Robert Gibbs: ‘No Doubt, Enough Seats In Play For GOP To Win House’
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I suppose this could be fairly described as facing facts or perhaps it’s just admitting the obvious. Either way this was a rather striking statement from Press Secretary Robert Gibbs who told David Gregory on Meet the Press this morning that “there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control.”
I think there’s no doubt that there are a lot of seats that will be up, a lot of contested seats. I think people are going to have a choice to make in the fall. But I think there’s no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control. There’s no doubt about that.
This will depend on strong campaigns by Democrats. And again, I think we’ve got to take the issues to them. You know, are — do you want to put in, in to the Speakership of the House a guy who thinks that the, the financial calamity is, is tantamount to an ant? The guy who’s the ranking member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Joe Barton, started his congressional testimony of the CEO of BP by apologizing, not to the people in the gulf, but to the CEO. I think that’s a perfect window, not into what people are thinking, but the way they would govern.
Joe Barton, John Boehner, those are the type of things you’ll hear a lot, I think, from both the president and local candidates about what you’d get if the Republicans were to gain control.
Emphasis mine. Because in relative keeping with President Obama’s “snake oil” remark last week, Gibbs goes to some subtle lengths here not only to make the midterms a vote of confidence (or, really, lack thereof) in the GOP but simultaneously puts the responsibility to maintain the House on “strong campaigns by Democrats.” Neither of which necessarily has anything to do with Obama’s popularity or track record. Watch below.
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Nancy Pelosi has done so much damage to this country, she should get more credit for the dilemma the Democrats are in. It is a shame her neck is not on the same chopping block as Harry Reid.
What a load of poultry produced organic ferilizer. Pelosi hasn’t damaged this nation – Pelosi and Reid and Obama and Democrats are still working to stop the hemorraghing caused by the Republicans and the ex moron in chief. If this nation is ignorant enough to bring to power that same group of incompetents who delivered what is likely the Great Depression II, those same happycrappy Republicans like the ones who delivered the Great Depression I, then stick your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye.
Yes, Modetrate, it’s a shame the people in Nancy Pelosi’s district respect and keep voting her in.
How dare they practice Democracy!
We threw out the republicans and gave the democrates a chance. That didnt work very well. Did it?
Those stoned slacker assless chap wearin’ nutbags in San Fran Nan’s district would vote for a block of Gouda cheese if told to do so.
So your answer, BR, is to put back in the people who gave us the economic situation that Obama is trying to dig us out from?
Never forget, it was Bush and the GOP who put us in this mess.
They’ll never admit “epic fail”, even when we’re all standing in line for our gubmint cheese. They are incapable of solving anything. They are only capable of throwing money at everything. Democrat math is $2 bil for 1600 jobs.
Yep, prosperity is just bangin’ at the door. Tools.
Eight straight years of clusterfuck on the part of the Republicans and you expect a miracle such that all of it is repaired in 18 months? Stand away from your crack pipe and koolaid.
Is Barney Frank a repub? Is chris dodd a repub? Has congress been under dem control since 2006? And it all went to shit after they took control of congress, remember?
Bush and the GOP haven’t had control of shit since losing Congress in 2006, you can hang the blame on Dingy Harry, Fancy Nancy, Fwank, Dodd, Leahy, etal…….lying thievin’ bastards..
You’ve had control of the checkbook since 2006 you moron.
@Bill Adkins:
If Nancy Pelosi jumped on your kitchen table and shit in your kids Rice Crispies, You’ld probably smack your kid in the back of the head and tell him to lick her asshole clean. She obviously can do no wrong in your eyes.
Who’s the moron, dumbfuck? Democrats took control of congress on 1/2007 with a 1 seat senate majority. Bush used his veto power twelve times in two terms – 11 of them after 1/2007. This mess is the Republicans, the float over from 1994-2007 congressional control and the eight year national nightmare that was the Bush Adminstration – @powerslave – you’d have your children eat the corn out of Sarah Palin’s excrement if it got the Republicans back in power no matter their record and legacy of failure that has damn near destroyed this nation.
Wow. You rethugs are buying the Barney Frank meme hook, line and sinker.
Mostly, it just amuses anyone who has a clue,.
The Dems have lost America in 16 months!
hahahaha!
I suppose you are not amused. It really is a shame the democrats could not make a positive impact on our nation during their 4 year reign.
You forgot to say “Amen”.
Yep, us and the people that elected Scott Brown.
The only reason Scott Brown won was because Martha was a horrible candidate. Brown ran a great campaign, she did the opposite. That’s all it means. End of story.
But go ahead and be cocky about it, by all means. Read into it as much as you want.
“Bush and the GOP haven’t had control of shit since losing Congress in 2006, you can hang the blame on Dingy Harry, Fancy Nancy, Fwank, Dodd, Leahy, etal…….lying thievin’ bastards.”
Yes, sure. It was all the Dems fault. We were the ones that started the trillion dollar a year war(s) that killed off our economy (the bill started to come due in Bush’s 2nd term and now it is overdue).
The dems were the ones who cut taxes on the wealthy, driving us further into debt.
The dems were the ones responsible for literally billions missing in 2003/2004/2005 from war profiteering in Iraq (actually wholesale theft of your tax dollars).
The dems were the ones who backed minorities getting into homes they couldn’t afford (ok, yes they did, but so did most Republicans, including GW Bush who pushed and pushed for minority home ownership via fanny and freddy and even made it a cornerstone of his 2004 re-election campaign).
Not all of us are brainwashed into not remembering that.
Fox wants to re-write history and pretend that the GOP was against minority home ownership, when the opposite was true.
Unreal.
That’s really no laughing matter.
And as far as the House goes, Pelosi is no “dem.” She’s a liberal, and there is a difference.
Right, that’s why she was 30 points ahead in the polls.
Well, given that I can be in Brown’s old State Senate district, or Barney’s current district in about 20 minutes, I’ll go with my view from the ground.
Hey, remember when Barack Obama came to campaign for Martha and Patrick Kennedy was there campaigning for Marsha, right before the election? That was awesome.
If the government, (R) or (D), keep taxing the shit out of the wealthy they are either going to take their money and leave or simply not be wealthy anymore.
Shaking down rich and successful people to pay for government sins, again (R) or (D) inflicted, strikes me as, well, bad.
The left can spin all they want. Some of them even lower themselves to talking about eating Palin’s “poop”. Obama is a bad president and thats all there is to it.
“The only reason Scott Brown won was because Martha was a horrible candidate. Brown ran a great campaign, she did the opposite.”
Brown polls better than Kerry or Obama currently in Massachusetts. Never make fun of a man’s pickup truck.
I guess you didn’t read you RW buddy Powerslave’s comment first. Or does he just get a pass?
“If the government, (R) or (D), keep taxing the shit out of the wealthy they are either going to take their money and leave or simply not be wealthy anymore. Shaking down rich and successful people to pay for government sins, again (R) or (D) inflicted, strikes me as, well, bad.”
I don’t really see it as “shaking down,” and neither did Clinton, Bush 1 or Reagan.
We had reasonable taxes on the top 1% (I doubt that is you?) of earners in America and our economy thrived as a result.
Unless you want to drive down highways that are filled with 62 potholes per square mile, I think it might be your patriotic duty to demand that Exxon at least pay SOME taxes instead of sheltering it away in banks overseas.
They use taxpayer funded roads to deliver goods and run their business, yet when it comes time to give back to the greatest country on earth that allows them to prosper, they hide the cash away in Switzerland.
Wow, Bill Adkins. I didn’t mean to offend you by my comment. I honestly thought you’d take it as a compliment. BTW I think Sarah Palin is as big an idiot as your honey, Nancy Pelosi. Oh, and I don’t have any kids. So, SUCK IT.
“Never make fun of a man’s pickup truck.”
hahahaha. I bet you $25,000 Brown drove an Audi or similar five years ago.
It was a smart move buying an American truck, however, and showing it off in the campaign.
Hell, his ads were so good I’d almost vote for him over Coakley.
So, are you saying you’re subject-able to the Jedi Mind Trick?
JT; You left out “cherry picked” part of my comment. However, that is not the first time that I have seen you do that. The point of my comment (and the part that you left out was, “Obama is a bad president and thats all there is to it.”
I didnt chastise Bill. Did I?
Then insert ‘your mother’ where it says ‘your kids.’
Here is what you said, no you never mentioned Bill, why didn’t you just say Obama is a bad President without bashing the left when your RW buddy made a comment just as bad that started it?
I AM a jedi, so not sure the jedi mind trick works on me.
See? Look how I roll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GJOVPjhXMY
The real john T is asking someone ELSE why THEY are bashing the other side. Are you kidding me? I need your permission to post? You are sooo typical of liberals. freedom of speech…….as long as you agree with them.
You do realize you just identified yourself (with a link of how you roll) with one of the most mocked geeks in all of geekdom, right?
I say only because the more partisan guys here will surely pulverize you for it.
T’s special; give him a break.
There’s a true statement, with one caveat…except if it is pink.
No, the whole point flew right over your pointy little head. This is part of your comment:
But you never said a word about the comment that started it from your RW buddy Powerslave. Talk about spinning.
Maybe you should have read and saw what I was talking about instead of jumping in with your juvenile comment.
Damn man, I had your back and now you’re beating up on me.
I thought we were boys.
Ah, another progressive that doesn’t understand taxes. Gasoline taxes, road use taxes…nobody that drives doesn’t pay for the roads and the more you drive the more you pay. Unless you’re buying gas in Zurich for your Swiss registered vehicle.
His JFK ad was great, but it was David Gergen’s dumbass debate question about “Ted Kennedy’s seat” that gave him the chance to blow it open. Those crazy MA teabaggers loved it. And they’re looking at Barney with the stinkeye.
I think there’s no doubt that there are a lot of seats that will be up, a lot of contested seats.”
What an idiot!! A lot of seats in the House will be up?
Gibbs, you ahole, ALL 435 seats in the House are up for election in 2010! What a moron.
How did the realjohnt get circumcised? Someone kicked his sister in the chin.
Hey Robert Gibbs, here’s an idea that will appeal to the Obama administration and help results in the fall. Just send out teams of Black Panthers in paramilitary uniforms and brandishing clubs to the polling places. They can threaten white voters and scare away Republicans.
Oh, I’m sorry, Robert. You say you are already doing that? My apologies. Somehow I didn’t hear that on CBS, NBC, ABC, etc. etc. etc.
Of course he is. But it’s very unusual for any Lefty to ever admit that. Otherwise, how would the Left ever win anything??
But, Barney loves the “stinkeye”!
Does that apply in San Fran-Sicko too?
It just seems a wee bit odd to see a pink F-350 Crew Cab tooling around Central Florida; It’s an inside joke. I know the woman that owns the truck and her husband has to just sorta deal with the jokes!…
And yeppers, it does actually apply…he’s a real man and he shares a pink truck…I don’t think there should be any geographic variance.
It is very, very noticeable.
Ah, the Pillsbury Doughboy in action, isn’t he cute? He needs to lean down for health reasons…I am amazed he hasn’t had to already…isn’t this partially what Obamacare’s all about: health? Gibbs should support the boss on this and oh, oh…lest I forget, has the Prez truly quit the cancer sticks? I think they just hide it really well, kinda like the Kennedy broads in the tunnel.
“You do realize you just identified yourself (with a link of how you roll) with one of the most mocked geeks in all of geekdom, right?”
Yes Rouge Comic. Of course I am aware star wars kid is about the geekiest meme of all time.
You are a comic, you should know I was joking!
Again, I ask the same question. Does anyone know what the DNC is doing? Call me foolish, but I give Howard Dean a lot of credit for the work he did in 2008. He was always in the forefront, helping Democrats get elected. He went back and forth across country, and debated Right Wingers many times on TV. He spoke of the Demacratic adjenda and policy in a way that was easy to understand. And I think he even had his own tour bus.
He employed a strategy that I have found successful many times.. He worked at it,
I hope we see some of the same work soon.
http://www.wellnessstarts.com/dermitage-wrinkle-cream-review.html
Yes, it was David Gergan’s very biased question that let Scott break out. Claiming it was “Kennedy’s seat” showed Gergan for what and who he is. Another dem suckup who only sees the world through his very liberal lens.
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