[TheThinker]

Note that Obama won in the caucus states where the politically active determine the outcome

After the Rev. Wright fiasco, Obama might even lose Iowa.

[Mark]

Obama wins MA— the other 56 states he looses.

[Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit]

I stick by the adage that you should never make predictions, especially about the future.

[syriacus]

Obama seemed like such a great catch to the Democrats.

Now we are learning that Obama is a malformed and contaminated fish who grew for 20 years in the scummy pond of Chicago's South Side politics.

Throw him back.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks neverdem.

Look at 2006! Yes, let's look at it. In the preceding 6 midterm elections where the incumbent President's party lost seats the average loss in the Senate was 6.1, in the House 29.33. In 2006 the Republicans lost 7 in the Senate and 30 in the House... [in 1960] JFK and Nixon tied in the popular vote, even though Nixon was extremely unlikeable. LBJ beat Goldwater in 1964. Kennedy had been assassinated, we were in the middle of a war [the war didn't start 'bigtime' until 1965] and Goldwater was a radical ["I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"]. Carter beat Ford in 1976... Clinton beat GHWB in 1992 with only 43% of the vote. Ross Perot got 19% which, arguably, was 60-70% Republicans. It seems that Democrats only win in extreme circumstances... From where I'm sitting it doesn't look at all like a Democratic year. Regards, Roy Lofquist