Posted on 11/11/2015 7:12:40 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Obama insists that DEMOCRATS are the future of America saying that the Republican party is 'outdated.'
In reality, Obama is dead wrong. More Republicans are making massive gains at the state and local levels. Take the victory of the governor elect Matt Bevin in Kentucky recently! Bevin, a Tea Party favorite became only the second Republican in four decades to win Kentucky’s governorship!
The Washington Post reports:
With Matt Bevin’s win in Kentucky on Tuesday night, Republicans now hold 32 of the nation’s governorships — 64 percent of all the governors mansions in the country. (One race, in Louisiana, won’t be decided until next month. Democrats believe they have a good chance of winning that race against now-Sen. David Vitter.)
Democrats’ failure to take over the Virginia state Senate means that Republicans still hold total control of 30 of the country’s 50 state legislatures (60 percent) and have total or split control of 38 of the 50 (76 percent.)
Here is a chart showing how Republicans are dominating America at a local level. That’s a whole lot of red folks!
“While the demographic and electoral challenges that Republicans must confront at the national level are very real, the idea, pushed in some circles, that those struggles are leading indicators of a dying party is absolutely wrong,†Chris Cillizza wrote for The Post.
“In fact, at the state and local level the Republican Party is considerably more robust than its Democratic counterpart.†That dominance — and what it means to the policy and political calculations and prospects for both parties at the national level — is the single most overlooked and underappreciated story line of President Obama’s time in office. Since 2009, Republicans have made massive and unprecedented gains at the state level, gains that played a central role in, among other things, handing control of the U.S. House back to the GOP in the 2010 election.
This chart via GOP lobbyist Bruce Mehlman tells that story in stark terms, however it has not been updated to include the results of the 2015 election.
This unprecedented shift at the state level is a direct result of Obama’s attempts to push his liberal agenda on all Americans, coupled with his constant attempts to increase the power of the executive branch at the expense of Congress and the courts.
States are pushing back against Obama’s agenda, showing Democrats that not everyone is willing to simply go along with their plan for an all-powerful federal government.
I meant Vitter with his hooker baggage..lol..
Sorry Jindal, but you never had a chance anyway..
I suspect Hillary will easily carry New York no matter who her opponent is.
Trump won’t pick Cruz. I think he’ll pick Chris Christie and dress up as the blues brothers.
RINOs.
Trump should get NY. yes
Obama’s out golfing on the taxpayer’s dime. He could care less.
I would think so.
The text of the posts are being completely taken over by Euros.
I for one am against it. This is America, and if there is to be a disruptive symbol it should be dollars.
He called ISIS the JV team also.................
Trump will win over the Mehhiccans and ME Muslims. He is the revenge of the Tea Party! He and Ted Cruz will have really long coat tails and pull in many GOP Senators and Congressmen. With a Majority he will enact needed changes. The Democrats will re-take there party from the Progressive Liberal Commies. America will be on the road to greatness. Trump will face many challenges but in the end he will be loved by a gratful nation. Just wait until the truth comes out on Obama-—I believe its going to be bad, real bad, Big Time Bad. We shall see, 2016 is going to be interesting—but 2017 will be one for the History Books.
Although the MSM will never admit is, historians will look aback on this period of time and declare that it was Obama that destroyed the Democrat party and helped bring about the election of Donald Trump.
....which is exactly why Valerie is telling Hussein to do so.
And why his need for people to worship at the altar of a centralized federal government is soooo crucial to his bankrupt philosophy.
Seeing excited liberals telling us this stuff ten days after everyone has is like when your teenage kid excitedly tells you something blindingly obvious and is proud that he is “telling my father something he didn’t know.” Liberals are so cute when they try to make believe they are relevant.
Unfortunately, the electoral success of Republicans does not pose a threat to Obama's plans for the USA.
It's not "his worst nightmare" at all.
Cruz/Santorum will carry NY if we can dump NY CITY. Astorino would have beat Cuomo if it weren’t for the City of NY.
My apologies to the conservatives in the City.
bttt
Just imagine this same scenario where the 17th Amendment had not been ratified and all that power gained in the state legislatures could be leveraged at the Federal level. As the Framers intended.
Correctamundo. The Republican party has faled America.
The most important thing about this development is that the GOP is developing experienced candidates who then will run for higher office. Shots on goal, mean goals.
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