Biden Prediction: Dems Will Retake House
**Written by Doug Powers
Sheriff Joe Biden may only half-heartedly believe what he’s saying here. It’s just that word around Capitol Hill is that if you help convince Nancy that her reunion with the Speaker’s gavel is imminent, there’s a good chance she’ll throw a pretty good stock tip your way, so what the heck.
From The Hill:
House Democrats will win the House in November, swinging the gavel back into the hands of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Vice President Joe Biden predicted Friday.
“Nancy, I think, is not going to be remembered just for being the first woman Speaker,” Biden said, “she’s going to remembered for being the second woman speaker.”
Addressing House Democrats gathered on the Eastern Shore for their annual retreat, Biden said the combination of GOP obstructionism and a strengthening economy will propel the Democrats back into control of the lower chamber after just two years in the minority.
“It’s becoming absolutely clear the decisions that we made … are actually working,” Biden said, speaking softly because he said he’s battling a cold.
It’s sort of a “bad thought, good thought” situation. The bad is that Joe Biden is predicting the Dems will control the House after the election. The good is that in 2010 he predicted the same thing, and, well, you know how that turned out.
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Is there not one Dem out there that isn’t delusional ?
Well, if Plugs said it, it must be so!! He is, after all, the smarter of the dynamic duo Obama/Biden.
The Idiot Biden, doing the Obamunist cheerleading that Americans won’t do!
If everyone stays focused on the goal, it won’t happen. If, on the other hand, people sulk and stay home like they did in 2008 because “their” candidate didn’t win the nomination, the Dems very well could end up with control of the Congress again, with disastrous results.
Plugs is nuts. ‘Nuff said.
Dems or Repubs, what’s the difference?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH…..breath…..breath……BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…..oh….oh…..oh…..wow. Still a moron…..I hope.
Wow, sorry about that run on post. My bad.
did he say which house, perhaps he meant they will be going back to their districts, and re-taking their own houses back!
More proof Old Joe is senile.
I have a prophecy as well. I predict that by the end of 2012 Joe Biden will be a clueless, moronic, imbecilic, irrelevant idiot.
I’ll give you 10 to 1 odds.
After he leaves the VP office, he can’t go back to Congress can he???? Please say no.
He may be right if the GOP doesn’t start offering up some genuine CONSERVATIVES and not these RINO freaking craptards they have been shoving down our throats.
With all the turncoat Tea Party elected candidates we had kissing RINO Boehner’s rear for future committee chairman assignments, I don’t doubt Biden’s claim.
The GOP establishment are equivalent to cheese eating surrender monkeys.
The French?
*If enough people across our great Republic stay focused on removing the enemy in the White House from office, good things will happen in the House and Senate, with additional strong conservatives taking office; I will continue to send coin to Jim DeMint and his SCF, because it is not enough to just replace a Demoprog with a Republiprog; We need more Rand Paul’s and less Bailout Bob Corker’s!
*I predict Pelosi will retire this year or in 2014; It is over for her.
*I predict the GOP will pick up 18 more seats in the House.
*I predict the GOP will pick up 8 more seats in the Senate.
*I predict(and hope and pray)that Michele Bachmann will challenge Boehner for Speaker.
OK – tin foil hat time, anyone? Why are the Dems so giddy, happy, da&N certain that they’re going to win big in November? What does Nancy “know” that makes her act like she did with John King? She did not say she knew something ABOUT Newt – she said that she KNEW he would not be President!
I know the Rs are putting up some pretty weak candidates and there is a ton of infighting within the party between the RINOs and the Tea Party folks but I have to admit that I am a little worried about the blatant overconfidence among leading Democrats.
Just how much money did Soros funnel into getting liberals into Secretary of State offices throughout the country? What have the union thugs promised to do regarding the voting machines? It feels more and more like the Chicago Way and I am not sure what that means for all of us but I suspect it won’t be good!
Memo to the GOP Establishment: STOP trying to manipulate conservative voters (UPDATED)
We’re at a time right now when a lot of Republicans are still trying to make up their minds about who they want to take on Obama, and the information flowing out there about the candidates is coming in rapid fire and, frankly, is hard to keep up with even for people who make their living writing and commenting on politics, let alone people who work 40+ hours a week who simply can’t keep up with it all – and who have precious little time to devote to fact checking, especially on PEOPLE THEY SHOULDN”T HAVE TO (hint: I’m looking at you, Elliott Abrams). It’s expected that you can’t trust the mainstream media at all but especially this time of year, because their mission shifts from propping up Democrat politicos during non-election years to trying to keep them in office during election years (especially Presidential election years) by writing misleading piece after misleading piece about their GOP opposition (case in point). And, yes, even though you’re not supposed to put your 100% trust in just anything written by Republicans and conservatives about politicos and policy you have reasonable expectations that what they say isn’t going to be almost 100% deliberately misleading and/or fact-free. After all, we ALL as Republicans have the same goal and that is to have as our primary winner someone who has more often than not demonstrated conservative principles over the course of his or her political life, right?
Wrong.
http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2012/01/27/memo-to-the-gop-establishment/
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Update
Sarah Palin takes on the establishment GOP
Cannibals in GOP Establishment Employ Tactics of the Left
https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150516734848435
When Biden’s quips make the news I hear strains of the song “send in the clowns” and the next line…”don’t bother, they’re here”.
I’m with you on this. What’s really going on????
Take some solace, tonight listening to ABC Radio news, they mentioned that 14 states have enacted Voter ID laws and in FLA, they are seeing a large reduction in early voting.
More like she won’t be remembered at all.
just in case you missed this
Doesn’t Joe say the darndest things.
Dr. Kooky at it again. A heartbeat away…scary.
In your dreams, vice-pResident….it’s time to take the trash out. You’re next.
Obviously, Biden is nuts (as usual) His hair-plugs have infected his brain.
I just want to take every opportunity to support Santorum’s campaign for Prez. He kicked Romney’s and Gingrich’s butts last night, so to speak.
Santorum is the only real Conservative still in the race. Go Rick!!
Dems will retake the House…..
..when Madonna makes another top 10 album.
..when Kansas City Chiefs win the Super Bowl.
..when Rosie O’Donnell marries Justin Timberlake.
..when Earl Scheib’s bargain paint job costs $1000.
..when Christiane Amanpour poses for Playboy.
*Come on man, surely you meant Quarterhorse Monthly!
*Speaking of Joe as the nut the squirrel union rejected, has anyone else noticed how obvious it is that Hannity is shilling for the Newtster while portraying himself on the sidelines; This behavior may drop him off the conservative credibility list once and for all; It must be getting pretty lonely for Michelle as far as those in the public eye!
When there’s no more room in Hell, Pelosi will walk the earth.
It may also convince her to stick around for a second round of the Speakership.
I can’t tell which is dumber…Bite-Me or Bela Pelosi.
Between the two of them, if brains were gas, they couldn’t come up with enough gas to fire a pissants motorcycle around a cheerio.
I thought he already was all of those descriptions.
I like those predictions! Would be sweet to see San Fran nanny exit in 2012.
Sad to say, but Democrats who steal elections seldom, if ever, have those elections overturned in court. When was the last time this happened in a federal election (see: Franken, Al, MN, 2008)?
On January 27, 2012 at 07:40 pm, Hangfire said:
That’s just nasty!
I saw the funniest commercial a few minutes ago. Some company has invented a cell phone that you talk into instead of texting. What will they come up with next?
Is Sean Hannity Newt’s BFF?
My Samsung Galaxy SII does that.
texvet2
I am commenting to you on my phone right now using the voice command
Why not nominate a real conservative?
Have to say it is sad if you think about it that someone this stupid and corrupt could even even get to the position he is in. It is our fault that we the people voted in the majority to keep electing this idiot. Not to mention that liar Obama. I still don’t have much hope for the next election 45% of the country live off the government. All Otraitor has to do is get the 5% of the stupid to vote for him and he wins.
Bite-me also predicts Custer will win at Little Bighorn, the Titanic will set a trans-Atlantic speed record, and Nancy Pelosi will be the greatest Speaker ever.
I hope he predicts Jimmy Johnson wins the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
OK, the prophesy is somewhat based upon observable patterns. I’ll go 100 to 1.
Interesting how the lamestream media pounded Dan Quayle as an ignorant moron, yet Bozo Joe who couldn’t find his own arse with both hands if it had a bell on it gets a pass.
News you can lose.
The real fear among voters today is that it doesn’t matter WHAT you voted for, you continue to get the same old thing. Lawyers are today’s professional politicians and they see themselves as the Ruling Class. They know better than you the sweating masses in the streets.
I don’t see any reason for concern comrades.
Remember when Democrats controlled everything?
Remember what happened then?
With a petulant child in charge with no election to care about?
Joe is not nuts, nor is he senile. He cannot help himself.
What you’re seeing is the results of being a life-long lying liberal, who’s had brain surgery following significant doses of brain-targeted radiation. At to that, injections of a poison, a botulism derivative to the same area of the body.
…But that doesn’t explain his affinity for vulgarities and plagiarism. Those are character issues.
I predict that she will be rememebered not only as the first female speaker of the house, but also as the worst!
Guess Joe was partly right!
Truer words were never said.
I am not familiar with how the house leadership works.
Is there any way we can help her do that?
Does anyone beside the Democrats and the MSM believe the economy is improving? It is amazing how they buy their own propaganda!
Well, he was right about the Giants going to the Superbowl! Hehehe!
I wouldn’t mind seeing these Republicans kicked out. Please note that these socialists are not from CA but HI and TX.
Strengthening economy!!?? What economy is he looking at.
The Democrats’ decisions have been based on finally realizing their goal of turning this country into a socialist paradise during Obama’s reign and putting in place an organizational structure that would be impossible to dismantle for years to come. Think back to where this country was in 2008 and where it is today. Look at the increase in the debt ($5T in 3+ years), the annual amount of deficits ($1+T is a given now), stuctural unemployment (under current conditions, real unemployment will never be reduced to less than 15%), the increase of the mob mentality of unions and crony capitalism, and the additional dumbing down of our education system. Damn right their decisions are working.
I predict that no one will run for Vice President in the Republican Party. Its a suicide mission.
Here is another prediction (maybe not so tongue in cheek).
Obama beats Romney in 2012, and Jeb Bush beats Hilary in 2016. Maybe that’s why Jeb is visiting Obama with his father. Imagine with all the blame thrown at George Bush, his father and brother would cordially visit him at the White House.
Now you know why the Dems want to throw the Vice-Jackass under the bus. And pick up Hillary, who is the white female version of Obastard II.
Of course, Biden is going to say that. Pelosi said the same thing in 2010 about keeping the house.
I would say that some democrats have all but given up on Obama and are looking ahead to 2014.
Their focus will be to limit republican gains in the Senate (I’d say 53 or less is a win for them) and maybe break even or net in a couple of house seats.
Then in 2014, if Romney is the president, they can have a shot to win back Congress over an ignornant USA electorate because things are going to have to hit bottom to get better and that is going to mean temporarily high inflation and housing declines. This is similar to what happened under Reagen from 80-82.
Romney they feel can be drug to the left which would probably mean his defeat in 2016.
That is exactly What the left wants you to think.
This mentality will get people to say “they’re all the same, so I’ll just keep voting Democrat”.
I’m supporting Santorum. Romney would easily defeat Barack Obama as long as he showed up at the debates and had a consistent argument of federalism with his MA health care plan. Romney poses unique problems for the democrats because he has some major sway in their northeast stronghold and with him on the ticket, every blue state from Minnesota to Rhode Island would be in play and the dems would have to spend much more money there to say nothing of the swing states.
And then there is the Walker recall and the Gabby Giffords open seat in AZ. Every dollar spent on these two is one dollar less for Barack Obama.
But I don’t care so much about mopping the floor with Obama. I’d rather have a Santorum/Bachmann or Santorum/Rubio ticket win by 2 points than a republican establisment ticket win by 8-10 and get drug to the left post 2014.
Lots of disgust on the GOP side. If you whiners really stay home then Obama may get congress and the white house for his second term.
Is it possible Biden could actually be a Republican plant, sent behind enemy lines to sew seeds of complacency amongst the Dems?
Nah, of course not. Every great drama needs a bit of comic relief from time to time, and his proclamation should stand as proof positive Obama is not going to be reelected. And if he is by some odd quirk of fate, all common sense conservatives should do a mass migration to Mexico, take that beleaguered country over with conservatism, let the lib-dems ruin this country, migrate back into the USA, and rebuild it into its greatness.
Or, we could work to convince true conservatives like Michelle, Rush, and others to enter the political fray and begin a full front assault on the nonsense of liberalism taking us down the wrong road.
The sad thing is, Sheriff Joe could be right.
NEVER under-estimate the ability of Ruling Class Elites (with the help of their sycophantic flunkies in the media) to dupe a sufficient number of morons into not grasping what a moral and inter-generational disaster liberalism is.
I’m afraid that he’s right, RCP’s generic congressional ballot has the Dem’s up by a few points. Occupy Wallstreet plus a general return to apathy by the Tea Party could equal 2 years of Speaker Pelosi.
Between that and, say, sleeping on a fire ant nest for two years – I’ll go with the ants hands down.
The wierd thing about the abysmal congressional approval and the generic ballot is that people hate Congress, but don’t seem to mind their own Congresscritter – especially if they bring home the bacon. That said, I seriously doubt they’ll take the house back. No momentum. And the Senate could go GOP very easily as well.
If enough sheeple and dead people vote in strategically picked districts (along with the usual Dimocrat plans of vote early, vote often and keep counting votes until we win) Joey B may be right. We certainly can’t count on much of the Republican Establishment to try and stop them
*shrugs* The Dems will bring us more of the same, the GOP will bring us less of the same, but either way, we’ll just be getting the same.
At least when the Dems are in charge, the party at least pretends to be conservative.
I think after the elections, inflation will skyrocket, and the economy will take another downturn.
There is no “return to apathy”. It’s just that reporting on Tea Party has been shut down by the entire media, including the so-called “conservative” media, and so the establishment tools are stepping into the void in their inept way trying to make it look like they are speaking for us. The most conspicuous example was Sarah McPalin a couple of days ago. She may sound like she is one of us but she isn’t. She is an establishment tool either because she is naive or because she is a hypocrite.
These tools are trying to steal our thunder and deceive ua into supporting one of the current candidates by convincing that we no longer exist. They are full of crap. No one speaks for the Tea Party.
There is no Tea Party candidate currently running so there is no reason for us to rallying in favor of one or the other. They only know that we are very upset at being again locked out of the process and they are afraid that we might switch to Ron Paul. That is why there has been a call by establishment tools like Jack Welch and McPalin for the GOP establishment to cut a deal with Paul ASAP.
The Paul supporters are the only other sizable voting bloc that will not vote for the eventual GOP nominee the establishment is determined to cram down our throats. Tea Party is the missing component that would make Paul a viable 3rd party candidate. If Romney or Gingrich (or Mitch Daniels or Jeb Bush and others) become the GOP nominee, they cannot win if they lose the 12-15% Ron Paul currently has and a sizable portion of the large Tea Party vote. It’s that simple. They don’t want to deal with us directly so they are trying to create a phony narrative “as if”…
The GOP establishment tools are legion and they are desperate to trick the rest of us into believing that our Tea Party brethren have abandoned the cause and should therefore vote for whomever they tell us to vote for. It’s not true so don’t believe it. It’s crunch time for them, not for us.
If you were/are involved with the Tea Party, what I just said is not new to you. If it is new and you have been posting here telling us you are Tea Party, well now we now know you were never an involved member. Get involved. Locally. You’ll feel better. This is FAR from over.
Biden then predicted the winner of the Super Bowl will be the Montreal Expos…
cnredd
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He did correctly predict the Giants would advance to the Super Bowl.
Say it a’int so Joe!!
Yet another excellent example for why a John McCamnesty endorsement is the kiss of death:
Sounds a lot like Obama’s comment on the Cambridge police “acting stupid” right after saying he hasn’t yet seen the facts.
Calling SC Republican voters anti-Mormon bigots. That should really help Romney. Calling those of us who advocate stricter border control bigots worked so well in 2006 and 2008.
Another example, this time in FL, of how the GOP establishment is working overtime to help Joestradamus be right. I mean targeting Allen West? Really?
The GOP establishment is totally focused on defeating conservatives in 2012, not Democrats. Clearing the field for Jebbie in 2016.
Here’s Legal Insurrection’s take on Allen West being re-districted out of existence by the FL GOP establishment.
That is a big part of how they did it to CA. So think before bashing CA. Don’t assume that your “red” state is different. This process is far along in AZ, TX, FL and elsewhere. No one is safe.
You Floridians who plan on voting for Romney, visit the link on my post #77. Romney is the guy targeting Allen West. He is also the guy who crammed his top fundraiser and Van Jones BFF Meg Whitman down OUR throats in 2010. How about voting for Santorum instead?
I have a choice between Romney or Paul here in VA. I’d like to vote for Santorum. His name will not be on the ballot. I’m voting Paul for pretty much the same reasons I voted Romney in 2008 primary, lesser evil. McCain was worse. This time Paul is the lesser nose-hold.
Only the Stupid Party could screw up this election.
Run on:
Repeal Obamacare
Balance the budget
Enforce immigration laws
Reform entitlements to what we can fund
DOH!
Maybe I’m just too much of a pessimist, but I truly do feel Obama is going to be reelected in a landslide – especially if Mitt Romney is our nominee!
Aside from the fact that the media will NOT allow America’s first black president to be a one-termer, Romney simply has no charisma, is slow to think on his feet and promote the conservative viewpoint during a debate or in response to reporters’ questions, and exudes a stand-offish vibe that makes him appear alien to the life experiences of most voters.
As I have documented twice on this and other trheads, Romney is ACTIVELY working against conservatives. He is spending much of his money actively working against the Tea Party. And Newt would be doing the same if he was the one with the money. Where was he during the Tea Party rallies?
None of these guys (except Ron Paul) were with us but now feel entitled to be the TP champion? Bring on the brokered convention. We need the bloodletting.
Plugs is a dufus.
While I have no doubt that what your are saying is true, there is one major plus in Newt’s favor: He can crush Obama in the debates!
And after almost four long years of listening to Obama’s divisive hot air, it would be liberating to hear someone finally deflate O’s bloated rhetoric and disdain on the national stage.
That is a dubious assumption. It would be one thing if Gingrich weren’t presenting so much ammunition to Obama but he is. The problem with both Romney and Gingrich is that because they have taken every side on every issue at one time or another, you could assemble a very comprehensive video “proving” that you are right whether you are for him or against him.
Debating skills are no substitute for authenticity and good character. Gingrich lacks both. I believe that both he and Romney will get killed against Obama. When asked to choose between a Democrat and a democrat, voters ALWAYS choose the democrat. This time will be no different.
We need to stop discussing these things with the false dichotomies of “anyone but Obama” and the “lesser of two evils” alternatives that the corrupt GOP establishment always presents. That’s what happens when “both” parties are funded by the same globalist dirty money.
There was a time when ALL conventions were brokered and they were routinely slam bang knock’em down drag’em out affairs. They have since become coronations. Brokered conventions were better than what we have now. We need to make the money pay dearly and compromise. It is not we conservatives who are the “purists”. It is the corrupt GOP establishment who won’t let anyone into the club.
In 2010, 85 seats flipped to Republicans. Which of those districts is ready to vote to put Pelosi back as Speaker?
Every congressional race is going to be about “Restoring Pelosi as Speaker”! I have no doubt whatsoever that Pelosi’s high favorability ratings will make this happen!
Romney is a progressive and not a conservative. This is why there is not conservative support for Romney.
What is fascinating to watch are the various pundits, that pretend they are conservative, twist themselves into pretzels to pretend Romney is conservative.
IF Romney is the Republican nominee, look for him to abandon every conservative position he claims in this primary in favor of more progressive positions. At some point he might even try to call himself some sort of ‘compassionate conservative’ like that other progressive did a few short years ago.
Did anyone notice how before the Iowa caucus Romney was clearly stating that he would end the Department of Education? Did you notice that in last Mondays Florida debate Romney stated he wanted MORE MONEY for education?
I wonder why ALL of the media pundits are ignoring this absurd ‘tell the audience what they want to hear’ moment by Romney?
I wonder what Romney’s position will be for the next primary?
What I did notice is that Romney was bashing Newt for taking that position when he was asked about his “Moon Base” proposal.
Speaking of Newt …
Herman Cain Endorses Newt Gingrich For President
Agreed, but my point is that when Newt decides to bring it conservative style, he does it with sincerity (however of the moment) and a voraciousness that far exceeds anything Obama musters up with his “uh’s” and “um’s” in presenting the
progressiveREGRESSIVE view.Hey, there are some here who were calling for him to be primaried. In any event, he’s facing a formidable Dem challenger, making the District more D is unforgiveable. I think this is as much Lois Frankel calling in favors as it is payback against West.
BTW, Santorum has had my vote since Cain dropped out.
OK Loyalist
The only reason I can see pretty straight-minded conservatives like Bachmann or Cain endorsing Newt–or Palin suggesting to vote for him— is 1) to slow down Romney and 2) a possible VP slot.
I’m still pulling for Santorum.
My guess is that Team Obama picked old Joe to get more of the older male vote.
It would be wise for the republican nomiee to pick a Cain, Palin, Bachmann, Rubio, Brewer or Martinez for VP.
Me too, as I’ve stated numerous times.
For the good of the country, Nancy Pelosi needs to retire.
Ouch! That hurt!
We’d better take Joe seriously, though, if the San Francisco Giants win the Super Bowl this Sunday.
I could not imagine the electorate, even as dimwitted as most are, allowing these lunatics control of the House again…. although I am frequently wrong when it comes to politics.
If it did happen, that might be cause to flee to the jungles of the Amazon.
I’m picking Tim Lincecum as MVP with 375 yards passing and 4 TDs.
As long a a large number of Americans think that the rest of the country owes them a living, we will remain in extreme jeopardy.
The government is still viewed as a gigantic never-ending gravy train.
On one hand, we have an Indiana Secretary of State, a Sheriff in W Va, and 6 officials in NY tried or convicted for vote fraud, and a Texas redistricting plan benefitting (drum roll, please) Democrats overturned by the court.
On the other hand, we have the semi-coherent rantings of Joe Biden. Wasn’t it last week that he got away with an ethnic slur comensurate with the one that put Jim Webb into the Senate?
So, you can believe the evidence, or you can believe Joe.