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Except that Rove was right about a majority but not of the conservative majority, we have a majority its called the cult of statism. Where theft, death, spinelessness, oppression are all the rage for those of us not in the political class.
You might be to young for this but at one time Karl Rove was predicting a permanent R majority.
The reality of presidential politics is that it helps to have an enemy. With Democrats controlling the White House and Congress, they shoulder responsibility for the country’s troubles. No amount of venting about George W. Bush or the filibuster rule has convinced the public otherwise. But if Republicans capture Congress, Mr. Obama will finally have a foil heading toward his own re-election battle in 2012.
“The best possible result for Obama politically is for the Republicans to gain control of both houses,” said Douglas E. Schoen, a Democratic pollster and strategist who helped President Bill Clinton recover from his own midterm Congressional defeat in 1994 to win re-election two years later. “That’s what Obama should want.”
Hard statism out, soft statism in.
This is an election of that sort; sober people know it.In a few elections when the Republicans are removed from the Congress, are still going to talking about how "The People" are sweeping the Dems aside forever in a "total rejection" of their philosophy?
Probably, but its going to be just as ridiculous then as it is now. If Reps or Dems really want to stay in power for longer they need to stop talking about every election as if its the end all be all of elections.
This one is.
It's why the folks are revved up; they know Obama has inflicted great damage and is going to do more if left unchecked.
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On college campuses where Barack Obama made politics cool again, most students have moved on.
They’ve quit bugging their friends about change, they’re no longer trying to sign up new voters and the knock-on-door day trips now draw only the most hard-core.
One statistic from Rock the Vote, the most aggressive organization behind youthful political participation, illustrates the difference between now and 2008 — just 280,000 young voters signed up in its midterm elections voter drive, a fraction of the 2.5 million who eagerly put their name on voter forms two years ago.
The bottom line: From coast to coast, universities that brim with liberal ideas and idealistic students won’t be sending nearly as many voters to the polls on Nov. 2. And that’s bad news for Democrats.
In Colorado’s Larimer County, which includes the Colorado State University campus, voter registration drives resulted in 20,000 new voters in 2008. This year, only 1,200 came through.
The story is the same in Virginia’s Albemarle County, which includes 90 percent of the dorms at the University of Virginia. In 2008, 6,171 people registered to vote; only 2,714 new registrations came in this year, a number that could be troubling for the reelection efforts of Democratic Rep. Tom Perriello, who won 2008 thanks in large part to students who turned out for Obama.
A couple of hours away at Virginia Tech, Montgomery County recorded 1,441 new voters, far fewer than the 7,402 who sent in forms in 2008.
Well only shows how dumb people are then... since most of the damage was done by the Republicans in the first place.
This is an election of that sort; sober people know it.
It's why the folks are revved up; they know Obama has inflicted great damage and is going to do more if left unchecked. They not only want to stop Obama, but begin the process of repealing his nonsense, with the goal of repealing him in 2-years.
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Republicans are on the verge of broad wins next week for one big reason: independent voters are ready to boot Democrats from office, according to a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll.
Expressing deep dissatisfaction with President Obama’s policies and performance, independents have increasingly sided with conservatives in the belief that government grew too large, too fast under Obama—and that it can no longer be trusted. In the final pre-election Battleground Poll, Republicans hold a 14-point edge among independents and lead overall, 47 percent to 42 percent, in the generic ballot match up.
The swing among independents rivals the emergence of the spirited Tea Party movement as one of the most important changes in American politics over the past 20 months. Many other polls have confirmed this trend over that period, even though it has been vastly overshadowed by coverage of more provocative characters and themes on the right.
The poll found these independents are merging with Republican voters, who remain decidedly more enthusiastic about voting next Tuesday, to threaten both the House and Senate Democratic governing majorities. The Republican lead expands to 12 points in the generic ballot among those “extremely likely” to vote.
It’s the flight of independents that presents the biggest challenge for Democrats. Independents helped lift Democrats to power in 2006 and pushed Obama into office in 2008. But in last year’s Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial races, these voters registered grave concerns and did it again by breaking for Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) in his upset victory in January.
(CBS) With just eight days to go until the midterm elections, Republicans appear poised to take control of the House of Representatives. And despite efforts by President Obama to fire up the base and close the enthusiasm gap for Democrats, it may not be working as well as hoped.
According to the latest battleground poll from Politico, Republicans lead Democrats 47 to 42 percent overall - including a 14-point edge among independents, reports CBS News White House correspondent Bill Plante.
CBS News political consultant John Dickerson doesn't think the Democrats will be able to dig out of that big hole among independents in time for the election.
"Not at all. In fact, the president and Democrats have been trying to turn that number around for months and months and it's just stuck there. And that's the big problem for Democrats. They talk about these early voting numbers in the states that have early voting and it shows Democrats are turning out [tho they're down 15 points relative to republicans over 06] which is great for Democrats. But independent voters are also turning out and so, when they vote, if they're voting with this kind of big margin for Republicans, that's where the big victories will come in for the GOP," he said on CBS' "The Early Show" Monday.
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