That is exactly what the 'Rats did in my state in '06 and they swept the 'Pubs out of office by landslide margins. They're going to continue to hammer at it because they know they have a winning issue with middle class voters. They won't fix the problem, of course, but they'll make people think they are "doing something" about it. We elected a 'Rat governor for the first time in 16 years who said "I'm going to do something about it!', but never said what he was going to do. Didn't matter. It was still enough to get him elected in a historic landslide against a "True Conservative".
"Didn't matter. It was still enough to get him elected in a historic landslide against a "True Conservative"."
Ok, imagine if you will, you're a long time factory worker. Your skill set is minimal. Your ability to be creative and resourceful have diminished over time. You are a hard worker, who shows up every day, and tries to do the right thing. But you constantly hear how your job is going to... Mexico, India, China, Bongo Congo, wherever.
One party tells you you need to retrain, become marketable. You're late 40s, early 50s, training is not something you'll do easily. The other tells you they're going to do SOMETHING.
The vote is easy. Lots of people in that boat, or some variation. Have kids who are factory workers, etc. This is something that's been brewing for a while, and the free market types here have told us we're crazy.
The same happened in your neighboring state. The RATS kept quiet about immigration, blamed Republicans for that ridiculous Senate immigration bill that went nowhere. They piled on with globalization fears, job losses etc. As a topper they used the toll road being "sold out" to foreign interests.
Their beliefs were that Republicans took away their jobs in favor of China, India and Mexico. The RATs made major hay out of all of this and it won for them. It won just by stirring up the fires of open borders, job losses and what they perceived to be foreign ownership of a toll road.
I listened to a local radio talk show. A conservative talk show. Some of the callers would really be angry when they called. At the time, I thought it was just a few, but the election outcome made my thoughts wrong. There are many people out there that believe the RATs, they just do not understand the facts they tell them are often incorrect. The RATs know how to stir resentment due to ignorance. Republicans sometimes do things without getting a public pulse and educating people. The RATs know how to turn that into gold.