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The phrase: "Never underestimate the Democrats' ability to lose elections"...

October 25, 2006 04:16 PM

...has become something of a political truism.  It's not quite up there with "rain on election day bodes well with the GOP," but it is developing quite the ring of truth.  ABC News's Political Radar blog runs with the theme, 

Democrats just concluded a conference call responding to the president's press conference this morning.  Unfortunately for anyone hoping for a usable soundbite, the call was a comedy of errors from a technological standpoint -- since reporters' phones were not automatically muted, the call featured, at various points, some guy talking to his car dealer, elevator music from someone's phone being on hold, continuous loud beeping, and odd heavy breathing.  Between all the various interruptions, the participants -- who included Sens. Carl Levin and Jack Reed, and Reps. Ike Skelton and, briefly, Jack Murtha (although Murtha's phone cut out every time he attempted to speak, and he eventually gave up) -- managed to make a few points, though no big headlines.

How can they be ready for election day when they can't even arrange a conference call?

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