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NRaleighLiberal

(60,006 posts) Thu Feb 20, 2014, 09:39 AM Feb 2014

Much work ahead - "Four Reasons The GOP Has A Huge Advantage In The 2014 Elections" [View all]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/the-huge-republican-advantage-2014-midterm-elections - TPM

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"1. The Six-Year Curse For Presidents"

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"2. Democratic Voters Don't Turn Out In Mid-Terms"

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"3. Republicans Have A Mathematical Advantage In The Senate"

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"4. The House Map Is Skewed Toward The GOP"

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Lots to read here - read, digest....then GOTV!

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Much work ahead - "Four Reasons The GOP Has A Huge Advantage In The 2014 Elections" [View all] NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 OP

5. The Democratic platform is uninspiring. Scuba Feb 2014 #1

What Democratic platform? n/t 1awake Feb 2014 #3

"Not the Republican" and a minimum wage raise to an amount still below the poverty level. Scuba Feb 2014 #4

I could say what I think of 1awake Feb 2014 #5

Still a huge step up from 2010's "The Summer of Recovery" and "Stop Whining" N/T Chathamization Feb 2014 #20

Here it is from 2012. Just try to find some definitive statements... Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #7

I don't see any spelling errors jsr Feb 2014 #9

Lol! PotatoChip Feb 2014 #12

That is the biggest wall of text I ever saw lol 1awake Feb 2014 #14

Absurd complexity usually hides bad intentions. I got through most of it and didn't Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #17

The platform exists it just is not followed wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #8

6. Some on the left think endless whining is a more effective political strategy JoePhilly Feb 2014 #10

Yep. Whine about the Republicans instead of honing policy and grooming candidates. Scuba Feb 2014 #15

Yea, that's how President Obama won a second term ... JoePhilly Feb 2014 #18

It is an odd strategy, isn't it? nt redqueen Feb 2014 #16

Dems' only hope: register, register, register voters--and GOTV in a BIG way. tblue37 Feb 2014 #2

+1 JoePhilly Feb 2014 #11

kicking for those just waking! NRaleighLiberal Feb 2014 #6

A "HUGE" advantage? This reporter is clearly on the side of the GOP Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #13

Talking Points Memo is "clearly on the side of the GOP", eh? Oh you kids these days. Bucky Feb 2014 #19

His exclusive focus on the GOP, while ignoring everything the Dems have going for it, was obvious Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #21

TPM has a pretty strong track record for prognostication. Bucky Feb 2014 #22