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ChipperbackDemocrat (331 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:26 AM Original message |
Can somebody tell me why this election is even close? |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
1. Actually, it's worse than that |
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LibDemAlways (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
2. The corporate media has done everything it can to legitimize these bozos. |
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Bitwit1234 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. AND done everything they can to try to get them elected. |
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killbotfactory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
3. The election is close because the economy sucks |
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earthside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
4. Jeebus! That makes me mad! |
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COLGATE4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. And they wonder just why there's an enthusiasm gap. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. FYI, the enthusiasm gap has been closing since Pres. Obama has been campaigning. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. Perhaps it would be less close if the Dems differentiated themselves more from GOP policies. |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. or at the very least stood up to the republicans. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Actually, that's not true, otherwise Barbara Boxer and Russ Feingold would not be in trouble... |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
9. Read your history. The party in the WH nearly always loses seats in off-year elections. |
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geek tragedy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-24-10 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
12. Because the Democrats in Congress are collectively the biggest |
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