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05.15.2008 1:12 pm
House Republicans Feeling Blue
Deirdre Shesgreen

WASHINGTON–House Republicans just can’t seem to catch a break.

First, they lose three special elections in a row, including one on Tuesday night in a once solidly GOP district in Mississippi. There, Democratic Travis Childers trounced his GOP opponent even after Republicans pumped more than $1 million into the contest and ran ads trying to link Childers to Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama.

Now, the House GOP’s new election slogan—“The Change You Deserve”—has come under withering ridicule. It happens to be the very same slogan used in ads for Effexor, an antidepressant drug. Just imagine the fun Democrats can have with that.

Click here to read Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank’s take on the GOP’s latest maladies, which he labels “Election Anxiety Disorder.”


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