Posted on 08/25/2010 10:36:43 PM PDT by Schnucki
Influential Washington news site Politico has a major piece this morning revealing mounting fears among leading Democrats over worsening prospects for retaining control of the House of Representatives in this November’s mid-terms. According to Politico:
Top Democrats are growing markedly more pessimistic about holding the House, privately conceding that the summertime economic and political recovery they were banking on will not likely materialize by Election Day.
In conversations with more than two dozen party insiders, most of whom requested anonymity to speak candidly about the state of play, Democrats in and out of Washington say they are increasingly alarmed about the economic and polling data they have seen in recent weeks.
They no longer believe the jobs and housing markets will recover – or that anything resembling the White House’s promise of a “recovery summer” is under way.
The Politico piece also points out that “in two close races, endangered Democrats are even running ads touting how they oppose their leadership”, and cites a Democrat pollster as saying “the reality is that (the House majority) is probably gone.”
The defeatism on the Left strikingly highlighted in this piece is the culmination of a disastrous summer of discontent for the White House, where the president’s approval ratings have plummeted against a backdrop of relentlessly bad economic news, a virtual civil war within the ruling liberal elites, and the impressive rise of the anti-establishment Tea Party movement . As I’ve written previously, we’ve witnessed the most stunning and rapid political decline for a US president in recent American history.
Despite a mammoth economic stimulus package, US unemployment hovers around the ten percent mark, the housing market remains in a deep slump, and consumer confidence is stubbornly low. At the same time President Obama has
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There was a thread earlier that talked about 0bama’s dual citizenship..now if only some conservative and constitution loving democrats would stand together and get this man in jail.
They stopped talking about it because they know it’s hated.
I’m sure they are under orders not to mention it. The SOBs are still trying to force us into socialism. They are sneaky and tried to make us believe we would like being socialists. (They still are convinced we would like if only Fox and talk Radio would let up and stop “making people who aren’t angry feel angry” as Weiner slipped and said.
Now they think if only they are silent on it we will forget about it.
I am not whistling past anything. Did you really think a candidate like JD would beat him? I despise McCain as much as anybody does but I figured he would win this nomination easily. It is not like JD Hayworth was a dream candidate. I recognize McCain for the back-stabbing Alpha RINO he is. I wanted JD to win, I even ontributed to his campaign but I never expected him to even come close. I would have been happy with JD just embarassing McCain a bit. I think it is amazing that McCain was forced to say so many thing on the record that I know he hated to say and spend so much to win what should have been a cakewalk for him. I see that as a better than expected outcome. I am aslo happy to see his war chest greatly diminished, to me that is $21 million less money he has to cause trouble with. He is also on record as claiming to be very tough on border security and Amnesty now. He will probably flip flop on that but I suspect that he will be called on it by Arizonans when he does. I think this particular election went better than anybody could have realistically expected, given the candidates involved.
Once the DemonRATs got control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in November of 2006, they worked to destroy the U.S. economy. By Sept. 15, 2008 with Lehman Brothers filing for bankruptcy, the collapse began and everything President Bush did to prevent it was opposed by the DemonRATs. They wanted to use this collapse to blame the Bush Administration, the Republicans and to win the White House. The blame of the Bush Administration continues as the economy goes deeper into failure. This blame game is their get out of jail free card as this economic crisis works its way through the western capitalistic system.
The DemonRATs are determined to create a new Marxist system where individuals are no longer free to enjoy the independence that wealth brings.
Repmember the wench pelosi saying, “We have to pass it (healthcare) so that you all can see what’s in it”, she said that back when they were ramming it down our throats.
Rats deserting the ship. They have 10 holes in the hull and only one cork.
“We have to pass it to know what is in it” About the most childish comment that I have ever heard from A congress critter. Freaking amazing that she would admit that. Most that voted for this garbage admit that they did not read it. Why?
Because it is part of the New Communist Manifesto, to make America into the UCSA.
Of course they’re embarrassed by it. If they were proud of their “historic” obamacare bill (the one the entire democrat party fell on the sword for), they’d be out there campaigning on it.
Awesome. That picture tells the whole story.
Awesome. That picture tells the whole story.
Even I am surprised. I thought Dems might be able to prop up the economy better than this at least until after the 2010 midterms; Having the bottom drop out in late August is a disaster for Democrats. Reminds me of the timing of financial crisis in 2008 wrt those elections McCain vs Obama. Remember, George Soros created that economic crisis just to get Obama elected(and destroyed the world economy in the process) . Expect to see similar conspiracy theories made up democrats in November.
sfl
Well, maybe so.
Pelosi: “ We need to pass this bill, so you can see your premiums increse 50%, and your benefits cut in half “
But in typical gutless, do nothing, passive Republican style, they sit quietly on the side and come up with pointless, wishy-washy responses that nobody will hear.
If it weren't for the Tea Party, there would be no understanding that there is an opposing force among the voters. It looks like the Republican Party is finished and it is time to rebuild it from the ground up. The very name “Republican” has become a disgrace from what it was originally intended to mean. I no longer even like to mention the word and refuse to call myself a “Republican”.
"... and create 50 new leftist bureaucratic departments. But don't worry, we will borrow the money until we have to raise taxes to pay for it."
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