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Obama and Dems heading for electoral disaster
The Washington Examiner ^ | June 25, 2010 | Byron York

Posted on 06/25/2010 8:39:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

All around, there are Democrats telling us their prospects for November are looking up. Things aren't as bad as Republicans say! Health care is becoming more popular! The country wants financial reform! People still like Barack Obama! Isn't Joe Barton awful!

They're fooling themselves. The basic indicators of voters' intentions -- their general mood and attitude toward the policies of Obama, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid -- are clear and solid. Unless those indicators change, and most experts believe that would take a huge, unforeseen event that fundamentally alters the political equation, Democrats are in for serious losses this November. The only question is whether those losses will be big enough for them to lose their huge majorities in the House and Senate. Even if they're not, the party will be badly weakened in the next Congress.

The latest evidence is a new survey from pollsters Peter Hart and Bill McInturff for the Wall Street Journal and NBC. The number of people who say the country is headed in the wrong direction is 62 percent -- the highest it has been since the final days of George W. Bush. The troubled economy, of course, is the most important issue, and 66 percent say they expect the economy to stay the same or get worse in the next year.

"There is a sense across the board that things aren't working," says Republican pollster David Winston.

Obama's approval rating is at 45 percent, versus 48 percent disapproval -- the first time the president has ever been underwater in the Journal poll. (By way of contrast, the president's approval rating was 61 percent in April 2009, his high point in the Journal poll.)

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
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Time for a game-changer, then, or just suspend the elections. That's what Hugo Chavez or Adolf would do.
1 posted on 06/25/2010 8:39:48 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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We can only hope and VOTE.


2 posted on 06/25/2010 8:42:00 AM PDT by Paved Paradise
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Attack Iran. There’s a game changer.


3 posted on 06/25/2010 8:42:37 AM PDT by throwback ( The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No time to get over-confidant. This guy would think nothing of attacking Iran just before the election to try and bring public opinion to his side.


4 posted on 06/25/2010 8:43:06 AM PDT by kenmcg
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

As Ann Coulter says, never underestimate the ability of the Republicans to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.


5 posted on 06/25/2010 8:43:16 AM PDT by wolfpat (Moderate=Clueless)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Making Carter look good!....
6 posted on 06/25/2010 8:43:40 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: kenmcg

He’d be more likely to attack Israel. If Israel does attack Iran, it would not surprise me at all to see him retaliate against Israel.


7 posted on 06/25/2010 8:44:54 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Memo to Sharron Angle: STAY AWAY FROM JOHN MCCAIN!)
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Time for a game-changer, then, or just suspend the elections. That's what Hugo Chavez or Adolf would do.

No need. The leftist solution is massive vote fraud.

8 posted on 06/25/2010 8:46:44 AM PDT by Interesting Times (For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Unless those indicators change, and most experts believe that would take a huge, unforeseen event that fundamentally alters the political equation, Democrats are in for serious losses this November.

"Huge, unforseen events" are being planned (and arguably executed) on a regular basis by Rahm, Barry, His Majesty Soros, and the rest of the Democrat uber-fascists.

People really need to understand that Soetoro would kill 100,000,000 Americans if it would keep him in power for one more day.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

9 posted on 06/25/2010 8:48:55 AM PDT by The Comedian (Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
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To: Personal Responsibility

I would hope that the military would refuse that insanity.


10 posted on 06/25/2010 8:50:00 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: Personal Responsibility

I think that attacking Israel would cause an even high level of public outrage.


11 posted on 06/25/2010 8:54:37 AM PDT by rbbeachkid (Get out of its way and small business can fix the economy.)
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To: The Comedian

I expect a serious provocation by North Korea, Iran and/or Venezuela simultaneously with the continuing Gulf oil disaster and financial market collapse, dollar plummeting, hurricanes, earthquakes, forest fires, lions and tigers and bears, oh my!..................


12 posted on 06/25/2010 8:55:05 AM PDT by Red Badger (No, Obama's not the Antichrist. He's just some guy in the neighborhood.............)
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To: wally_bert

I have said lines like “there is no way that could happen” with this administration probably 5 times a week for the last 18 months or so. I hope you’re right but believe you would be wrong. I can hear Obama invoking Washington regarding treaties and allies needing to change to what’s in the best interest of the country already.


13 posted on 06/25/2010 8:55:16 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Fight to win if you're going to fight. If you're not going to fight to win, don't fight.)
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To: Personal Responsibility

I am still just blown away how 0 and co. have just turned everything upside down and are still around.


14 posted on 06/25/2010 8:57:28 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: rbbeachkid

On a scale of 1-100. Obama’s caring about public outrage - especially from those on the right - is at about a 0. His calling TEA Party folks “teabaggers” - fully knowing how noxious that term is - was clear indication of that.


15 posted on 06/25/2010 8:57:53 AM PDT by Personal Responsibility (Fight to win if you're going to fight. If you're not going to fight to win, don't fight.)
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To: AngelesCrestHighway

I think Rush said it best when he suggested we Should have Carter’s face on those ‘Miss me yet?’ billboards.


16 posted on 06/25/2010 8:58:31 AM PDT by griswold3 (If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you've already got half the vote.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Heard this morning that the dems are trying to cut out the electoral college by getting 11 of the most populous states to change their statutes to say that they will cast their electoral votes in accordance with the majority of the country’s vote (not their own state’s votes). That will equal 271 votes. It means that the small and rural states will essentially be cut out.


17 posted on 06/25/2010 8:58:36 AM PDT by twigs
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But I want the Republicans to have super majorities to remove all the Obama cr@p.
Will the Republicans stand up for the people and reverse a lot of this junk or will they instantly get drunk with power?
18 posted on 06/25/2010 8:59:48 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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But I want the Republicans to have super majorities to remove all the Obama cr@p.
Will the Republicans stand up for the people and reverse a lot of this junk or will they instantly get drunk with power?
19 posted on 06/25/2010 8:59:52 AM PDT by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: twigs

Let me know if you find a source for that.


20 posted on 06/25/2010 9:00:52 AM PDT by listenhillary (You might be a modern LIBERAL if you read 1984 & said "YEAH! That's the world that I want!")
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