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What was going on in 2006 that causes Dems to take back the House and Senate?

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henna glittery hall double fault
  07/20/18
first thing he tried to do after re-election was rush throug...
claret abode quadroon
  07/20/18
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henna glittery hall double fault
  07/20/18
karl rove had bush do a series of "town halls" pus...
Cracking indirect expression
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Pearly jap
  07/20/18
I feel like there was some extremely unpopular war going on,...
mahogany sandwich
  07/20/18
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henna glittery hall double fault
  07/20/18
kerry and edwards both voted FOR the war, which is part of w...
Cracking indirect expression
  07/20/18
Wrong. Iraq invasion was 2003. It took about over year fo...
mahogany sandwich
  07/20/18
Bush was still looking for WMDs in 2004, the search didn't e...
lime range
  07/20/18
Believe it or not, wars can change in popularity over time.
Passionate theatre
  07/20/18
Bush only won 2004 due to post-9/11 paranoia, he played with...
lime range
  07/20/18
i remember the bin laden/al-qaeda "endorsing" kerr...
Cracking indirect expression
  07/20/18
by 2006, everyone knew the CIA brass lied about WMDs in Iraq...
mint potus
  07/20/18
Iraq Torture Katrina SS Tax Cuts Medicare Part-D No Ch...
Sooty wonderful mediation
  07/20/18
You forgot immigration, Bush also tried to push-through an i...
lime range
  07/20/18
there were also individual races where a GOP fuckup tipped t...
Cracking indirect expression
  07/20/18
you see this weird 'delayed reaction' effect in elections al...
claret abode quadroon
  07/20/18
Mark Foley scandal was pretty huge
abnormal electric dingle berry community account
  07/20/18
I mostly remember a combination of war and republicans kinda...
Comical station
  07/20/18
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Pearly jap
  07/20/18
What other posters said - Iraq, Social Security privatizatio...
narrow-minded sinister dopamine
  07/20/18
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Pearly jap
  07/20/18
they had a war
bateful ratface clown
  07/20/18
OP is JJC concern trolling
mahogany sandwich
  07/20/18


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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:27 PM
Author: henna glittery hall double fault



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:28 PM
Author: claret abode quadroon

first thing he tried to do after re-election was rush through a surprise bill to privatize Social Security, out of nowhere. it was really sleazy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467395)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:32 PM
Author: henna glittery hall double fault



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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:14 PM
Author: Cracking indirect expression

karl rove had bush do a series of "town halls" pushing his social security plan, but they got derailed because reporters kept asking about iraq. and then the GOP congress refused to vote on any specific proposals due to terror over the 2006 mid-terms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36468336)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:15 PM
Author: Pearly jap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36468338)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:32 PM
Author: mahogany sandwich

I feel like there was some extremely unpopular war going on, but I may ne mistaken.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467444)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:34 PM
Author: henna glittery hall double fault



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:35 PM
Author: Cracking indirect expression

kerry and edwards both voted FOR the war, which is part of what led to kerry's infamous "for it before i was against it" gaffe.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467469)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:35 PM
Author: mahogany sandwich

Wrong.

Iraq invasion was 2003. It took about over year for most people to turn against it. Kids didnt start coming home in body bags from IED blasts in large numbers until 2005 and beyond.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467475)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:47 PM
Author: lime range

Bush was still looking for WMDs in 2004, the search didn't end until 2005.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467536)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:48 PM
Author: Passionate theatre

Believe it or not, wars can change in popularity over time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467546)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:49 PM
Author: lime range

Bush only won 2004 due to post-9/11 paranoia, he played with the terror alert system, etc. to stoke up fears.

When people realized that 9/11 style terror attacks were no longer imminent they started focusing on the other issues.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467548)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:55 PM
Author: Cracking indirect expression

i remember the bin laden/al-qaeda "endorsing" kerry thing, and libs going berserk. also, the campaign by UK newspaper the guardian to have europeans write to voters in ohio about why bush was evil.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467586)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:37 PM
Author: mint potus

by 2006, everyone knew the CIA brass lied about WMDs in Iraq at the direction of Cheney

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467482)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:39 PM
Author: Sooty wonderful mediation

Iraq

Torture

Katrina

SS

Tax Cuts

Medicare Part-D

No Child Left Behind



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467490)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:40 PM
Author: lime range

You forgot immigration, Bush also tried to push-through an immigration bill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467497)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:47 PM
Author: Cracking indirect expression

there were also individual races where a GOP fuckup tipped the balance, like george allen/macaca, or montana senator conrad burns being linked to the online poker ban and losing enough votes to the libertarian candidate to let tester slip through.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467541)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:42 PM
Author: claret abode quadroon

you see this weird 'delayed reaction' effect in elections all the time.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467504)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:46 PM
Author: abnormal electric dingle berry community account

Mark Foley scandal was pretty huge

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467529)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:47 PM
Author: Comical station

I mostly remember a combination of war and republicans kinda shitting the bed a lot (not unlike right now)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467538)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:15 PM
Author: Pearly jap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36468340)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:52 PM
Author: narrow-minded sinister dopamine

What other posters said - Iraq, Social Security privatization, Hurricane Katrina, Republicans just mindlessly repeating "War on Terror."

The national vibe for Republicans was MUCH worse back then. You could feel the Blue wave in the air. This doesn't feel the same yet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467569)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 8:15 PM
Author: Pearly jap



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36468342)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 5:52 PM
Author: bateful ratface clown

they had a war

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467572)



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Date: July 20th, 2018 6:07 PM
Author: mahogany sandwich

OP is JJC concern trolling

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4031196&forum_id=2#36467646)