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With the Koc'k's and their ilk ready to throw probably $1 billion more into the elections nationwide, voter suppression, vote rigging, vote stealing and a totally criminal and corrupt media one of these super RW reactionaries could win the presidency and the GOP cold win control of all three branches. Be honest Americans are generally apathetic and too many are not that smart or just plain stupid, racist, sexist and hateful.
I just do no like the electoral terrain really. People are so screwed up and angry they could just do anything or believe anything. The daily and side chatter and demeanor of people I see everyday makes me think that I am on some alien plan. There is little sense of reality or why things are happening.
Obama has done some really great things but he has squandered more opportunities than he has taken advantage of. He is practical and cooperative to a fault with people who would just plain do him in politically or otherwise. Obama is anti teacher, anti government worker, lukewarm toward unions and weak on too many areas. The fact that he is not a fighter has not been what we need. And his strategy has gotten him under 40% approval right now. And what really frost me is that he has pretty much told liberals to go fuck themselves. That is because we supposedly have no one to vote for otherwise. Probably true but fucking a large part of your base and being conservative has gotten us to this stalemate.
As far as I am concerned Obama's strategy cost us 2010. The GOP controlled the narrative and his advisers did not really counter them. And I see the same situation now just before 2014. They have regained their insane narrative and too many voters are probably buying their poison. When you are to stupid or jaded to understand the obvious you make terrible decisions. And that is where I think too many of the electorate is.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)We will win 2016. I am confident enough to say that. I believe we may lose the Senate in 2014 but not by much. We will win some House seats, but Republicans will keep the House due to Gerrymandering of course. That is my scenario on what will happen. Oh and in 2016, we will take back the Senate....
Armstead
(47,803 posts)If the Democratic party had not fallen for the snake oil of "centrists" politics would be a whole lot different now.