I think Rove yesterday on O’Reilly said something about Democrats’ normal advantages in early voting being much less this year.
I’ve no doubt that Democrat voting is indeed down and that their enthusiasm level this cycle is deflated compared to what it has been. I’ve also no doubt that Republican enthusiasm is way up. Nobody need convince me on either of these two points.
My skepticism is that this simply isn’t going to be enough come election day once the voting is tallied. That the political demographics of this country have irreparably shifted to the point where there will never be enough excited Republicans/Others to outvote the tumorous mass of Democrats/Liberals no matter how listless they are.
Honestly, I was rather concerned in ‘10 even—despite major GOP gains in the House as well as in Local/State offices around the country—that the electoral backlash against Obama/et al wasn’t bigger, given all the recent public outrage against Obamacare and what not at the time. Yes, it was a good night that Nov. 2nd… but frankly, all things considered, the aftermath nevertheless struck me as something too little, too late and left me with a “that’s it?” feeling.