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Negative Ads Only Fuel Voter Anger
Tweet Share on Facebook October 28, 2010 Comment (5)I’ve been traveling around the country for the past few months talking to independent voters and it is striking how angry they are and how disappointed in the entire political system.
Sure the economy is bad and people are scared about losing their jobs and their homes. But the level of cynicism and mistrust in government transcends the current economic crisis.
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A GOP Sweep Would Be the Best Thing to Happen to Democrats
Tweet Share on Facebook October 28, 2010 Comment (9)Things are looking awfully dismal for the Democrats, who--despite an uptick in some polls and fundraising--appear poised to lose control of the House. If there is an enormous wave and low Democratic turnout, it’s conceivable the GOP will take back the Senate, too. But as dispiriting as that may be for the Democratic policy agenda, it could be the best thing to happen to the Democrats politically.
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The Legacies of the 2010 Elections
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2010 Comment (9)This year’s off-year congressional elections will be remembered for three things. The first will be the record-breaking levels of spending and the increasingly garish and over the top television ads that money made possible. The election’s legacy will be increased public dissatisfaction with partisan politics, as it is practiced in the United States, with renewed contempt for whomever winds up in control of the levers of power in Washington. Not a good sign for the continued health of our democracy.
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Tea Party Republicans Should Drop Their Andy Griffith Fantasies
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2010 Comment (13)Conservative scholar Charles Murray’s article in the Sunday newspaper, about how “the new elite” is out of touch with “mainstream” America, was silly and ultimately rather sad. But it illustrates the fix that the Republican Party is in.
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America Is Waking Up to the Real Tea Party Threat
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2010 Comment (29)Whether it was a headline or a question posed to me on television, I’ve been asked “Is the Tea Party in trouble?” Sorry to answer a question with a question, but maybe we should be asking “Is America finally waking up?” And I think the answer to both is yes.
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5 Factors That Will Decide Who Wins the 2010 Elections
Tweet Share on Facebook October 27, 2010 Comment (8)Like Christmas, the 2010 election is almost here.
Now everything comes down to how what we who were once in the business referred to as “late deciders” will vote in the races that are still close--like the U.S. Senate races in California, Nevada, and Washington state, the governor’s races in Connecticut and Oregon, and countless U.S. House races in every part of the country.
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The Tea Party's 'Real America' Is a Fantasy
Tweet Share on Facebook October 26, 2010 Comment (27)“Real America” is back. And it’s more disingenuous than ever.
The Tea Party movement, we are told by followers and academics studying the phenomenon, is a backlash against the so-called “New Elite,” those who went to prestigious schools, married others who (surprise!) went to prestigious schools, eschew NASCAR for yoga, and live in allegedly “elite” communities in and around New York, Los Angeles, Boston, and San Francisco. Tea Party denizens shout that they want their country back. But the country and communities the Tea Party activists have romanticized don’t exist anymore--or at least, they aren’t dominant enough in American demographics to claim the mantle of “real America.”
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Ezra Klein's Unserious Attack on the GOP Obamacare Stance
Tweet Share on Facebook October 26, 2010 Comment (2)Lord knows I’ve had my share of criticism of Republicans and the public’s lack of seriousness about deficit reduction, but here I have to stick up for the GOP.
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Obama, Pelosi, and Reid Are Getting Desperate
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The Liberals' Spending Delusions and the 2010 Elections
Tweet Share on Facebook October 26, 2010 Comment (5)The churn building toward Election Day is achieving a kind of cannibalistic feeding frenzy as liberal pundits, Democratic strategists, and MoveOn activists try to spin the public’s coming rejection of the Obama agenda. It’s not that the White House and Democratic Congress tried to cram left-wing policies down the esophagus of a center-right nation; it’s that they didn’t cram hard enough.
