If, as I suspect, the economy has weakened or, even if only the existing perception that the economy is week grows, the Republicans will be swept away in a tsunami of massive proportions.
I would like to see these polls split between men and women, not between parties. That will tell you the real story. The real story is the conversation going on between Democrats and women beyond the “emotional” hearing of the men in this country, even capturing the interest of a certain amount of “safe conservative” women!
That is what you are seeing in a lot of these “close” elections, the women(even “conservative” women who would never tell there husbands how they voted...they might get “upset”) are tipping the balance in favor of the Democrats.
Women are nesters and they want health care for the children and they want them educated. They don’t want to see husbands, children, boy-friends killed in any war. These issues go to the heart of how women are constructed and no amount of logic or intelligent discourse will get many of them to change their minds, they’ll just smile and nod at you, while attempting to change the subject.
If, as I suspect, the economy has weakened or, even if only the existing perception that the economy is week grows, the Republicans will be swept away in a tsunami of massive proportions.