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Polls Show a Bleak Outlook for Ohio Democrats
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BG
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How about this poll conducted in Ohio and published today by PPP:
"By a 50-42 margin voters there say they'd rather have George W. Bush in the White House right now than Barack Obama."
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/08/previewing-ohio.html
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NEOBuckeye
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BG wrote >>
How about this poll conducted in Ohio and published today by PPP:
"By a 50-42 margin voters there say they'd rather have George W. Bush in the White House right now than Barack Obama."
http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/08/previewing-ohio.htmlLike a dog eating its own shit, its...
"Backwards to the future. Yay for America!!"
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"Thank heavens for the 22nd Amendment."
Seriously, who thought up such a shitty question to begin with?
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BG
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NEOBuckeye wroteLike a dog eating its own shit, its...
"Backwards to the future. Yay for America!!"
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"Thank heavens for the 22nd Amendment."
Seriously, who thought up such a shitty question to begin with?Just think it indicates how horrible a job Obama is doing, along with an affirmative reply to the following question :
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NEOBuckeye
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No comment.
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rus wrote >>
http://politics.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2010/09/02/shock-prediction-gop-to-take-house-maybe-senate-in-2010-election.htmlFrom your lips to God's ears, Sabato.
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joev
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KSquared wrote >>
I really wish there was a third or fourth option. It's almost always between a Turd Sandwich and a Giant Douche.
Sigh.....Seriously - those folks who want the Republicans back so badly seem to have forgotten the previous 8 years. And it's even worse since Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin have defined themselves as mainstream. Not that the Democrats are much better, with disgusting corrupt people like Rangel and Waters, a race-appeasing approach to winning votes, etc.
What I'd really like is for all those moderates who've been forced out of the Republican and Democratic parties to join forces. Those are the people who are willing to work to make things happen, and they're exactly the people who've lost power. While I'm not moderate in any of my beliefs (depending on the issue, I'm nornally firmly right or left,) I would rather have an effective government than one that fits my exact ideology.
That's not to say I'm completely disappointed with Obama and the Democrats. Healthcare reform, incremental as it was, is a huge acheivement - more than Bush had ever done for Americans in all 8 years.
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Fantastic. Then we could replace one group of fiscally irresponsible, corporate-controlled, war-mongering, no-solution-having shmucks with another.
Really, though, having the Republicans control the House & the Democrats control the Senate might be the best thing for the Democrats.
Then they won't have to field any more questions about how they manage to accomplish so little even with control of the House, Senate & presidency.
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rustbelt wrote >>
Then they won't have to field any more questions about how they manage to accomplish so little even with control of the House, Senate & presidency.
Has been fun to watch them blame republicans for not passing bills... the look in their face when the follow up question "But democrats are a majority in both houses. Why do you need any republicans to pass anything?" is asked is priceless.
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joev wrote >>
What I'd really like is for all those moderates who've been forced out of the Republican and Democratic parties to join forces.
Reminds me of this:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129310098
Asked if he thinks it's possible that the Tea Party was generated the way many opposition movements have been generated in the past  by people with money and connections  Beckstrom says it's not likely.
"I think there's way too much energy behind this" to have been the work of one group, he says, adding that concerns over both the economic crisis and the government's response to it helped give the Tea Party its initial momentum.
"Are there some parties that may have come in and funded it, and helped to shape it or steer it? Absolutely," Beckstrom says. "Is that what gave rise to it? No."
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joev
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@rus - are you calling Tea Partiers moderate with a striaght face? Are you seriously claiming Tea Partiers want to work to make anything happen? Those guys are just cranks who like to get angry about stuff and complain loudly. If guns and flags are involved, all the merrier.
The biggest political failing of the past decade is the decline of the moderates.
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joev wrote >>
@rus - are you calling Tea Partiers moderate with a striaght face? Are you seriously claiming Tea Partiers want to work to make anything happen? Those guys are just cranks who like to get angry about stuff and complain loudly. If guns and flags are involved, all the merrier.
The biggest political failing of the past decade is the decline of the moderates.More like that's where people are flocking to. Note the NPR article and how the Tea Party may have been influenced by large groups, but the movement itself wasn't created by them.
NB: Long rant deleted, but on guns you might find this an interesting read:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/7/4/881431/-Why-liberals-should-love-the-Second-Amendment
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myliftkk
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All politics is local though, and while republican candidates in ohio have generally run effective campaigns, a number of places around the country they are shooting themselves in the feet almost daily. Plus the democratic money machine has been sitting on a lot of cash its getting ready to start dispersing.
Its going to be interesting, for sure.
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NEOBuckeye
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And the two party shell game continues...
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Mercurius
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It's 1966 - a president passes Great Society legislation which results in a popular backlash of too much federal spending. A war without end drags moral down. On the plus side the economy was relatively strong and unemployment was at a thirteen year low. The democratic party lost 47 seats in the house. Que 2010...
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Mercurius
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JedThorp wrote >>
I don't know if I'd say Strickland is "consistently six points down." I also wouldn't say he's in great shape, but 4 of the 6 most recent polls are from Rassmusen, which is seen by most analysts as "conservative leaning" (Scott Rassmusen was a consultant for the Bush campaign in 2004.) Their poll results are consistently Republican leaning when compared to others. I'd be curious to see the next Quinnipiac poll, or Ohio poll when those come out - both of which had Strickland up by 5 points a month ago. Of course, given who's standing next to me in my avatar, perhaps I'm biased myself.As you were saying.
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Mercurius
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