{"id":2205,"date":"2010-08-27T10:36:34","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T14:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2205"},"modified":"2010-08-27T10:36:34","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T14:36:34","slug":"optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2205","title":{"rendered":"Optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dnc.org\" target=\"_blank\">Democrat Party<\/a> is imploding thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\" target=\"_blank\">Chairman Zero&#8217;s<\/a> leadership with a backlash expected against Democrat candidates across the board. \u00a0CNN reports on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/POLITICS\/08\/27\/democrats.midterm.plans\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democrats in fight to hold onto House seats in November.<\/a>&#8221; \u00a0Of note:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Ticking through many of the competitive races across the country, [<a href=\"http:\/\/kevinmccarthy.house.gov\" target=\"_blank\">California Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy<\/a>] predicted even more seats currently leaning Democratic &#8212; like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/wu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rep. David Wu&#8217;s<\/a> in Oregon and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.votemccarthy.com\" target=\"_blank\"> Rep. Carolyn McCarthy&#8217;s<\/a> in New York &#8212; will begin shifting toward the Republican column &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Getting rid of McCarthy would be a blessing, but I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re there yet.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D2205&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2205\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2205\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=2205\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democrat Party is imploding thanks to Chairman Zero&#8217;s leadership with a backlash expected against Democrat candidates across the board. \u00a0CNN reports on &#8220;Democrats in fight to hold onto House seats in November.&#8221; 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