DarkSteven -> RE: Newt Gingrich forecasts Obama loss (5/19/2010 5:20:29 AM)
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This isn't about dissatisfaction with the performance of the 44th President. Oh no. This is about demanding change in Washington - the very same change, by gum, that Barack Obama has been working so hard to bring about! "Change that you can believe in" has gone from an over-worked campaign slogan to an unfalsifiable hypothesis. Vote for a Dem, you support the President's agenda for change. Vote for a GOPer, you support the President's agenda for change. But how many Republican incumbents are in severe jeopardy of losing their seat in Congress to a Democratic challenger? I count one: Joseph Cao of New Orleans. Meanwhile, I count more than 20 Democrats in the House and Senate who are in severe jeopardy. Lower the threshold from "severe" to "serious" jeopardy, and I count maybe four Republicans and more than 50 Democrats. The White House is absolutely, positively correct that there is a divide between America and Washington - but what they fail to appreciate (or, more likely, they appreciate it but want to fake-out the press) is that Washington, D.C. now belongs to Barack Obama. Full article here The article assumes that the only way a Republican can lose is in the general election. Bennet just lost in the primary, and it was due to the anti-incumbent mood. The interesting question is, will the anti-incumbent mood affect the party or just the candidates? R.g., will Sestak be viewed as part of the Dem party or as his own man?
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