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Interesting commentary here from an EX republican, now independent.

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I will know that the party is on the path to recovery when someone in a position of influence reaches out to former Republicans like me. We are the most likely group among independents to vote Republican. But I see no effort to do so. All I see is pandering to the party’s crazies like the birthers . In the short run that may be enough to pick up a few congressional seats next year, but I see no way a Republican can retake the White House for the foreseeable future. Both CBO and OMB are predicting better than 4% real growth in 2011 and 2012. If those numbers are even remotely correct Obama will have it in the bag. Also, Republicans have to find a way to win some minority votes because it is not viable as a whites-only party in presidential elections. That’s why I wrote my Wrong on Race book, which no one read.




 
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The current admin is doing almost exactly what the last did.  Some a bit better and some a bit worse. I completely disagree with what he says about the Repubs not being able to take back the big chair, house and senate.  At this rate the Dems won't lose the house and senate in the mid-terms, but it will be a razor thin margin and that's just a springboard for 2012.
 
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If the economy turns around 11 and 12 they wont turn it around.

The key here is that even if people might feel less than appreciate towards the democrats, the feelings towards the republicans are even worse.

They have the backing from about 20% of the public. Also bare in mind that the demographics shift is not a friend for the GOP.
 
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Incorrect my friend, dems getting absolutely crushed on the generic congressional ballot. I'm not sure where you got the 20% but 20 certainly beats 10-15%. Your Pelosis, Watsons, and SJ Lees are killing the dems.
 
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How does it feel watching your "movement for change" slowly die before your eyes Mikael?  It tool less than 8 months. 








 
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"Why i am anti Republican'
 
Mikael99 what party in Denmark are PRO ?
 
..and does that party embrace Muslims ?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Mikael99:



They have the backing from about 20% of the public. Also bare in mind that the demographics shift is not a friend for the GOP.

What !!!! You gotta' be kidding me !!!!   The demographics shift isn't a friend for the GOP.

This country is getting older, not younger.  Who do you think the GOP is mainly made up of ???  I know all the lefty publications you read tell you it's just right wing bible thumpers.  But it's as much if not more the older population than anything else.

Older people = conservative. Even with the social security scare the Dems put out every election.  Like clockwork.....the Repubs have huge numbers of the older population voting for them.

And now this 20% number you just love to clutch.  The Democrat lead congress has a lower rating than the Repubs.  Obama's rating seems to be sliding by the week and just as the last election, where Obama should of won by at least mid teens to 20% margin, the Dems are fumbling once again. If the Repubs are so hated, why in the world is there so much resistance to this health care plan and why is Obama's ratings starting to tank?

It's because the Repubs are not as hated as you think they are. But with that kind of thinking and if most on the left think this way, there is gonig to be a huge surprise come election cycle. The Dems have let power go to thier head just as the Repubs did in the last 4 years.

That's how I see it.

 
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Lippsman you forget it is not a national election. Those numbers mean nada. It is the regional demographics shifts in the states that does the difference.

A) The midwest (hispanics)
B) Virginia, NC, SC (more young people moving in)

Your argument is without teeth. It just means that the republicans will the electoral college mandates with larger margins from states they more or less already have in the bag.


 
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Just as that 20% means nothing. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Lippsman:

Just as that 20% means nothing. 


That might be so but that doesnt change the dynamics in presidential politics.

 
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Mikael99 - We disagree on most things but I really like your Avatars as of late.   Very nice to look at, almost nice enough to keep reading your comments.  LOL
 
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Quote Originally Posted by SoonerFan54:

Mikael99 - We disagree on most things but I really like your Avatars as of late.   Very nice to look at, almost nice enough to keep reading your comments.  LOL
 
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Well you could use a little help with your avatars.
 
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Mikael:  I doubt if 20% of the people in this Forum CARE what you think about anything.  It is strange to have someone that purports to be from Denmark having about 30% of the entries on the Politics Forum page.  Have a nice life.
 
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I think more people care about what i think than say Bob.



 
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I guess I fail to understand your constant postings about american politics.

I do have to ask, have you ever lived here in the US for any length of time?  Not as a student, but lived and worked for any amount of time.  I get the impression you've not lived here based on a lot of the things you say.  My definition of you is you're book smart about the US, but not street smart.  That part you don't seem to have any grasp of.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by jackjaffee:

I guess I fail to understand your constant postings about american politics.

I do have to ask, have you ever lived here in the US for any length of time?  Not as a student, but lived and worked for any amount of time.  I get the impression you've not lived here based on a lot of the things you say.  My definition of you is you're book smart about the US, but not street smart.  That part you don't seem to have any grasp of.


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So what's the answer to the question?  Being cutesy just makes you look like Bob
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Mikael99:

Interesting commentary here from an EX republican, now independent.

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I will know that the party is on the path to recovery when someone in a position of influence reaches out to former Republicans like me. We are the most likely group among independents to vote Republican. But I see no effort to do so. All I see is pandering to the party’s crazies like the birthers . In the short run that may be enough to pick up a few congressional seats next year, but I see no way a Republican can retake the White House for the foreseeable future. Both CBO and OMB are predicting better than 4% real growth in 2011 and 2012. If those numbers are even remotely correct Obama will have it in the bag. Also, Republicans have to find a way to win some minority votes because it is not viable as a whites-only party in presidential elections. That’s why I wrote my Wrong on Race book, which no one read.





 
Forget about real growth.  What the American People care most about is ... are they employed or not ?

If history is any indicator of past recessions, we will have an elevated level of unemployment well into 2012.

BHO's success at re-election will depend mostly on where this number is in 2012.




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