The Republicans have a lot of leverage

voters in the end blame those in power for wielding power ineffectively

This guy isn’t a complete idiot – as seems the norm any more for pundits of most stripes – but, uh …. dude.

2012 was, in fact, the pre-eminent historical example of exactly the opposite of what he asserts here.

Of course I don’t know the full explanation. Obviously a seriously cretinized electorate (I refer mostly to “high information” “educated” voters here, not herded droogs – but prefer “high disinformation voters” for the NPR/edumucated crowd) is key. As is a completely collapsed information system (the press). And I’m kinda starting to think that another key factor is how insulated so many are from most parts of reality (horrible economy, lawlessness from above on many issues, of course diastrous and dishonorable foreign policy). The explosion in guvamint assistance, and employment, makes the isolation from economic reality possible – perhaps in numbers that, for the first time, are material to national elections.

I believe 219 of 234 elected GOP House members exceeded the worst president in history’s victory margin – that is, essentially all of them. This despicable idiot is the first re-elected incumbent to lose states and lose margin in his “victory”. There are the mysterious missing 5-7 million voters.

But there’s still no chance this guy or his “ideas” will ever be widely seen as to be as ludicrous and disastrous as they clearly are to any sensible and informed person. There’s not a bit of leverage to be found in that corner, my friend.

IceCold on November 30, 2012 at 11:22 PM