Posted on 01/15/2012 5:12:43 PM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
Democrats have taken the lead in a generic congressional ballot for the first time since being washed out of office by Republicans in the 2010 election, according to a Democracy Corps survey released Friday.
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Fifty-three percent said they were increasingly displeased with Republicans in Congress, and the same amount said they were turned off by the increasingly contentious GOP presidential primary.
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IMO, the GOP will win the POTUS (even if it’s Milt) and keep both the House and Senate.
As bad as the GOP is, the complete and total disgrace the Democrats are has been displayed for the world to see, in spades.
You are much more optimistic than I am. If the Obama election was 2010 I would confidently agree with you.
“Ostensibly, it is the members of formal structures (party leaders, Congressional leadership, funders, top line strategists, ideological big thinkers and opiners, etc.)
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/12/20/in-search-of-the-republican-establishment/#ixzz1jdfMqnj3
I’m not so much optimistic as I am that the GOP is the lesser of two evils this election cycle...the default setting so to speak.
The U.S. Senate is tiltiing our way, but not completely guaranteed. Here’s my take on the most vulnerable races:
ND- Congressman Rick Berg is not a particularly good candidate, but the ‘Rat Party doesn’t have anyone viable. We’ll pick it up unless Berg makes a major gaffe.
NE- Long-ago Senator Bob Kerrey is yesteday’s news, though older voters may remember him fondly. Problem is that none of the Republicans running are anything to brag about. State AG Jim Bruning has been the biggest dissapointment since the Edsel. I’m rooting for state Treasurer Don Stenberg, in spite of his spotty electoral history.
Wisconsin- Another ‘Rat retirement. The ‘Rat Party has rallied around Tammy Baldwin, who will be well-funded from the expected sources but whose general election appeal is debatable. Popular ex-Governor Tommy Thompson is running, but his age and record as HHS Secretary are liabilities. Some conservatives rallying around ex-Congressman Mark Neuman and state House Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, with no clear consensus candidate.
VA- Last time out, Jim Webb edged George Allen from the Senate by a hair. With Webb retiring after a single term and Allen running again, his party will go all-out to bring him back. The DemocRATS are running ex-Governor Tim Kaine. On the plus side, Kaine can’t portray himself as independent like Webb did. On the down side, the government workers of northern VA are a bigger share of the elcetorate than in 2006. It’s a tossup.
MO- Clare McCaskill has a 50/50 chance of winning at best, and would be doing worse if she had better opposition. None of the Republicans running have excited the grass roots. McCaskill’s scandal about the free airplane hurt for a while, but is becoming old news.
MT- Jon Tester and Denny Rehberg are running neck and neck, with Rehberg the very slight favorite. Montana is a conservative state, but one that values seniority and tends to reelect incumbents. That helps Tester a lot, but Obama hurts him.
New Mexico- Another ‘Rat retirement gives us an opportunity. Both parties face contentious primaries with the establishment candidates (Heather Wilson and Martin Heinrich) the likely nominees. The general could go either way.
NV- Interum Senator Dean Heller is a slight favorite to win. His opponent, Congresswoman Shelley Berkeley, has limited appeal outside of Las Vegas, but that’s where most of the voters live.
MA- Scott Brown still has celebrity after his surprise win in a special election, but his opponent (Elizabeth Warren) has celeb appeal of her own and she’s raised a ton of left-wing money. In spite of Brown’s last victory, the state is a ‘Rat Party stronghold.
Wrong.
Ya miss the big picture.
Only those connected to government or benefit off the "business as usual government", don't want change. They have a rather large conflict of interest here and there are millions of them.
I can assure you, the majority of private sector, middle class America want's big change.
Actually, I think its you who is missing the big (bigger?) picture. About half of American households these daze receieve some type of Government benefits.
No, I have not missed anything Mr. rbg81
You're attempting to blame the broke and beat down tax payers, who can barley pay their rent.
You fail to see where the big money and power is.
Just one example...Look at the very powerful government labor unions.
There are now more unionize *government* employees than private sector union members.
What do these powerful, wealthy government unions do?
Hmmm, lets see....
I'll tell ya what they do. They hire professional lobbyist, paid insiders, and armies of attorneys. They have huge conflicts of interest here and there are tens of millions of them connected to government in one way or another.
Those connected to government want to keep everything "government business as usual".
Ya think they want change? Get real.
We're not talking about poor ignorant welfare or SS recipients. We talking about tens of millions of government employees, government contractors etc, all supported and backed by big money, and political power.
You again fail to see the big picture and the money behind it.
Stop attempting to put the blame on Uncle Joe and Aunt Betty who are now broke or close to it.
No sale Mr. rbg81.
Been around FR lately?
...that’s why I prefaced “I like to think”. Nobody is going to be more disgusted than I as I watch the third generation (that were a little too good to serve in uniform) of 5 Romney boys, depart Air Force One saluted by a Marine. That’s preferable to Obama getting off the plane. Let me know if anybody find a Reagan. They’re all severely flawed candidates. The next generation (Rubio, Walker, Lee, DeMint) seem much stronger though.
People here have already begun looking through their high school history papers to see if they ever said that Roosevelt was a good president/sarc.
By lousy I meant the adultery, draft avoidance, embrace of ‘diversity’ as opposed to assimilation. Romney never gave a dime to the Reagan campaign, Perry supported Gore, Gingrich lived his life like Bill Clinton, etc. A persons life says a great deal about them, that is what made Reagan so reassuring and leaves many of us with doubts about what these guys will do if they get in. The alternative is, of course, worse...MUCH worse.
Sounds crappy.
I’m just saying this election seems to me like 2004, close POTUS race, congressional races favoring Republicans.
Obama and a Republican House and Senate would be like Clinton’s second term.
Mitt winning would be the revenge of Tom Dewey.
Polling is out in Nebraska, Kerrey trails Bruning by 11 and Stenberg by 8.
In Wisconsin, to be blunt, can a lesbo win enough support to win a state wide election in a blue collar state? I think we take it whether Thompson is the nominee or not.
I think you are too down on Missouri I’d say 50/50 at worst. Given the state’s history we are pretty much guaranteed a 2 or 3 point race.
In ND what’s wrong with Berg? I have that race as safe Republican.
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