Politics is always portrayed and viewed as a competition, a horse- race.... who wins and who loses...I'll tell you who loses.... it's the "Little Guy"... every time... no matter who gets in office. I was against "OreO Obama, from the start.... and from the "Left" (not that Left really means anything)... Democrat or Republican... they all cater to the "commercial or the economic special interests"... never to the "public interest"....I know, it sounds trite and a "platitude"..but it is true, nevertheless....OreO put all his eggs in the Health Bill.... but all he did was shore up the Insurance and the Medical Profession money interests....you still have the Insurance anti-trust legislative exemptions there, in law, still all the exorbitant Insurance , Drug, and Medical "professional" exhorbitatnt fees and costs....Plus, you also have a mandate for compulsory "private insurance registration and coverage"... Where's all the "cost containement" and the universal safety net coverage, the public option?.... As for the Wall street and Banking abuse enforcement or Reform... OreO wound up giving them all more money, forget ferreting out the criminals, jailing them or trying to recoup at least some of their ill gotten....stolen... gains... OreO gave them a bailout and more money.... Jobs, the economy?....Well, they "saved" a lot of folks from perhaps "losing" their jobs (sad joke).... didn't actually make any new ones... there really aren't that many "actual shovel ready" jobs to make... they say... Meaning?, give more money to those that already have it and probably stole what they got.... Tea Party.... ? Just another Political Carnival Side Show It's Down the Tubes for this U.S.of A.... been going down that chute for a good twenty yeras, at least.... and the "shit" just keeps getting deeper....
On Nov 1, 3:53 am, Cold Water <[email protected]> wrote: > Grim Dems await huge House losses > By: Alex Isenstadt > October 31, 2010 04:53 PM EDT > > The last TV ads have been cut. The final polls have been conducted. The > end-of-campaign expenditures are being made. > > Now, for Democratic consultants and campaign officials who have plotted > and strategized for months to preserve the embattled House majority, there’s > nothing left to do but sit and wait for the expected horrors of Election Day > to unfold. > > There is nearly uniform consensus among Democratic campaign > professionals that the House is gone — the only question, it seems, is how > many seats they will lose. > > While few will say so on the record for fear of alienating party > officials or depressing turnout, every one of nearly a dozen Democratic House > consultants and political strategists surveyed expect a GOP majority to be > elected Tuesday — the consensus was that Democrats would lose somewhere > between 50 and 60 seats. > > A senior party consultant who was on the low end with his predictions > said the party would lose between 40 and 50 seats. On the high end, one > Democratic consultant said losses could number around 70 seats. > > All spoke to the grimness of the mood. > > “It sucks,” said Dave Beattie, a Florida-based Democratic pollster who > is working on a slate of competitive House races and who acknowledges that > the lower congressional chamber is lost. “I’m resigned to the fact that it > sucks.” > > While there was optimistic talk within party circles early this month > that the electoral environment was improving for the party, the operatives > said those conversations don’t take place anymore. > > “If some Democratic consultant told you they are feeling better, they > must have dropped some heavy drugs,” said a senior pollster who is working > for candidates in competitive races. “It’s hard.” > > The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this week launched > something of a last-ditch offensive to save some of its incumbents, > purchasing airtime to defend endangered members like Iowa Rep. Dave Loebsack, > Illinois Rep. Bill Foster and New Jersey Rep. John Adler — all of whom are > highly vulnerable but whom party officials believe could ultimately prevail. > > The committee also sought to shore up incumbents who until recently > were not thought to be in electoral peril: Arizona Rep. Raul Grijalva, Iowa > Rep. Bruce Braley and North Carolina Rep. Mike McIntyre. > > Still, among those in the Democratic consulting class, there’s a gloomy > acknowledgment that many of the incumbents the DCCC has spent millions of > dollars to protect won’t be coming back to Congress. > > “Everybody that is tied will lose, and everyone that is ahead by a few > points will lose because of the GOP wave,” said one party media consultant > who is involved in a wide array of House races. “There are going to be some > surprises.” > > Some strategists have resigned themselves to an election night that > will bring an early end to the promising careers of Democrats they shepherded > to victories in 2006 and 2008. > > “In a wave election, part of the problem is that you feel powerless. > Everything I feel I know how to do, that I’m trained to do, I can’t do. And > that feeling is pervasive,” said the pollster. “There’s a sense that there’s > nothing you can do about it. When you know your friends are on the chopping > block, it’s hard.” > > “There’s nothing worse than talking to an incumbent member of Congress > who’s been cut off by the DCCC and who has no money,” said another Democratic > consultant who has worked on crafting some of the party’s TV ads this cycle. > “It’s like talking to a dead man walking.” > > But Nov. 2 will also bring a welcome end to a rough final stretch that > left many party strategists frustrated. Some talked about having to switch > campaign strategies multiple times in hapless attempts to raise rock-bottom > poll numbers. > > “It’s a 24-hour labor,” said John Anzalone, an Alabama-based pollster > who works closely with the DCCC. “In 2006 and 2008, everything was going your > way. This is brutal.” > > There is ongoing debate within Democratic circles about when, exactly, > the party lost its handle on the electoral environment. Some consultants say > they realized they lost the House in early October, when it finally became > apparent that incumbents couldn’t move their poll numbers. > > But others say the electoral map hardened this spring, after the House > passed a health care bill that remains deeply unpopular among voters. > Democratic campaign officials say it is no accident that there are few > Democrats in moderate-to-conservative districts who have promoted their > support for the health care measure on the campaign trail, and most don’t > even acknowledge it. > > “To a lot of folks, it was a symbol of government,” said Beattie, the > Florida-based pollster. “It’s not about the content for most voters.” > > Already, the finger-pointing is beginning. With outside conservative > groups pouring millions of dollars into races across the country, some > operatives singled out liberal interest groups for not engaging in the > election. > > “If there’s one person to blame, it’s the liberal groups who said they > would get involved early but they didn’t,” said the media consultant. “I > think they’ve been totally unhelpful.” > > But, most of the consultants said, much of the post-election scrutiny > would surround President Barack Obama and a White House political operation > that over the past two years struggled to sell an ambitious agenda that > turned out to be radioactive to a wide swath of the electorate. > > “Here’s the part of this that bothers me the most: This is not an > embracing of Republicans. It’s a rejection of Democrats,” said Andrew Myers, > a veteran Democratic pollster who worked on several House campaigns. > > http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=03A44CBF-0C07-448A-99CB09... -- 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.
