What a Democratic win on Nov. 2 would look like

[FBaggins]

In a roundtable with reporters late last week, David Plouffe, the architect of President Obama's 2008 campaign, set a very high bar for Republicans to declare victory in the November election.

"By their definition, success is winning back the House, winning back the Senate and winning every major governor's race," said Plouffe. "When you've got winds this strong in your favor, that's the kind of election you need to have -- or it should be considered a colossal failure."

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Losses are assured but defeat -- symbolically and politically -- may not be. "It is very important for Obama to have some data points out there that suggest this is not a pro-Republican electorate but an anti-incumbent electorate," said one Democratic strategist intimately involved in the 2010 campaign.

Here's our chamber by chamber breakdown of how Democrats can declare victory -- with a straight face -- on Nov. 3.


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[OneTenthofOnePercent]

1. It's always good to practice your spin before you have to use it.

Work the kinks out, you know.
I guess when you can't win, "not losing" is the next best thing.

[Cosmocat]

2. it is the battle of bulge ...

the republicans ARE going to overrun the lines a good bit ...

The key is maintaining control of both chambers and winning as many governorships as possible.

I don't care what anyone wants to make themsselve believe, the Rs in control of the house would be a disaster of epic proportions ... They will investigate the ever living snot out BO and just beat him up to no end. I get that people WANT to belive it will "backfire" but if people are going to vote these idiots back in charge there four short years after they ran the country into the ground and two short years after Bush, and as completely intellectually dishonest and crazy as they have been since, I have no faith people will punish them for being dirtbags when in power in the house ...

The senate, I don't mean to be glib, but the Rs basically control it now ... But still ...

Gotta hold fort NOW ... It won't be a major boom, but the economy is going to make a soft rebound moving foward, and business can't afford to sit on its hands for two more years regardless of the outcome in four weeks ... With BO on the ticket the Ds can inncrease margins a bit in 2012 ...

[GSLevel9]

3. a Dem WIN means losing 40 seats and holding the Senate at 52 seats. nt