Ping for later
Also known as f-ing losers.
They should pop up key overlays:
* Dems win Congress
* Pelosi & Reid take over
* Obama takes lead
* Obama wins nomination
* Obama wins election
* Obama wastes $1 TRILLION stimulus
* Obama signs Death Panel law; biggest entitlement in nation’s history
Very cool. Sent that sucker to my e-mail list.
Watch Dane County, Wisconsin hold on - due to the over concentration of government employment there - and also look at the Northern VA - Washington DC area - as it holds on while everything surrounding it goes to hell rapidly. If the general level of unemployment remains high - in the long run you may be seeing a significant concentration of (relative) wealth in federal and state employees. They have robust pensions, and at least for federal employees are paid better then those in comparable positions in the private sector. I have some friends who, while not entirely apolitical, were not activated until recently - and then by this issue of public sector retirement benefits. Not a high ranking hot button for me - but definitely salient for some voter segments. Hope the GOP is paying attention to this issue.
And the relatively unscathed portion of the country in the middle is very lightly populated compared to the rest of the map. We’re in deep doo when eastern Colorado and western Kansas are doing the heavy lifting.
Bump for the slowly deepening Depression.