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The Dems dismissed Dubya's re-election chances as well. How'd that work out?
The Dems dismissed Dubya's re-election chances as well. How'd that work out?
I think it got Ohio'ed, actually. Do we have paper trails for voting machines yet? It's been 7 years...
True. There are lots of elections where things change dramatically in a relatively short period of time. Look at how Clinton was kind of a default choice for the Dems, with high profile Dems at the time staying away from the nomination as Bush1 was riding high in the polls coming out of the Gulf War. Then the economy goes into recession, Bush1's approval ratings tank, and Clinton becomes President. Things can change in innumerable ways between now and the election, especially when we don't even know who Obama is facing. That said, he's making a stronger case by the day to not reelect him.The Dems dismissed Dubya's re-election chances as well. How'd that work out?
It works for both parties. Maryland, our home state, has a (alleged) rich history of getting out the (Democratic) vote - dead or alive. Then there was the alleged (but not prosecuted) voter intimidation in Philadelphia. Then there were the (alleged) Tammany Hall controlled elections in NY, the (alleged) Frank Hague controlled elections in Jersey City.
Um, no. The case that gets stronger every day is to take the House back and punish the GOP so brutally that its few sane members finally have the yarbles to kick the nuts to the curb. But I don't think that happens quite yet.
At the end of the day, absolutely. Dubya was incredibly fortunate to get such an assist from the opposition in both elections. Obama may be as well.
The Dems get the house back (and grab back 60 votes in the Senate), and we get more disastrous "stimulus" spending, more health care and other big government mandates, and this country will swirl the drain even quicker. The biggest benefit of the Republicans holding the House the last 2 years is keeping the Dems from doing more damage, and of course getting the crushing budget deficit issue in front of folks at least a little bit. Not that the public wants to hear about it, so I fully expect the indulgent American public to vote out many of the Republicans for it and vote back in people who won't tell them they're living beyond their means.
I don't think I agree with anything in your first paragraph, either axiom or corollary, but I do agree with this.
I wouldn't expect you to agree with anything in the first paragraph. I'd be shocked if you did!
