Posted on 09/19/2013 6:51:52 AM PDT by Qbert
In 2010, Republicans took the House of Representatives by gaining 63 seats. They also picked up six U.S. senators and 675 state legislators, giving them control of more legislative chambers than any time since 1928. The GOP also won 25 of 40 gubernatorial races in 2009 and 2010.
These epic gains happened primarily because independents voted Republican. In 2010, 56% of independents voted for GOP congressional candidates, up from 43% in 2008 and 39% in 2006.
Today, independents look more like Republicans than Democrats, especially when it comes to health care. In a new Crossroads GPS health-care policy survey conducted in 10 states likely to have competitive Senate races and in House districts that lean Republican or are swing seats, 60% of independents oppose President Obama's Affordable Care Act. If this holds through 2014, then Republicans should receive another big boost in the midterms.
There is, however, one issue on which independents disagree with Republicans: using the threat of a government shutdown to defund ObamaCare. By 58% to 30% in the GPS poll, they oppose defunding ObamaCare if that risks even a temporary shutdown.
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After all, avoiding a shutdown would require, first, at least five Senate Democrats voting to defund ObamaCare. But not a single Senate Democrat says he'll do that, and there is no prospect of winning one over.
Second, assuming enough Senate Democrats materialize to defund ObamaCare, the measure faces a presidential veto. Republicans would need 54 House Democrats and 21 Senate Democrats to vote to override the president's veto. No sentient being believes that will happen.
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From the man who lost every race he was involved in for the 2012 election.
Karl must have gotten a big fat check from Mr. Soros.
Hey Rove, no one cares.
folk off Karl, you have become an obstructionist pig
Rove,
Bite me.
"From the man who lost every race he was involved in for the 2012 election."
Exactly.
Ol Tokyo Rove is pretty much getting slammed by comments at the link. I hope he reads them.
How ‘bout this, Karl?
“the GOP’s self-defeating “Karl Rove” strategy”.
Who is Karl Rove?
Last I read 71% of the people do not want obamaCare and 59% of the people said shut down the government until spending is under control.
Rove needs to run along and get a real job, maybe flipping hamburgers.
Oink oink.
Well, at least we no longer have to suffer through those, “Rove you magnificent bastard” memes any longer.
Why are you spamming the threads with this? Enough already.
Please stop spamming.
For years he has been advising the Republicans to draw the defensive line for the final apocalyptic battle just a little behind the current location, only to advise abandoning that line once the Dems get into sight. If Rove was French he would have surrendered Vichy before the Germans even asked for it.
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