunei4m Yeah, I remember the story of the boy crying, "Wolf," from my childhood. Just like then...*DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE!!!* They're just trying to lift your spirits and your hope before "the reveal"...and, just like Ty Pennington, I want to crush them but I know they're not going away for many more years...(unfortunately)

]]> cunei4m http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811489 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811489 Politics Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:47:12 -0800 Comment by DOUG. Time for another Attack On America®

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811511 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811511 Politics Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:58:35 -0800 Comment by Greg @2

They just need to take another Contract on America. That blood money will get the GOP going again.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811526 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811526 Politics Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:09:23 -0800 Comment by monkey "broke"

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811585 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811585 Politics Tue, 25 Sep 2007 16:57:19 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle In other news, even tho the DC crowd is trying to pretend Sen. Clinton is the frontrunner, Sen. Obama is outraising her and has higher cash flow.

And the Gay Old Pervert fundraising will get even worse.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811624 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c811624 Politics Tue, 25 Sep 2007 17:32:18 -0800 Comment by Orv This is a classic Rove tactic. You lower expectations as much as you possibly can, then look like a hero when it doesn't turn out as badly as predicted.

]]> Orv http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c812270 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c812270 Politics Wed, 26 Sep 2007 11:16:56 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two Eighty Aw, shit, Dan - you thought you had problems (well, judging from today's column, maybe you do), but it could be worse. My cell phone number is ONE DIGIT off (in the area code) from NRCC's phone number. No joke. Lucky me, eh?

]]> Fifty-Two Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c812355 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/09/headline_of_the_day_12#c812355 Politics Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:45:34 -0800