Comments on: 2009 election revisionism: Obama and Independents

By: The Greenroom » Forum Archive » 2009 election: Only a third of the GOP swing was due to turnout

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:59:09 +0000

[...] Folks left of center would like to believe that the Independents who voted out Democrats in Virginia and New Jersey are somehow not representative of Independents generally, despite a raft of public opinion polling showing Independents shifting rightward. [...]

By: Mad Mad Monica

Mad Mad Monica — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:19:49 +0000

They’re all going to try and suck up to conservative independents until the next election. However, it’s clear that the leadership of the house and senate don’t care a bit.

I’m glad. Let them keep lying, cheating and going back on their promises. I hope they keep up the nasty comments and stupid behavior right up to election day. The stupidity on their part makes it easier for us to take things back.

And Obama’s ridiculously callous (sp?) behavior yesterday is just another nail in the coffin for his hopey change. His dismay at having to nix the pats on the back for his Native American buddies in order to discuss the Fort Hood tragedy just show how important the military is to this man.

Keep up the good work, Nancy, Harry, Barry and the gang! We LOVE it! It’s giving us all the hope for change we could ask for.

By: jon1979

jon1979 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:45:27 +0000

Young, first time voters and African-American voters were the two main groups that were excited about voting in 2008, and apathetic in 2009. The question for 2010, and then 2012, is will the actions of Obama and the Democratically-controlled Congress over the next 12-36 months excite those groups to turn out again in 2008 numbers, as opposed to 2009.

Identity politics figure to give Obama something of a boost three years from now, but you can’t introduce New Coke twice with the same fanfare. Getting people to come out and vote for Obama and the Dems based on the potential for “Hope and Change” a second time in gone, and to get those same groups out, they’ll have to run on their record(s) and if that seems like a lost cause, demonize their GOP opponent(s) into being 10 times worse if elected that George W. Bush (which explains the fear and the ongoing attacks on Sarah Palin).

By: DSchoen

DSchoen — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:53:09 +0000

“conservative-leaning independents this year who likely include a fair number of “Tea Party” attendees, the professor said”

Hummmm?
Has anyone noticed that since Tuesdays election the term “teabaggers” has all but disappeared?