jgg, Only important word in your post was VICTORY.
On Nov 5, 2:54 pm, jgg1000a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The answer is this is NOT a tidal wave election... Why? > > 1) the margin of victory is less than GHBush election in 1988, and far > less than the elections in 1984, 1972, 1964, 1956, 1952, for all of > FDR's terms... > > 2) The margin of victory between the PV of the two candidates is only > 5.5%, and when compared to the other change years of 1980, 1964, 1952, > 1932 the margin is only half of those years... > > 3) The change in Congress is moderate and NOT historic. Between 1929 > to 1933 ( by election and Presidential election) the Democrats picked > up 20 seats... Between 1959 to 1961 they picked up 15 senators.... > Between 1979 and 1981 the GOP picked up 12 seats... The Democrats in > the last two election have picked up 12. In the House the figures > are less impressive... For FDR the pickup was over 150... For > Eisenhower it was 50. For Kennedy it was 30 (gain 50 in 1958 lose 20 > in 1961. For Reagan it was 59. For Obama it has been 50... > > The real question here is can the Democrats and Obama restrain the LW > radical base??? If not, we will see a quick ebb tide reversal... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
